Publications by authors named "Lena Alotaibi"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to investigate how common hearing loss is among patients with dementia, the use of hearing aids, and whether the hearing loss originates from the brain or the ear.
- - Conducted from 2020 to 2023 in Saudi Arabia, the research involved 143 dementia patients over 60 years old, focusing on their hearing loss and associated factors while excluding those with Parkinson's and certain types of epilepsy.
- - Results showed that 88.8% of participants had dementia (mainly Alzheimer's), 18.2% reported hearing issues, and 14.7% experienced hearing loss, mostly bilateral and varying in severity, highlighting the importance of addressing hearing problems early in these patients.
Hypomyelinating leukodystrophies are one of the white matter disorders caused by a lack of myelin deposition in the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we report the first case of hypomyelinating leukodystrophy in the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. This condition is caused by a mutation in the TMEM106B gene (HLD16; MIM 617964).
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