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Comparing tele-pharmacy and standard clinic follow-up for newly initiated warfarin anticoagulation therapy

A retrospective study

Sumaiah J. Alarfaj, Sara Alsulami, Ebtehaj Alashjaey, Reema Albulayhi, Faisal Alqarni and Abeer Alharbi
Saudi Medical Journal December 2024, 45 (12) 1374-1382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240672
Sumaiah J. Alarfaj
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alarfaj, Alsulami, Alashjaey, Albulayhi), College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Department of Pharmacy (Alqarni, Alharbi), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sara Alsulami
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alarfaj, Alsulami, Alashjaey, Albulayhi), College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Department of Pharmacy (Alqarni, Alharbi), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ebtehaj Alashjaey
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alarfaj, Alsulami, Alashjaey, Albulayhi), College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Department of Pharmacy (Alqarni, Alharbi), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Reema Albulayhi
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alarfaj, Alsulami, Alashjaey, Albulayhi), College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Department of Pharmacy (Alqarni, Alharbi), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Faisal Alqarni
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alarfaj, Alsulami, Alashjaey, Albulayhi), College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Department of Pharmacy (Alqarni, Alharbi), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Abeer Alharbi
From the Department of Pharmacy Practice (Alarfaj, Alsulami, Alashjaey, Albulayhi), College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University; and from the Department of Pharmacy (Alqarni, Alharbi), Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Medical Journal Dec 2024, 45 (12) 1374-1382; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240672

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Saudi Medical Journal Dec 2024, 45 (12) 1374-1382; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240672
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