Publications by authors named "S N Al-Shammri"
Background: Low vitamin D levels may synergize with changing levels of the vitamin D binding protein (DBP) to precipitate in the development and clinical progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). In this study, this hypothesis was explored in groups of Kuwaiti healthy controls and patients with different clinical phenotypes of MS.
Methods: Fasting serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] and DBP were measured in 146 healthy controls and 195 patients with MS.
Objective: Disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) may affect the course and outcome of COVID-19, but withholding them could permit disease activity. This study aimed to understand the course of COVID-19 in unvaccinated patients with MS on disease-modifying therapies.
Subjects And Methods: This descriptive study examined the course of COVID-19 among infected patients with MS followed up at a large tertiary center in Kuwait between March 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021.
Article Synopsis
- Vitamin D-binding protein (Gc) has different genetic variations due to two specific mutations, resulting in distinct genotypes and phenotypes that vary across populations.
- This study focused on identifying the major GC genotypes in the Kuwaiti population by analyzing DNA from 128 healthy individuals.
- The findings revealed four main GC genotypes in the Kuwaiti individuals, with GC1S being the most common, making up about 52.7% of the alleles tested.
Background: The literature shows that data regarding the Saudi public's knowledge about anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is still limited.
Aims: This study aimed to determine the knowledge toward ACL injury in the general population of Saudi Arabia, as well as to investigate the main sources of information about ACL among the public.
Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among a sample of 408 participants from all regions of Saudi Arabia.
Consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis in Kuwait.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
April 2016
Objectives: We aim to develop consensus recommendations to guide neurologists in the community for the diagnosis and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Methods: After reviewing the available literature, a group of neurologists with expertise in MS met to discuss the evidence and develop consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of MS.
Results: The revised 2010 McDonald criteria is the established diagnostic criteria for MS and has wide international acceptance among international MS experts.