2024 December - 4 articles
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is referred to as a “silent epidemic” due to its limited awareness in the general public. Nevertheless, it can cause chronic, lifelong physical and cognitive impairments with severe impact on quali...
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is a rare mitochondrial disorder primarily presenting in pediatric patients, with onset after 40 years being exceptionally rare (1–6%). Here, we report a complex...
An intronic GAA repeat expansion in the FGF14 gene was recently identified as a common cause of autosomal dominant GAA-FGF14 ataxia (SCA27B). We aimed to characterize in detail the clinical and video-oculographic features in our cohort of SCA27B pati...
The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) is essential for assessing traumatic brain injury and predicting patient outcomes, yet studies indicate that nurses often have only a basic understanding of the GCS. In Saudi Arabia, research on this topic is limited, sug...
