DDI Publications List

Ali Kamkar MM, Ahmad R, Alsmadi O, Behbehani K. Insight into the impact of diabetes mellitus on the increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: mini-review. J Diabetes Metab Disord. 2014;13:57

Hasan A, Al-Ghimlas F, Warsame S, Al-Hubail A, Ahmad R, Bennakhi A, Al-Arouj M, Behbehani K, Dehbi M. Dermime S1.IL-33 is negatively associated with the BMI and confers a protective lipid/metabolic profile in non-diabetic but not diabetic subjects.BMC Immunol. 2014;15:19. doi: 10.1186/1471-2172-15-19.

Elkum N, Al-Arouj M, Sharifi M, Behbehani K, Bennakhi A. Cardiovascular disease risk factors in the South Asian population living in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study. Diabet Med. 2014;31(5):531-9.

Channanath AM, Farran B, Behbehani K, Thanaraj TA. Impact of hypertension on the association of BMI with risk and age at onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus: age- and gender-mediated modifications. PloS one. 2014;9(4):e95308.

Alroughani R, Al-Jumah MA. The need for a multiple sclerosis registry in the Gulf Region. Neurosciences (Riyadh). 2014;19(2):85-6.

Alroughani R, Ahmed SF, Behbehani R, Al-Hashel J. Use of fingolimod in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis in Kuwait. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014;119:17-20

Almaatouq MA, Al-Arouj M, Amod A, Assaad-Khalil SH, Assaad SN, Azar ST, Esmat K, Hassoun AA, Jarrah N, Zatari S. Barriers to the delivery of optimal antidiabetic therapy in the Middle East and Africa. Int J Clin Pract. 2014;68(4):503-11.

Baturcam E, Abubaker J, Tiss A, Abu-Farha M, Khadir A, Al-Ghimlas F, Al-Khairi I, Cherian P, Elkum N, Hammad M, John J, Kavalakatt S, Lehe C, Warsame S, Behbehani K, Dermime S, Dehbi M. Physical exercise reduces the expression of RANTES and its CCR5 receptor in the adipose tissue of obese humans. Mediators Inflamm. 2014;2014:627150.

Abu-Farha M, Behbehani K, Elkum N. Comprehensive analysis of circulating adipokines and hsCRP association with cardiovascular disease risk factors and metabolic syndrome in Arabs. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2014;13:76.

Wake DJ, Sukkar F, Goddard C, Halawa N, Barake R, Chisholm S, Morris A, Behbehani K, Ker J, Scott M. Transformation of diabetes care in Kuwait through postgraduate healthcare professional education. Diabetic Medicine. 2014,31:112

Behbehani K. Kuwait National Programme for Healthy Living: first 5-year plan (2013-2017). Med Princ Pract. 2014;23 Suppl 1:32-42.

Conway NT, Wotayan RA, Alkuzam A, Al-Refaei F, Badawi D, Barake R, Bell A, Boyle G, Chisholm S, Connell J, Emslie-Smith A, Goddard CA, Greene SA, Halawa N, Judson A, Kelly C, Ker J, Scott M, Shaltout A, Sukkar F, Wake D, Morris A, Sibbald D, Behbehani K. The Kuwait-Scotland eHealth Innovation Network (KSeHIN): a sustainable approach to quality improvement in healthcare. Qual Prim Care. 2014;22(1):43-51.

Muir F, Scott M, McConville K, Watson K, Behbehani K, Sukkar F. Taking the learning beyond the individual: how reflection informs change in practice.Int J Med Educ. 2014;5:24-30.

Lamdhade S, Almulla A, Alroughani R. Recurrent Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a 16-Year-Old Girl with Atypical Clinical and Radiological Features. Case Rep Neurol Med. 2014;2014:582482.

Lamdhade S, Ashkanani A, Alroughani R. Prevalence of Anti-JC Virus Antibody in Multiple Sclerosis Patients in Kuwait.ISRN Neurol. 2014;2014:861091

Karageorgi S, Alsmadi O, Behbehani K. A review of adult obesity prevalence, trends, risk factors, and epidemiologic methods in Kuwait. J Obes. 2013;2013:378650.

Tariq S, Goddard CA, Elkum N. Barriers in participant recruitment of diverse ethnicities in the state of Kuwait. Int J Equity Health. 2013;12:93.

Assaad-Khalil SH, Al Arouj M, Almaatouq M, Amod A, Assaad SN, Azar ST, Belkhadir J, Esmat K, Hassoun AA, Jarrah N, Zatari S, Alberti KG. Barriers to the delivery of diabetes care in the Middle East and South Africa: a survey of 1,082practising physicians in five countries. Int J Clin Pract. 2013;67(11):1144-50.

Al-Arouj M, Hassoun AA, Medlej R, Pathan MF, Shaltout I, Chawla MS, Hristoskova S, Ditommaso S, Kadwa MY. The effect of vildagliptin relative to sulphonylureas in Muslim patients with Type 2 diabetes fasting during Ramadan. Int J Clin Pract. 2013;67(10):957-63

Alsmadi O, Thareja G, Alkayal F, Rajagopalan R, John SE, Hebbar P, Behbehani K, Thanaraj TA. Genetic Substructure of Kuwaiti Population Reveals Migration History. PLoS One. 2013;8(9):e74913.