Young Women in the UAE Have Higher Incidence of HER2 Positive Breast Cancer
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Mohamed Al Bashir, MD
Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospitalm, Al-Ain, UAE
Address correspondence and reprints requests to: Mohamed Al Bashir, MD, Tawam Hospital, PO Box 15258, Al-Ain, UAE, or e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorNoura Al Ali, MD
Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospitalm, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorSami Shaban, PhD
Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorGhada Hassouneh, RN
Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospitalm, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorMouied Al Ashari, MD
Department of Pathology, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorMohammed Jaloudi, MD
Department of Oncology, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Mohamed Al Bashir, MD
Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospitalm, Al-Ain, UAE
Address correspondence and reprints requests to: Mohamed Al Bashir, MD, Tawam Hospital, PO Box 15258, Al-Ain, UAE, or e-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorNoura Al Ali, MD
Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospitalm, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorSami Shaban, PhD
Department of Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorGhada Hassouneh, RN
Department of Surgery, Tawam Hospitalm, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorMouied Al Ashari, MD
Department of Pathology, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
Search for more papers by this authorMohammed Jaloudi, MD
Department of Oncology, Tawam Hospital, Al-Ain, UAE
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