Objective To review experiences of nutritional rickets and osteomalacia in school children
and adolescents at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. …

… Al-Jarallah Mahmoud El Desouki Saleh Othman Vijay A. Palkar … Hitherto, the syndrome has
not been reported from the Middle East and we are unaware of any report of SPECT features …

Objective To assess the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis among Saudi postmenopausal
women with non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods The …

… El-Desouki MI. Osteoporosis in postmenopausal Saudi women using dual x-ray bone …
El-Desouki M. Bone mineral density of the spine and femur in the normal Saudi population. …

To assess the usefulness of bone scintigraphy in the detection of bone and joint abnormalities
in brucellosis and show the pattern and frequency of such abnormalities at scintigraphy, …

Objective: To determine whether clinical and biochemical features of Graves’ disease at
presentation predict response to medical and radioiodine treatment. Methods: We carried out a …

During the period between December 1988 and February 1995, a total of 279,482 newborn
infants were screened in the regional neonatal screening program for congenital …

Objective: To report on moyamoya syndrome (MMS) as a risk factor for stroke in a prospective
and retrospective cohort of Saudi children. The usual and novel associations of MMS in …

In order to demonstrate the role of bone mineral density (BMD) measurement and bone scans
in the management of patients with osteomalacia, radioisotope bone scintigraphy using …

Purpose: To determine the value and diagnostic accuracy of planar and SPECT Tc-99m-labeled
red blood cell (Tc-99m RBC) scintigraphy in the investigation of suspected hepatic …