Hind M Alkatan1*, Patricia Akaishi2,3 and Antonio AV Cruz2,3,4 1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 2Oculoplastics and Orbit Division, King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 3Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine of RibeirãoPreto–University of São Pa...

The purpose of this study was to investigate crown morphologic abnormalities in the permanent dentition of subjects with clefts and unaffected controls. This is a prospective study of 100 patients and 60 control subjects. The study was carried out at the Cleft Lip and Palate Center at the King Abdullah University Hospital and at the Maxillofacial Unit at Jordan University of Science and Technol...

OBJECTIVES To demonstrate the pattern of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) use in Saudi and non-Saudi rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and to evaluate the association of DMARDs use with anti-mutated citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) positivity and other factors. METHODS Retrospectively, for a period of 7 years (2007-2014), we studied 205 RA patients, at King Abdulaziz Universi...

BACKGROUND/AIM Osteoporosis is a systemic disease characterized by decreased bone density and increased tendency to develop fractures. Osteoporosis in children and adolescents is a rare disease usually secondary to Medical conditions or medications given to children. The condition affects normal bone growth and development and carries with it multiple morbidities (physical and psychological) if...

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of endoscopic excision of the antrochoanal polyp and its role in decreasing the recurrence rate. Design: Retrospective M e t h o d s : Medical re c o rds of thirty patients with antrochoanal polyp (ACP) diagnosed and treated at King Abdulaziz University Hospital (KAUH) in Riyadh between January 1996 and December 2002 were retrospectively studied. Factors...

M. Mies1, C. R. Voolstra2, C. B. Castro3,4, D. O. Pires3,4, E. N. Calderon4,5 and P. Y. G. Sumida1 1Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, Praça do Oceanográfico 191, 05508-120 São Paulo, SP, Brazil 2Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 23955-6900 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia 3Museu Naci...

From the Department of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the Department of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, the Division of Neurosurgery (Bajunaid), Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, and the Division of Neurosurgery (Ajlan), Faculty of...

research-article Share on Building a research university in the Arab region: case of KAUST Author: E. N. (Mootaz) Elnozahy King Abdullah University Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia ArabiaView Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications ACMVolume 64Issue 4April 2021 pp 46–49https://doi.org/10.1145/3447717Online:22 March 2021Publication History 0citation1,701DownloadsMetricsTotal Cit...

This prospective study was carried out at the Cleft Lip and Palate Centre at King Abdullah University Hospital and Maxillofacial Unit at Jordan University of Science and Technology during the period of 2000 to 2006. The sample consisted of 77 secondary alveolar bone grafts (62 patients), which were performed according to the same standardized surgical technique by a single maxillofacial surgeon...