The gulf association of endocrinology and diabetes is born: History in the making

Nasreen AlSayed; Yousef Saleh; Nasser Aljuhani

doi:10.4103/jdep.jdep_9_21

Journal of Diabetes and Endocrine Practice, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Diabetes and Endocrine Practice 2021; 04(01): 41-42
DOI: 10.4103/jdep.jdep_9_21

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The gulf association of endocrinology and diabetes is born: History in the making

Nasreen AlSayed

Gulf Medical and Diabetes Centre, Manama

,

Yousef Saleh

¹Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh

²Department of Medicine, King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre

³Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh

,

Nasser Aljuhani

⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, East Jeddah Hospital, Jeddah

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