Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: The medical files of 7 consanguineous Saudi families with 20 affected siblings were retrospectively reviewed. They were followed at the Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for a mean duration of 6 years (January 2000 to December 2009). The age of the affected children ranged from 2-17 years. The included patients had at least 2 out of the 3 major clinical diagnostic criteria of APS-1. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Bassam S Bin-Abbas, Muhammad Faiyaz-Ul-Haque, Abdullah H Al-Fares, Sulaiman S Al-Gazlan, Jalaluddin A Bhuiyan, Saleh Z Al-Muhsen |
Journal | Saudi medical journal
(Saudi Med J)
Vol. 31
Issue 7
Pg. 788-92
(Jul 2010)
ISSN: 0379-5284 [Print] Saudi Arabia |
PMID | 20635013
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Pedigree
- Polyendocrinopathies, Autoimmune
(epidemiology)
- Saudi Arabia
(epidemiology)
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