Al Wutayd, Osama
Mohamed, Ashri Gad
Saeedi, Jameelah
Al Otaibi, Hessa
Al Jumah, Mohammed
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This publication was made possible in part by a grant from MENACTRIMS, funded by SANOFI – AVENTIS GROUPE (DMCC Branch), representative office of Sanofi – Aventis Groupe SA
Article History
Received: 8 December 2017
Accepted: 13 June 2018
First Online: 19 June 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained for this study from King Fahad Medical City, King Fahad General Hospital, and Dammam Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia (No. H-01-R-012), College of Medicine and King Khalid University Hospital, Saudi Arabia (No. E-15-1513), and King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Saudi Arabia (No. RC15/055).The written Informed consent was taken from each participant, it was clear indicating the purpose of the study and the rights of participants for confidentiality, to withdraw at any time without any obligation towards the study team and to contact team for any query. Participant’s anonymity was assured by assigning each participant with a code number for the purpose of analysis only.
: This publication Environmental Exposures and the Risk of Multiple Sclerosis in Saudi Arabia, was made possible in part by a grant from MENACTRIMS, funded by SANOFI – AVENTIS GROUPE (DMCC Branch), representative office of Sanofi – Aventis Groupe SA. The funding body did not have a role in the design of the study a nd collection, analysis, and interpretation of data and in writing the manuscript.
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