Prevalence and Predictive Factors of Female Sexual Dysfunction in a Sample of Saudi Women.

Introduction: Female sexual dysfunction (FSD) is a common health problem that is inadequately investigated in Saudi Arabia.

Aim: To assess the prevalence and predictors of FSD in a sample of Saudi women attending the primary care and gynecology clinics.

Methods: A cross-sectional clinic-based survey involved Saudi women attending primary care and gynecology clinics in a teaching hospital in Riyadh during the period from January to June 2019.

A need to adopt new strategies for organ donation in Saudi Arabia.

Background: HLA matching in kidney transplantation is a major factor in long-term survival of the graft. In Saudi Arabia, most deceased donors are non-Saudi, making it difficult to achieve minimal HLA mismatches between donor and recipient.

Objective: To analyze HLA types of 200 deceased donors and compare them with the Saudi population's HLA types.

HLA-C polymorphisms in two cohorts of donors for bone marrow transplantation.

The typing for HLA-C in transplantation was rather neglected in the past. However, several recent studies have emphasized its role in transplantation and its association with the outcome. Serological typing of HLA-C could identify only a limited number of HLA-C antigens, resulting in a number of HLA-C blanks.

Chances of finding an HLA-matched sibling: The Saudi experience.

Hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) remains the fundamental procedure to treat many diseases. Its success depends greatly on the degree of HLA matching between donor and recipient. Although the number of successful HCT procedures carried out worldwide increases every year, many patients remain unable to receive this treatment because of the difficulty of finding an HLA-matching donor.