Publications by authors named "Nacouzi R"
Objective: The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of HLA-B51 and HLA-B52 in Lebanese patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) compared to healthy controls (HC). We further aimed to evaluate the impact of HLA-B51 on phenotype and identify the distribution of the alleles in the HLA-B locus.
Methods: A case-control study enrolled consecutive SpA patients from three rheumatology clinics in Lebanon, including axial (axSpA), peripheral SpA (pSpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and HC from blood donors.
Background: Cervical spinal alignment is usually assessed on full-body radiographs allowing for the concomitant evaluation of possible compensatory mechanisms that may occur at any level in the setting of postural malalignment.
Hypothesis: Cervical parameters measured on full-body radiographs are reliable.
Patients And Methods: A total of 70 subjects were included and divided in 3 groups: asymptomatic adults (n=21), adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis (n=20), and adults with spinal deformity (n=29), for whom full-body low-dose biplanar radiographs were obtained.
Normative spino-pelvic sagittal alignment of Lebanese asymptomatic adults: Comparisons with different ethnicities.
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res
September 2018
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to establish normative values for sagittal alignment in healthy Lebanese adults, as there were no existing reference values specific to this population.
- - Ninety-two young adult volunteers participated, revealing that women had a kyphotic cervical curvature while men showed lordosis; both genders had similar lower limb alignment.
- - Results indicated that Lebanese individuals display unique sagittal alignment characteristics, with notably higher thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis compared to other ethnic groups.
Aim: To calculate the prevalence of emmetropia, myopia, hyperopia, and amblyopia.
Method: Cross sectional, descriptive, population-based study, studying 212 randomly selected Lebanese patients of Armenian origin, aged from 15 to 45 years, from June 1st till September 30th 2003. The patients presenting with no exclusion factors are examined, before and after cycloplegia.
Aims: To assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy, evaluate risk factors underlying its development, and assess the epidemiological characteristics of documented diabetes in the Lebanese population.
Patients And Method: The population-based study was conducted in three regions in Lebanon from January 2nd 2000 until June 30th 2000. The study group comprised 112 known diabetic patients who had previously been identified among 4,063 randomly selected individuals.