Publications by authors named "Norah S AlSaleh"

Article Synopsis
  • Consanguinity, common in Saudi Arabia, significantly affects genetic disorders, with 64% of 1100 patients in a study being related by blood.
  • The study, conducted at King Abdullah Specialized Children Hospital from 2020 to 2022, found a 45% diagnostic rate for genetic conditions, primarily using whole exome sequencing.
  • The results emphasize the high prevalence of related marriages and highlight a common neurodevelopmental issue, underlining the need for understanding genetic risks in this population.
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is a member of the human WIPI protein family (seven-bladed b-propeller proteins binding phosphatidylinositols, PROPPINs), which play a pivotal role in autophagy and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several neurological conditions. The homozygous variant c.745G>A; p.

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Objective: To describe the epilepsy, neuropsychiatric manifestations, and neuroimaging findings in a group of patients with 22q11.2 DS, and to correlate the size of the deleted genetic material with the severity of the phenotype.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 28 patients (21 pediatric patients and 7 adults) with a genetically confirmed diagnosis of 22q11.

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We describe an 11-year old boy with severe global developmental delays, failure to thrive and growth retardation, refractory seizures with recurrent status epilepticus, hypogammaglobulinemia, hypergonadotropic hypogonadism, and duodenal strictures. He had facial and skin findings compatible with trichothiodystrophy, including sparse and brittle hair, thin eyebrows, and dry skin. Exome sequencing showed a hemizygous, truncating variant in RNF113A, c.

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