Distribution of clinical symptoms in carpal tunnel syndrome.

Objective: To determine the distribution of clinical symptoms based on the gender and age of patients with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS).

Study Design: A cross-sectional observational study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from April 2009 to June 2011.

Rundataxin, a novel protein with RUN and diacylglycerol binding domains, is mutant in a new recessive ataxia.

We have identified a novel form of recessive ataxia that segregates in three children of a large consanguineous Saudi Arabian family. The three patients presented with childhood onset gait and limb ataxia, dysarthria and had limited walking without aid into their teenage years. Two patients developed epilepsy at 7 months without relapse after treatment, and mental retardation.

Water treatment plants assessment at Talkha power plant.

Talkha power plant is the only power plant located in El-Mansoura. It generates electricity using two different methods by steam turbine and gas turbine. Both plants drew water from River Nile (208 m3 /h).

Subclinical autonomic neuropathy in Saudi type 2 diabetic patients.

Objective: To compare the results of autonomic function tests obtained from diabetic patients who had no symptoms or signs of somatic or autonomic neuropathy with those obtained from control subjects.

Methods: We studied 32 diabetic Saudi patients (17 males, 15 females) and 34 control subjects (17 of either gender) at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, in the period 2004-2005. The mean age of patients was 50.