Publications by authors named "Enas Nasr"

Fentanyl analogs constitute a particularly dangerous group of new psychoactive compounds responsible for many deaths around the world. Little is known about their metabolism, and studies utilizing liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF-MS) analysis of hepatocyte incubations and/or authentic urine samples do not allow for determination of the exact metabolite structures, especially when it comes to hydroxylated metabolites. In this study, seven motifs (2-, 3-, 4- and β-OH as well as 3,4-diOH, 4-OH-3-OMe and 3-OH-4-OMe) of fentanyl and five fentanyl analogs, acetylfentanyl, acrylfentanyl, cyclopropylfentanyl, isobutyrylfentanyl and 4F-isobutyrylfentanyl were synthesized.

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  • * WGS not only detected all rare clinically significant copy number variations (CNVs) found by CMA but also identified additional mutations (indels and missense) in several patients, some with multiple genetic disorders.
  • * The findings suggest that WGS should be considered as a primary test in clinical settings, as it offers higher diagnostic rates and could streamline the process for obtaining genetic diagnoses and facilitating genetic counseling
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Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder of lysine catabolism caused by mutations in the ALDH7A1 gene. We report 2 patients with normal neurocognitive outcome (full-scale IQ of 108 and 74) and their more than 10 years' treatment outcome on pyridoxine monotherapy. Both patients had specific borderline impairments in visual processing speed.

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