A new year, a new index, and more hope

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2021; 13(01): 1-2
DOI: 10.4103/ijmbs.ijmbs_25_21

Editorial

Authors

Salem Beshyah

¹Department of Medicine, Dubai Medical College for Girls, Dubai
Issam Hajjaji

²Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tripoli, Tripoli
Elmahdi Elkhammas

³Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

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