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Silent reactivation of Varicella Zoster virus in hemodialysis patients.

A management dilemma

Bandar A. Suliman, Hassan T. Alhazmi, Hamzah A. Alamri, Ahmed A. Aljuhani, Mohammed S. Younis, Khalid H. Mahallawi, Fayez H. Alsehli, Ibrahim T. Alomani, Bashayer A. Almoutairi, Yasser S. Asar, Mohammed A. Alkhaily, Walaa A. Momena and Waleed H. Mahallawi
Saudi Medical Journal December 2024, 45 (12) 1391-1395; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.12.20240553
Bandar A. Suliman
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hassan T. Alhazmi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hamzah A. Alamri
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Ahmed A. Aljuhani
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed S. Younis
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Khalid H. Mahallawi
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Fayez H. Alsehli
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim T. Alomani
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Bashayer A. Almoutairi
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Yasser S. Asar
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammed A. Alkhaily
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Walaa A. Momena
From the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences (Suliman, Alhazmi, Alamri, Aljuhani, Younis) and from the Clinical Nutrition Department (Mumena), College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University; from the Health Affairs Department (Mahallawi), Rehabilitation Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Madinah Regional Blood Bank (Alsehli), from Madinah Regional Laboratory (Alomani, Almoutairi, Asar), from the Madinah Health Cluster (Alkhaily), Ministry of Health, Al Madina Al Munawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Waleed H. Mahallawi
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Silent reactivation of Varicella Zoster virus in hemodialysis patients.
Bandar A. Suliman, Hassan T. Alhazmi, Hamzah A. Alamri, Ahmed A. Aljuhani, Mohammed S. Younis, Khalid H. Mahallawi, Fayez H. Alsehli, Ibrahim T. Alomani, Bashayer A. Almoutairi, Yasser S. Asar, Mohammed A. Alkhaily, Walaa A. Momena, Waleed H. Mahallawi
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