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Exploring the quality of life and comorbidity impact among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus in Saudi Arabia

Roaa A. Aljohani, Ghada A. Aljanobi, Khaled Alderaan and Mohammed A. Omair
Saudi Medical Journal October 2024, 45 (10) 1071-1079; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.10.20240432
Roaa A. Aljohani
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani), Rheumatology Unit, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljohani), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, from the Department of Medicine (Aljanobi), Rheumatology Unit, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, from the Department of Medicine (Alderaan), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, and from the Department of Medicine (Omair), Rheumatology Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani), Rheumatology Unit, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljohani), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, from the Department of Medicine (Aljanobi), Rheumatology Unit, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, from the Department of Medicine (Alderaan), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, and from the Department of Medicine (Omair), Rheumatology Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Khaled Alderaan
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani), Rheumatology Unit, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljohani), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, from the Department of Medicine (Aljanobi), Rheumatology Unit, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, from the Department of Medicine (Alderaan), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, and from the Department of Medicine (Omair), Rheumatology Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Omair
From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani), Rheumatology Unit, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Medical City, from the Department of Internal Medicine (Aljohani), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, from the Department of Medicine (Aljanobi), Rheumatology Unit, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, from the Department of Medicine (Alderaan), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, and from the Department of Medicine (Omair), Rheumatology Unit, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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