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] Prospective study of early and late outcomes of extremely low birthweight in Central Saudi Arabia

MA Abolfotouh, S Al Saif, WA Altwaijri, MA Al Rowaily - BMC pediatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background Survival of preterm neonates has steadily improved over the past five decades,
due to changes in the neonatal intensive care. However, in Saudi Arabia, there are no …

Prevalence and outcomes of Guillain-Barré syndrome among pediatrics in Saudi Arabia: a 10-year retrospective study

…, WA Altwaijri, D Ba-Armah, A Al Rumayyan… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a progressive acute form of paralysis most
probably secondary to an immune-mediated process. GBS among Saudis has been seldom …

[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. …

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

…, RS Albaradie, WA Al-Twaijri, MM Jan, F Al-Otaibi… - 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 …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of life in paediatrics with intractable epilepsy in a large paediatric university hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

WA Altwaijri, BJ Yahya, LB Alasmari… - Journal of Family …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the quality of life (QOL) in children with intractable
epilepsy (IE) in KASCH, a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Settings and Design: …

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

…, S Alturki, W Al-Twaijri, M Alrifai, A Al-Rumayya… - 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 …