Dr Zeinat Hijazi

• Hijazi Z., Moosa A. Rett syndrome in a Kuwaiti girl. Journal of Kuwait Medical Association 1989; 23:82-4.
• Shaltout A., Auger L., Awadallah N, Hijazi Z., Johnny M., Haj K., and Kandil H Morbidity and Mortality of Bacterial Meningitis in Arab Children. Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1989; 92: 402-6.
• Elzouki A., Hijazi Z., Tongetar F., Qurtom H., A. Majeed H. Berger’s disease: Henoc-Schonlein syndrome, one disease entity. Clinical Nephrology 1989; 31: 53-4. (letter).
• Hijazi Z., Sigstrom L. Blood Pressure under office conditions in school children 4-12 years of age living in Kuwait. Medical Principles and Practice 1989; 1(4):200-
• Khalil Y., Hijazi Z., Majeed H. Henoch Schonlein Purpura in Arab Children. Analysis of 52 cases. Tropical and Geographical Medicine 1990; 42(1): 52-7.
• Majeed H., Qabazard Z., Hijazi Z. et al. The Cutaneous manifestations in children familial Mediterranean fever. A six-year study. Quarterly Journal of Medicine 1990; 75 (278): 607 – 16.
• A Majeed H., Carroll J., Khuffash F., Hijazi Z. Long term Colchicine therapy in children with Familial Mediterranean Fever (Hereditary recurrent polyserosites). Journal of Pediatrics 1990; 116 (6): 997 – 9.
• Hassoon M., Qandalji B., Hijazi Z. Benign acute childhood myositis in Kuwait. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 1992; 12: 311-5.
• Hijazi Z., Qabazard Z., Marouf R., Moosa A.Splenomegaly in Arab children with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. Annals of Saudi Medicine 1995; 15 (3):209-1.
• Hijazi Z., Pacsa A., Eisa S., El Shazli A., Abd El-Salam R. Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Children in a Desert Country (Kuwait). The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 1995; 14(4):322-324.
• Hijazi Z., Pacsa A., Essa S, El Shazli A., Abd El-Salam R. Laboratory Diagnosis of Acute Lower Respiratory Tract Viral Infections in Children. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1996; 42:276-280.
• Premdasa I G, Hijazi, Moosa A. An Instrument to Evaluate Clinical Instructional Skills. Medical Education 1995;29: 355-359
• Hijazi Z., Pacsa A,. El-gharbawy F., Essa S, El Shazli A., Abd El-Salam R. Acute lower respiratory tract infections in children in Kuwait. Annals of Tropical Pediatrics 1997; 17:127-134.
• Hijazi Z. and Haider M.Z. High frequency of IgE receptor FcεRIß variant (Leu181/Leu 183) in Kuwaiti Arabs and its association with asthma. Clin Genet 1998; 53:149-152.
• Haider MZ, Hijazi Z. (Letter) Prevalence of high affinity IgE receptor [FcεRIß] gene polymorphism in Kuwaiti Arabs with asthma. Clin Genet 1998: 54:166-167.
• I. Ezeamuzie, S. F. Al-Ali, A. Al-Dowaisan, M. Khan, Z. Hijazi, M.S.Thomson. Reference Values of Total Serum IgE and their significance in the Diagnosis of Allergy among the Young Adult Kuwaiti Population. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 1999; 29: 375-381.
• Z Haider, Z Hijazi Angiotensin converting enzyme gene insertion/deletion polymorphism in Kuwaiti Arabs with asthma. Medical Science Research 1999; 27: 553-556.
• Hijazi Z. and Haider M.Z. Interleukin-4-Gene Promoter Polymorphism [C590T] and Asthma in Kuwaiti Arabs. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 2000;122 (3): 190-194.
• I. Ezeamuzie, M.S. Thomson, S. Al-Ali, A. Dowaisan, M. Khan, Z. Hijazi. Asthma in the Desert: spectrum of the sensitizing aeroallergens. Allergy 2000:55:157-162.
• Abdulrahman Dowaisan, Suleiman Al-Ali, Mohammed Khan, Zeinat Hijazi, Mary Thomson, Charles I Ezeamuzie. Sensitization to aeroallergens among patients with allergic rhinitis in a Desert Environment. Annals of Allergy, asthma & Immunology, 2000; 84:433-438.
• I. Ezeamuzie, S. Al-Ali, M. Khan, Z. Hijazi, A. Dowaisan, M.S. Thomson, J. Goerge.IgE- Mediated Sensitization of Mould Allergens among Patients with Allergic Diseases in a desert Environment. International Archives of Allergy and Immunilogy 2000; 121: 300-307.
• Hijazi Z. and Haider M.Z. Influence of Consanguinity and IgE receptor Variants on Clinical manifestation of asthma in Kuwaiti children. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics 2001; 47, 13-16.
• Hijazi , IG Premadasa, MAA Moussa. Performance of students in the final examination in Paediatrics: importance of the “Short Cases”. Archives of Diseases in Childhood 2002; 86:57-58.
• Hijazi Z., Ezeamuzie CI, Khan M, Dowaisan AR. Characteristics of asthmatic children in Kuwait.  Journal of asthma 2002; 39:603-609.
• Hijazi Z., Abdulmalek AK, Al-Taweel F, Al-Shareda S. Hospital management of children with acute asthma exacerbations in Kuwait: adherence to International Guidelines. Medical Principles and Practice 2002; 11:126-130.
• Hijazi Z., Molla AM, Al-Habashi H, Muawad WM, Molla AM, Sharma PN. Intestinapermeability is increased in bronchial asthma. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004; 89:227-229
• Behbehani A, Owayed A, Hijazi Z. Cataract and Ocular Hypertension in Children.on Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy. J Pediatr Ophthal & Strabis 2005:42:23-27.
• Hijazi Z, Onadeko OB, Khadadah M, Haider Z, Adekile K, Al-Habashi H.Pulmonary Function Studies in Kuwaiti Children with Sickle cell Disease and Elevated Hb F.International Journal of Clinical Practice 2005;59(2):163-167.
• Onadeko OB, Marouf R, Omar A, , Hijazi Z, , Khadadah M, Qurtom M, Collier BD, Elgazzar AH, Adekile K. Technetium 99m- diethylene triamine penta-acetic acid aerosol in the evaluation of Pulmonary involvement in with sickle cell disease. Eur J Haematol 2006:76:147-152.

Respiratory syncytial virus and human rhinoviruses are the major causes of severe lower respiratory tract infections in Kuwait. J Med Virol 2010 Aug:82(8):1462-7. Khadah M, Essa S. Hijazi Z, Behbehani N. Al-Nakib W.