Pediatric migraine equivalents: occurrence and clinical features in practice

WA Al-Twaijri, MI Shevell - Pediatric neurology, 2002 - Elsevier
Migraine equivalents of infancy, childhood, and adolescence are recognized periodic,
paroxysmal syndromes without associated headache that are thought to be migrainous in etiology…

[HTML][HTML] Biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease should be renamed biotin-thiamine-responsive basal ganglia disease: a retrospective review of the clinical …

…, A Al Rumayan, W Eyaid, W Al-Twaijri - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2013 - Springer
Background Biotin-responsive basal ganglia disease (BBGD) is an autosomal recessive
neurometabolic disorder. It is characterized by sub acute encephalopathy with confusion, …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of melatonin in children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and sleep disorders

WA Al Twaijri, NB Sabbar, T Aldebasi… - Journal of Family …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy and side effects of melatonin use
in a population of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities who had sleep disorders. …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical exome sequencing: results from 2819 samples reflecting 1000 families

…, MT Al Rifai, A Al-Rumayyan, W Al-Twaijri… - European Journal of …, 2017 - nature.com
We report our results of 1000 diagnostic WES cases based on 2819 sequenced samples from
54 countries with a wide phenotypic spectrum. Clinical information given by the requesting …

Management of convulsive status epilepticus in children: an adapted clinical practice guideline for pediatricians in Saudi Arabia

…, AH Alwadei, RS Albaradie, WA Al-Twaijri… - Neurosciences …, 2017 - nsj.org.sa
Objective: To increase the use of evidence-based approaches in the diagnosis, investigations
and treatment of Convulsive Status Epilepticus (CSE) in children in relevant care settings. …

Atypical benign epilepsy of childhood with rolandic spikes: features of a subset requiring more than one medication for seizure control

WA Al-Twaijri, MI Shevell - Journal of child neurology, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
The objective of this study was to compare the clinical and electrographic features of two
groups of children with benign epilepsy of childhood with rolandic spikes: those in whom …

A multicenter clinical exome study in unselected cohorts from a consanguineous population of Saudi Arabia demonstrated a high diagnostic yield

…, A Alothaim, M Albalwi, S Alturki, W Al-Twaijri… - Molecular genetics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose Whole-exome sequencing (WES) can help identify known and novel pathogenic
molecular aberrations. Here, we examined the diagnostic yield of WES in population from …

Elevated level of creatine phosphokinase in newborn: Clinical significance and association with congenital muscle diseases

WA Al-Twaijri, SA Al-Saif, GI Al-Fehaid… - Neurosciences …, 2022 - nsj.org.sa
Objectives: To establish the normal Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) range in newborns of all
3 modes of delivery and prove that high CPK level in neonates is not specific a indicator for …

Phenotypic and molecular spectrum of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: a study of 24 patients

…, W Eyaid, R Ali, A Alasmari, M Kara, W Al-Twaijri… - Pediatric Neurology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is a rare genetic neurological disorder with variable
clinical manifestations. Molecular detection of specific mutations is required to confirm the …

Further delineation of the phenotypic spectrum of ISCA2 defect: a report of ten new cases

…, FB Almutairi, A Al-Rumayyan, W Al-Twaijri… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Iron-Sulfur Cluster (ISC) biogenesis is a vital cellular process required to produce various
ISC-containing proteins. These ISC proteins are responsible for essential functions such as …