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The remission rate, metabolic changes, and quality of life assessment among patients with type 2 diabetes post-bariatric surgery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

A cross-sectional study

Lina I. Alnajjar, Mohammed A. Alzaben, Atheer A. Alghamdi, Munirah.O. Alomani, Maha S. Abbas, Rahaf F. Altammami, Sara A. Alabdullatif, Aljawharah K. Bin Rokan, Amira M. Youssef and Alaa A. Alhubaishi
Saudi Medical Journal July 2023, 44 (7) 694-702; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.7.20230080
Lina I. Alnajjar
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Alzaben
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Atheer A. Alghamdi
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Munirah.O. Alomani
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Maha S. Abbas
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Rahaf F. Altammami
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sara A. Alabdullatif
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Aljawharah K. Bin Rokan
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Amira M. Youssef
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Alaa A. Alhubaishi
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi), and from the College of Pharmacy (Alnajjar, Alhubaishi, Alghamdi, Alomani, Abbas, Altammami, Alabdullatif, Bin Rokan), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; from the Medical Affairs, Department (Alzaben);, Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City; and from the Research and Scientific Center (Youssef), Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Lina I. Alnajjar, Mohammed A. Alzaben, Atheer A. Alghamdi, Munirah.O. Alomani, Maha S. Abbas, Rahaf F. Altammami, Sara A. Alabdullatif, Aljawharah K. Bin Rokan, Amira M. Youssef, Alaa A. Alhubaishi
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