Publications by authors named "Hussein Almahdi"

Jeune syndrome, or asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (JATD), is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia with heterogeneous genetic and clinical phenotypes, which primarily affects cartilage and bone development. Herein, we report a patient with a lethal form of SRTD3 without polydactyly (JATD), which led to severe restrictive lung disease and fatal respiratory failure. A full-term boy was born to a 30-year-old mother who was known to have hypothyroidism and was on thyroxine.

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  • Migraine is common in both genders, but 50-60% of women with migraines experience menstrual headaches, which can range from mild to severe, affecting their daily lives significantly.
  • A study in Saudi Arabia found that 18.6% of surveyed women had migraines, with 57.9% of these cases categorized as menstrual migraine (MM), correlating higher BMI with increased MM incidence.
  • The findings highlight that menstrual migraines can lead to moderate disability and substantial work absenteeism, emphasizing the need for improved healthcare support for women experiencing these issues.*
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In the literature, there is a lot of variation in how well visually impaired youngsters can distinguish between tactile images. This systematic review investigated tactile functioning approaches' clinical perspective on blind children. PubMed, SCOPUS, Web of Science, Science Direct, and Cochrane Library were systematically searched to include the relevant literature.

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