Affiliation:
1. Departments of Pediatrics and History and Philosophy of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS,
Abstract
From 1996 to 2002, I was head of a pediatric neurology section and helped develop a fellowship training program in Saudi Arabia. This was a most rewarding learning experience because of an abundance of neurometabolic and neurodegenerative diseases in a population with a high rate of consanguinity. In addition to inborn errors of metabolism, other prevalent disorders included late-infantile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis, hyperekplexia, focal cortical dysplasias, sarcoglycanopathies, familial spastic paraplegia, demyelinating diseases, and dysmorphic syndromes. These patient experiences were a rich source of stimulation for clinical teaching and research. ( J Child Neurol 2005;20:226—229).
Subject
Neurology (clinical),Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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