Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Case of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia: A Case Report

P Vembu, A Al-Shubaili, A Al-Khuraibet… - Medical Principles and …, 2003 - karger.com
Objective: To report a case of severe Guillain-Barré syndrome in a 32-year old female
patient diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who was on chemotherapy. Clinical …

Cerebral venous thrombosis in Kuwait. Clinical presentation, risk factors, and management

P Vembu, JK John, MI Mohammed… - Neurosciences …, 2011 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: To explore the pattern of clinical presentations, risk factors, and the sinuses
involved in cases of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) treated in a tertiary neurological center …

Diagnostic Dilemmas in Acute Intermittent Porphyria: A Case Report

V Periasamy, A Al Shubaili, Y Girsh - Medical Principles and Practice, 2002 - karger.com
Objective: To present the importance of early diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)
in patients with atypical presentation and discuss the diagnostic problems encountered in …

Venous thrombosis of the brain. Retrospective review of 110 patients in Kuwait

JY Al-Hashel, JK John, P Vembu - Neurosciences Journal, 2014 - nsj.org.sa
OBJECTIVE: To highlight the importance of neurological presentation and complications in
the early diagnosis and management of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). METHODS: We …

[HTML][HTML] Unusual presentation of Guillain-Barre syndrome following traumatic bone injuries: report of two cases

JY Al-Hashel, JK John, P Vembu - Medical Principles and Practice, 2013 - karger.com
Objective: To report two cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) which occurred following
traumatic bone injuries. Presentation and Intervention: Two patients presented with traumatic …

Epilepsy in a Young Adult Caused by L-2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria: A Case Report

V Periasamy, M Rudwan, G Yadav… - Medical Principles and …, 2008 - karger.com
Objective: To report the importance of a rare organic acid metabolic disorder, L-2-hydroxyglutaric
aciduria, and its characteristic neuroimaging cerebral white matter abnormalities in a …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic dilemma in a young woman with acute headache: delayed diagnosis of third ventricular colloid cyst with hydrocephalus

…, AAH Rady, DY Soliman, P Vembu - Case reports in …, 2015 - hindawi.com
Objectives. To highlight the importance of early diagnosis of colloid cyst of the third ventricle
and its early management. Clinical Presentation and Intervention. This is a young lady who …

[CITATION][C] Juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy in a boy with epilepsy

P Vembu, S Khaffaji, G Yadav, RA Khan - Neurosciences Journal, 2009 - nsj.org.sa
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is an autosomal recessive disorder, caused by
deficiency of arylsulfatase A (cerebroside sulfatase A, ASA), which results in accumulation of …

[CITATION][C] Adrenomyeloneuropathy, presenting with sub-acute spastic paraparesis and Addison's disease

V Periasamy, G Yadav, RA Khan - Neurosciences Journal, 2008 - nsj.org.sa
Adrenomyeloneuropathy (AMN) is one of the most frequent phenotypes of X-linked
adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and its adult variant. Adrenomyeloneuropathy is an X-linked disease, in …

Abstracts of Award-Winning Posters, 18th Annual Health Sciences Poster Conference, Faculty of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, Kuwait University, Kuwait, May 7 …

…, FG Yesil, JY Al-Hashel, JK John, P Vembu… - Medical Principles …, 2013 - europepmc.org
Methods A primary culture of fetal hippocampal tissue (E19) was done in DMEM medium.
On day 3, cultures were divided into four groups and treated as follows for 4 days:(1) normal …