Publications by authors named "Alaa B Alsaad"
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- * Out of 118 patients treated mostly with adalimumab for psoriasis, 13.8% had a conversion from negative to positive TB screening after an average of 39.7 months on TNFi, while 55.5% of patients with a positive screening reverted to negative.
- * The findings highlight the importance of conducting larger, multi-disciplinary studies to better understand TB screening dynamics during TNFi treatment, suggesting the need for revised rescreening protocols.
To analyze the quantity and characteristics of Saudi Arabia's (SA's) dermatology research publications throughout the years. Methods: A literature search was conducted between October 2018 and July 2019 in the Dermatology Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. PubMed was used as a search engine, to retrieve dermatology-related publications in SA - from the date of the first article publication in 1982 to December 31, 2018.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Diagnosis of primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) is complex and cumbersome yet important for the clinical management of the disease. Exome sequencing may provide a genetic diagnosis in a significant number of patients in a single genetic test.
Methods: In May 2013, we implemented exome sequencing in routine diagnostics for patients suffering from PIDs.