Publications by authors named "Najya A Attia"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines 24 individuals with 5-α reductase deficiency, a genetic condition affecting sexual development, focusing on their clinical and genetic features in a Saudi Arabian population.
- - Results showed a variety of genital appearances, with many assigned female gender at birth due to severe under virilization, highlighting the condition's phenotypic variability.
- - Genetic analysis revealed multiple mutations, including a common splice site mutation, suggesting its potential role as a founder mutation in this region, while demonstrating a weak connection between specific mutations and clinical outcomes.
Background And Objectives: In the present era, it is difficult to keep the concentration of college students at its maximum potential during the class time, as there are many distractions that negatively impact students' concentration and prevent optimal learning. Technologies such as laptops and cell phones have invaded the classroom, raising considerable concerns about their effects on college students' attention in the classroom. Despite these concerns, no research has been done in Saudi Arabia on the effects of technology and other types of classroom distractions on students' concentration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPseudohypoaldosteronism in a Neonate Presenting as Life-Threatening Hyperkalemia.
Case Rep Endocrinol
February 2016
Context. Pseudohypoaldosteronism type 1 (PHA1) is a life-threatening disease that causes severe hyperkalemia and cardiac arrest if not treated appropriately or if diagnosis is missed. Objective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To examine the prevalence of celiac disease in young patients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with type I diabetes mellitus.
Methods: Serum gliadin immunoglobulin (Ig) A and reticulin IgA antibody determination was performed in 123 patients with type I diabetes mellitus attending the pediatric diabetic clinic at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 1995 and 1996.
Results: Elevated serum gliadin and reticulin IgA antibodies were found in the sera of 10 (8.