Publications by authors named "A Naddaf"

Article Synopsis
  • A study looked at how to find out why some babies are born with problems, known as congenital anomalies (CAs), especially in families where cousins marry.
  • They tested different methods on 168 kids with CAs, finding that a method called exome sequencing (ES) worked better than another method called chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) for families where cousins marry.
  • The results suggest that using ES first can help doctors discover these problems more effectively in those families.
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Background: Postsurgical hypoparathyroidism (PH) is the most common side effect of bilateral thyroid resections. Data regarding the time course of recovery from PH are currently unavailable. Therefore, a detailed analysis of the time course of PH recovery and conditions associated with rapid recovery was conducted.

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Background: Functional constipation (FC) is a health concern that is prevalent in the pediatric population. It lowers the quality of life and increases the probability of comorbidities. As a complementary modality, herbal medicine has been considered useful in a variety of conditions.

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Purpose: Bilateral vocal cord dysfunction (bVCD) is a rare but feared complication of thyroid surgery. This long term retrospective study determined the effect of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroid surgeries with regard to the rate of bVCD and evaluated the frequency as well as the outcome of staged operations.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of prospectively documented data (2000-2019) of a tertiary referral centers' database.

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