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Original Articles: Gynaecology

Screening for PIK3CA mutations among Saudi women with ovarian cancer

Wedad Saeed Al-Qahtania Department of Forensic Sciences, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University of Security Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Manal Abduallah Alduwishb Department of Biology, College of Science and Humanities, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkarj, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Ebtesam M Al-Olayanc Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Nada Hamad Aljarbad Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Al-Humaidhi Emd Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Fatimah Gh. Albanid Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Dalia Mostafa Domiatye Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Aljohara M. Al-Otaibid Department of Biology, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Somaya M. Al Qattanf King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSHRC), Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Alanood S. Almurshedig Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Abdelbaset Mohamed Elasbalih Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Qurayyat, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Hussain Gadelkarim Ahmedi College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia;j Molecular Diagnostics and Personalized Therapeutics Unit, University of Ha’il, Hail, Saudi Arabia;k Department of Histopathology and Cytology, FMLS, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, SudanView further author information
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Bassam Ahmed Almutlaqi College of Medicine, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi ArabiaView further author information
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Pages 1127-1133 | Published online: 21 Jan 2021

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