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Acquired centromeric heteromorphism of chromosome 7 yields discordant results between fluorescent in situ hybridization and karyotype analysis in a child with severe congenital neutropenia

Farra, Chantal G.; Raimondi, Susana Catalina; Abboud, Miguel Raul (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2019)

Monosomy 7 is an indicator of malignant transformation in patients with different subtypes of severe congenital neutropenias (SCNs). We present the case of a 5-year-old male diagnosed with SCN. Standard karyotype and ...
Alpha thalassemia allelic frequency in Lebanon

Farra, Chantal G.; Badra, Rebecca; Fares, Farah; Muwakkit, Samar A.; Dbaibo, Ghassan S.; Al-Dabbous, Ibrahim A.; Ashkar, Hanine; Mounsef, Carla; Abboud, Miguel Raul (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2015)

Background: Hemoglobinopathies are the most common reported monogenic disorders worldwide. It is well established that Mediterranean and Arab countries are high risk areas for thalassemia in general, and for alpha thalassemia ...
Alternative lengthening of telomeres, ATRX loss and H3-K27M mutations in histologically defined pilocytic astrocytoma with anaplasia

Rodríguez, Fausto J.; Brosnan-Cashman, Jacqueline A.; Allen, Sariah J.; Vizcaíno, Maria Adelita; Giannini, Caterina; Camelo-Piragua, Sandra Ines; Webb, Milad; Matsushita, Marcus De Medeiros; Wadhwani, Nitin R.; Tabbarah, Abeer Z.; Hamideh, Dima; Jiang, Liqun; Chen, Liam L.; Arvanitis, Leonidas D.; Alnajar, Hussein H.; Barber, John R.; Rodríguez-Velasco, Alicia; Orr, Brent A.; Heaphy, Christopher M. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2019)

Anaplasia may be identified in a subset of tumors with a presumed pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) component or piloid features, which may be associated with aggressive behavior, but the biologic basis of this change remains ...
Antioxidant activity of pomegranate juice reduces emphysematous changes and injury secondary to cigarette smoke in an animal model and human alveolar cells

Husari, Ahmad W.; Hashem, Yasmine; Bitar, Hala; Dbaibo, Ghassan S.; Zaatari, Ghazi S.; El-Sabban, Marwan E. (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2016)

Background: Cigarette smoke (CS) increases oxidative stress (OS) in the lungs. Pomegranate juice (PJ) possesses potent antioxidant activities, attributed to its polyphenols. This study investigates the effects of PJ on the ...
Assessment of combination therapy in BALB/c mice injected with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains

Salloum, Noor A.; Kissoyan, Kohar Annie B.; Fadlallah, Sukayna M.; Cheaito, Katia A.; Araj, George F.; Hanna-Wakim, Rima H.; Kanj, Souha S.; Kanafani, Zeina A.; Dbaibo, Ghassan S.; Matar, Ghassan (Frontiers Media S.A., 2015)

Monotherapeutic options for carbapenem resistant infections are limited. Studies suggest that combination therapy may be associated with better outcomes than monotherapies. However, this is still controversial. This study ...
Association of Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA) profile and acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Lebanese pediatric patients: A first report from Lebanon

El Karaaoui, Abdul Karim; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; El Achkar, Hani; Fermanian, Puzant; Abbas, Fatmeh Ibrahim; Keleshian, Sose H.; Muwakkit, Samar A.; Mahfouz, Rami A.R. (Elsevier B.V., 2022)

Introduction: Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is thought to result due to interaction of genetic and environmental factors. The association between it and different alleles of the HLA system has been studied over ...
Atypical hydroa vacciniforme mimicking dermatomyositis: A case report in a Lebanese girl

Hijazi, Maya M.; Malek, Joelle; Nabulsi, Mona M.; Ghosn, Samer H. (Elsevier Inc, 2015)
Brief overview and updates on infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: Focus on perioperative management

Zaghal, Ahmad M.; El Majzoub, Nadim Walid W.; Jaafar, Rola F.; Aoun, Bilal; Jradi, Nadia (Slack Incorporated, 2021)

Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis is the most common surgical cause of vomiting in infancy. After adequate resuscitation, surgical pyloromyotomy is the standard of care for infants with pyloric stenosis. This article ...
Cardiovascular disease biomarkers in patients with inborn errors of protein metabolism: A pilot study

Karam, Pascale E.; Majdalani, Marianne Nimah; Daher, Rose T.; Barhoumi, Abir; Yazbeck, Nadine H. (2015)

Background: Limited data exist so far on cardiovascular disease biomarkers in patients maintained on a protein-restricted diet for inborn errors of protein metabolism. The present study aimed to analyse plasma cholesterol, ...
CD147 Promotes Tumorigenesis via Exosome-Mediated Signaling in Rhabdomyosarcoma

Fahs, Assil; Hussein, Nader; Zalzali, Hassan; Ramadan, Farah; Ghamloush, Farah; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; El Homsi, Mahmoud; Badran, Bassam M.; Boulos, Fouad I.; Tawil, Ayman N.; Ghayad, Sandra E.; Saab, Raya H. (MDPI, 2022)

Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is an aggressive childhood soft-tissue tumor, with propensity for local invasion and distant metastasis. Exosomes are secreted vesicles that mediate paracrine signaling by delivering functional ...
CFTR mutational screening by next-generation sequencing reveals novel variants and a high carrier rate in a Middle Eastern population

Farra, Chantal G.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Hamadeh, Lama N.; Khoueiry, Pierre H.; Halawi, Zeina; Yazbeck, Nadine H.; Daher, Rose T.; Souaid, Mirna; Hamdar, Layal H.; Yammine, Tony; Yunis, Khalid A. (John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2022)

Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-limiting autosomal recessive disease in western countries with an incidence of 1:2500 in United States and 1:1000 in some European countries. Similar incidences were noted for the ...
Challenges of genetic diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism in a major tertiary care center in Lebanon

Salman, Doaa O.; Mahfouz, Rami A.R.; Bitar, Elio R.; Samaha, Jinane; Karam, Pascale E. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022)

Background: Inborn errors of metabolism are rare genetic disorders; however, these are prevalent in countries with high consanguinity rates, like Lebanon. Patients are suspected, based on a combination of clinical and ...
Char Syndrome a novel mutation and new insights: A clinical report

Massaad, Elie; Tfayli, Hala M.; Awwad, Johnny T.; Nabulsi, Mona M.; Farra, Chantal G. (Elsevier Masson SAS, 2019)

Transcription Factor AP-2 Beta (TFAP2B) functions in the differentiation of neural crest cell derivatives and contributes to the embryogenesis of the ductus arteriosus. Mutations of TFAP2B produces Char syndrome. Char ...
Clinical prognostic factors and outcome in pediatric osteosarcoma: Effect of delay in local control and degree of necrosis in a multidisciplinary setting in Lebanon

Ali, Bilal Abou; Salman, Mayssaa; Ghanem, Khaled M.; Boulos, Fouad I.; Haidar, Rachid K.; Saghieh, Saïd S.; Akel, Samir R.; Muwakkit, Samar A.; El-Solh, Hassan; Saab, Raya H.; Tamim, Hani Mohammed; Abboud, Miguel Raul (American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2019)

PURPOSE Outcomes in pediatric osteosarcoma have dramatically improved over the past few decades, with overall survival rates of 70% and 30% for patients with localized and metastatic disease, respectively. PATIENTS AND ...
Dietary Zinc Intake and Plasma Zinc Concentrations in Children with Short Stature and Failure to Thrive

Yazbeck, Nadine H.; Hanna-Wakim, Rima H.; El Rafei, Rym C.; Barhoumi, Abir; Farra, Chantal G.; Daher, Rose T.; Majdalani, Marianne Nimah (S. Karger AG, 2016)

Background: The burden of zinc deficiency on children includes an increased incidence of diarrhea, failure to thrive (FTT) and short stature. The aim of this study was to assess whether children with FTT and/or short stature ...
Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of viral infections in hospitalized children and adolescents with cancer in Lebanon

Chamseddine, Sarah; Chmaisse, Ahmad; Akel, Imad S.; Zein, Zeinab El; Khalil, Suzan; Raad, Sarah Abi; Khati, Antoine; Ghandour, Hiba Z.; Khafaja, Sarah A.; Haj, Magda; Abboud, Miguel Raul; Mahfouz, Rami A.R.; Araj, George F.; Zaraket, Hassan; Hanna-Wakim, Rima H.; Muwakkit, Samar A.; Dbaibo, Ghassan S. (Public Library of Science, 2020)

Background Viral infections in children and adolescents with malignancy are commonly encountered and have a significant impact on morbidity and mortality. Studies and epidemiological data regarding viral infections in ...
Epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and molecular typing of salmonella typhi isolated from patients with typhoid fever in Lebanon

Kanj, Souha S.; Kanafani, Zeina A.; Shehab, Marwa; Sidani, Nisreen; Baban, Tania A.; Baltajian, Kedak; Dakdouki, Ghenwa K.; Zaatari, Mohamad; Araj, George F.; Hanna-Wakim, Rima H.; Dbaibo, Ghassan S.; Matar, Ghassan (Elsevier Ltd, 2015)

The objective of this study was to examine the epidemiology and the clinical manifestations of typhoid fever as well as the susceptibility and strain relatedness of Salmonella typhi isolates in Lebanon from 2006 to 2007. ...
Erythropoietic protoporphyria a clinical and molecular study from Lebanon: Ferrochelatase a potential tumor suppressor gene in colon cancer

Kadara, Humam N.; Nemer, Georges M.; Safi, Rémi; Rebeiz, Nelly; Daou, Laetitia; Delbani, D.; Btadini, Waed; Abbas, Ossama M.; Tofaili, Mona; Bitar, Fadi Fouad; Kibbi, Abdul Ghani M.; Shimomura, Yutaka; Kurban, Mazen S. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2017)

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare cutaneous and systemic disease caused by mutations in the ferrochelatase gene (FECH). The molecular underpinnings of EPP in Middle Eastern populations and relative to other ...
Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma: Diagnosis, management and prognosis (Review)

Abboud, Abdallah; Masrouha, Karim Z.; Saliba, Maelle; Haidar, Rachid K.; Saab, Raya H.; Khoury, Nabil El; Tawil, Ayman N.; Saghieh, Saïd S. (Spandidos Publications, 2021)

Extraskeletal Ewing sarcoma (EES) is a relatively uncommon primary tumor of the soft tissues, which accounts for 20‑30% of all reported cases of ES. Being uncommon, all members of the ES family tumors are treated following ...
Fludarabine-based reduced intensity regimen for matched related donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in acquired severe aplastic anemia

Ghanem, Khaled M.; Kharfan-Dabaja, M. A.; El-Solh, Hassan; Harris, Nariman; Kreidieh, Nabeela M.A.; Nehme, Rita; Muwakkit, Samar A.; Saab, Raya H.; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Abboud, Miguel Raul (Elsevier Masson SAS, 2017)

Different conditioning regimens have been evaluated in matched-related donor allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for acquired severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with varying results. In this manuscript, ...

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