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The prevalence of postmenopausal osteoporosis among Saudi Arabian women is difficult to estimate because it is a large country with a diverse widely dispersed population. There have been reports of localized prevalence estimates but these are difficult to compare. In the absence of reliable national data, a theoretical approach may be useful. We have extended our mathematical model of the WHO scheme...
Objective: Hormonal changes at the menopause are associated with the onset of a number of medical conditions. The distribution of age-at-menopause (AAM) within a given population can, therefore, indicate how the disease prevalence changes with age. The objective of this study was to estimate the distribution of AAM among Saudi Arabian women, in order to predict local trends in the prevalence of osteoporosis...
Purpose: To characterize the patient population and treatment outcomes in patients with Retinoblastoma (RB) referred for External Beam Orbital Radiotherapy (EBORT) to King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 1976 to 1993.Methods and Materials: A retrospective study of 120 patients with RB affecting a total of 192 eyes. Patients were divided into...
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