Publications by authors named "A R al-Swailem"
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- * A case involving a 33-year-old male with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) showed extensive disease that was unresectable after initial chemotherapy.
- * The patient was treated with a high-dose palliative radiotherapy regimen that provided significant symptom relief, allowing him to return to his home country.
Ichthyosis Prematurity Syndrome: A Rare Form but Easily Recognizable Ichthyosis.
Case Rep Dermatol
September 2021
Ichthyosis prematurity syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genodermatosis that is associated with mutations in the gene. Its onset occurs in early childhood and presents with the clinical triad of premature birth, thick caseous desquamating epidermis, and neonatal asphyxia. Here, we describe a prematurely born baby patient (33 weeks of gestation) with a homozygous variant at the initiation codon site (.
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- Bactrian camels, dromedaries, and alpacas are economically significant livestock with different environmental adaptations; camels thrive in deserts while alpacas prefer plateaus.
- High-quality genome sequences of these species reveal their demographic history and show how population size fluctuated in relation to geological time.
- The study highlights unique desert adaptations in camels, including specialized mechanisms for water retention and metabolism, suggesting evolutionary changes in kidney function to survive harsh climates.
Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (M. ap) is the causative agent of paratuberculosis or Johne's disease (JD) in herbivores with potential involvement in cases of Crohn's disease in humans. JD is spread worldwide and is economically important for both beef and dairy industries.
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