Professor Olav Thulesius
Published in Medical Principles and Practice
Professor Olav Thulesius
A Review of the Scoring and Assessment of Keratosis Pilaris
Published in Skin Appendage Disorders
Disease severity assessment tools play a large part in evaluating skin conditions in dermatology. Currently, there is no existing validated assessment tool for keratosis pilaris (KP), a benign yet highly prevalent follicular disorder. A range of proposed scoring tools have been used in different clinical trials for the assessment of potential treat...
Erosive Potential of Various Beverages in the United Arab Emirates: pH Assessment
Published in Dubai Medical Journal
Objectives: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the top 5 countries in the world in terms of juice consumption per capita. The rising consumption of beverages is a major contributor to a plethora of diseases, including heightened risks of developing obesity, diabetes, and osteoporosis. Beverages with low pH also tend to magnify the risk of lon...
Onychogryphosis Is Associated with Dermatologic and Vascular Disease: A Case-Control Study of the All of Us Research Pro...
Published in Skin Appendage Disorders
Introduction: Onychogryphosis is a nail condition characterized clinically by a thickened, curved, yellow-brown, and opaque nail plate and may result in pain, paronychia, and onychogryphosis. Methods: We performed a nested case-control study of 1,114 onychogryphosis patients and 3,423 matched controls to quantify the association between onychogryph...
Close Your Eyes and See: Stroke Sequelae versus Functional Neurological Disorder in a Physician
Published in European Neurology
The first author is a left-handed, 51-year-old nephrologist who experienced a neurologic event. She underwent neurosurgery complicated by hemorrhage. Postoperatively, she developed persistent vertigo and unilateral tongue pain which persisted for over 5 years. Early neuroimaging revealed expected encephalomalacia but no neuroanatomical basis for he...
Tamoxifen Treatment for Pubertal Gynecomastia: When to Start and How Long to Continue
Published in Breast Care
Introduction: Pubertal gynecomastia is a common clinical condition among male adolescents, and in most cases, it regresses spontaneously. However, tamoxifen treatment is recommended in selected cases. We aimed to evaluate the indications, safety, and efficacy of tamoxifen treatment in adolescents with pubertal gynecomastia. Methods: The data of 83 ...
Cortexin® Ameliorates High Glucose-Induced Neuropathy in Cultured Rat Sensory Neurons
Published in Neuroendocrinology
Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate whether Cortexin®, a brain peptide-containing agent, has any mitigating effect on high glucose-induced neuropathy, using primary cultured rat sensory neurons. Materials and Methods: Dorsal root ganglia (DRG) were excised from decapitated adult rats. Individual neurons were isolated following en...
Variation in the Dopamine-4-Receptor Gene in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Published in Neuroendocrinology
Introduction: Because dopaminergic signaling pathways are one of the regulators of autoimmunity, we hypothesize that the −521C>T DRD4 gene polymorphism may associate with the risk of diabetes mellitus type 1 (DM1) and its comorbidities. Methods: In this case-control study, we have examined 300 patients with DM1 in comparison to 300 healthy age-matc...
Mild Tricuspid Regurgitation: A Marker of Disease Burden Independently Associated with Increased Mortality
Published in Cardiology
Introduction: Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is a common finding which appears to be associated with a worse prognosis. There are conflicting data regarding the prognostic impact of mild TR. We examined the clinical characteristics and echocardiographic properties of subjects with TR and its impact on clinical outcome with particular emphasis on subj...
Double Lumbar Localization of Myelomeningocele: Case Report
Published in Pediatric Neurosurgery
Introduction: Myelomeningocele (MMC) is a malformation resulting from the neural tube’s failure to close during embryonic development, and the majority of the cases of neural tube defects (NTDs) were prevalent as single location lesions along the spine; however, multiple NTDs (MNTDs) are a very rare condition. Only a few cases of MNTDs were found i...
