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The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Issue 1/2021

Content (179 Articles)

Open Access Alteplase Research

Short-term outcome in ischemic stroke patients after thrombolytic therapy

Wafaa S. Mohamed, Adel S. Abdel Ghaffar, Ahmed E. Abdel Gawad, Emad L. Agban

Open Access Stroke Research

Effect of cycling exercise on motor excitability and gait abnormalities in stroke patients

Mohamed S. El-Tamawy, Moshera H. Darwish, Mye A. Basheer, Abdelazim M. Reda, Mahmoud Elzanaty, Heba A. Khalifa

An unusual presentation of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome—a case report

K. Soundarya Rajeshwari, Vishaka Agarwal, S. Satish, K. T. Jayakumar

Open Access Stroke Research

Troponin-I elevation predicts outcome after thrombolysis in ischemic stroke patients

Rania S. Nageeb, Alaa A. Omran, Wafaa S. Mohamed

Open Access Migraine Research

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as a prophylactic treatment in migraine

Azza B. Hammad, Rasha E. Elsharkawy, Ghada S. Abdel Azim

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Corrected QT interval and QT dispersion in temporal lobe epilepsy

Maram Samy Nasef, Ahmed Abdelmonem Gaber, Yousry Aboelnaga Abdelhamid, Islam Bastawy, Salem Taha Abdelhady, Mona Mokhtar Wahid el din

Open Access Anosmia Review

Anosmia and COVID-19: perspectives on its association and the pathophysiological mechanisms involved

Paulo Roberto da Silva Júnior, André Luis Oliveira Ramos Gomes, Lucas Eugênio Araújo Coelho, Mariana Almeida Morais, Pedro Vinícius Furtado Carneiro de Almeida, Wagner José Raia Neri, Guilherme Veras Mascena, Adriana Amorim de Farias Leal

Open Access Spinal Stenosis Research

The value of cervical MRI in surgical lumbar canal stenosis patients

Omar Youssef Abdalla, Hieder Al-Shami, Heba Medhat Maghraby, Abdelrhman Enayet

Open Access Headache Research

The efficacy of ultrasound-guided multifidus cervicis plane block versus greater occipital nerve block for cervicogenic headache

Zenat Eldadamony Mohamed, Carmen Ali Zarad, Mohamed E. Flifel, Ali A. Abou Elmaaty

Open Access Research

Evaluation of risk factors for cerebral palsy

Dina Salama Abd Elmagid, Hend Magdy

Open Access Stroke Research

Predictors of the functional outcome after thrombolysis in an Egyptian patients’ sample

H. M. Eldeeb, D. H. Elsalamawy, A. M. Elabd, H. S. Abdelraheem

Open Access Stroke Research

Post-stroke dementia: frequency, predictors, and health impact

Bastawy Al Fawal, Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed Abd Elhamed

Open Access Meningioma Research

Spheno-orbital meningiomas: surgical techniques and results

Mohamed Abdelrahman Elborady, Wael Mohamed Nazim

Open Access Epileptic Seizure Review

Clinical differentiation of psychogenic non-epileptic seizure: a practical diagnostic approach

I. Putu Eka Widyadharma, Andreas Soejitno, D. P. G. Purwa Samatra, Anna M. G. Sinardja

Open Access Stroke Case Report

Elevated factor VIII levels and arterial stroke: a review of literature with a case report

Dinesh Khandelwal, Vaibhav Mathur, Arvind Vyas, Chandani Shah, Chandrajeet Singh Ranawat, Parth Patel

The efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in treating patients with chronic daily headache

Ann Ali AbdElkader, Ebtesam Mohammed Fahmy, Ayat Allah Farouk Ahmad, Amira A. Labib, Leqaa Ali El-Mekkawy, Shaimaa shaheen Mohammed Abd El Razek

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Letter to the Editor

Could SARS-CoV-2 herald a surge of multiple sclerosis?

Nevin Mohieldin Shalaby, Hatem Samir Shehata

Open Access Dysphagia Research

Post-stroke dysphagia: frequency, risk factors, and topographic representation: hospital-based study

Eman M. Khedr, Mohamed A. Abbass, Radwa K. Soliman, Ahmed F. Zaki, Ayman Gamea

Open Access Stroke Research

Right to left shunting detection by contrast-enhanced transcranial color-coded duplex among patients with cryptogenic stroke

Samia Ashour Mohamed, Mohamed Ayman Saleh, Hala Mahmoud ELKhawas, Eman Saleh ElHadidi, Ahmed ElSadek, Noha Lotfy Soliman

Open Access Migraine Research

Migraine prevalence, clinical characteristics, and health care-seeking practice in a sample of medical students in Egypt

Mohammed I. Oraby, Rasha H. Soliman, Mustafa A. Mahmoud, Eman Elfar, Noha A. Abd ElMonem

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Neurologic manifestations of COVID-19 infection in Asia: a systematic review

I. Putu Eka Widyadharma, Alvin Hendellyn, A. A. A. Putri Laksmi Dewi, I. Made Oka Adnyana, D. P. G. Purwa Samatra, Desak Ketut Indrasari Utami

Open Access Stroke Research

High neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts early neurological deterioration in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage patients

Wafaa S. Mohamed, Amr E. Kamel, Ahmed H. Abdelwahab, Mohamed E. Mahdy

Open Access Stroke Research

Validity of neuron-specific enolase as a prognostic tool in acute ischemic stroke in adults at Suez Canal University Hospital

Mohammed H. Shash, Reda Abdelrazek, Nashwa M. Abdelgeleel, Rasha M. Ahmed, Adel H. El-baih

Open Access Hydrocephalus Research

Hydrocephalus with lateral ventricular lesions: case series and review of literature

Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Alselisly, Ahmed Hamdy Ashry, Ayman Tarek Mahmoud

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Correlation of cortical lesions of multiple sclerosis at double inversion recovery with cognition screening scores

Sally Mohamed Shaaban, Azza Elmongui Elmongui, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek, Tamer Mohamed Belal

Open Access COVID-19 Letter to the Editor

Depression and COVID-19 patients with chronic pain: practical considerations

A. Alcántara Montero, S. R. Pacheco de Vasconcelos, F. Peñato Tarifa

Open Access Aneurysm Case Report

Sequential approach of internal maxillary-to-middle cerebral artery bypass and endovascular occlusion for giant middle cerebral artery aneurysm: a case report

Andrey Vladimirovich Sergeev, Alexander Viktorovich Savello, Vladislav Urievich Cherebillo, Aigazi Islamovich Kiskaev, Fatima Chemurzieva

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Assessment of cerebral hemodynamics in multiple sclerosis patients

Nouran M. Salah, Ahmed M. Elsadek, Lobna M. ELnabil, Ayman M. Nassef, Azza A. Abdelaziz, Mohamed A. Abdel Hafeez

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Clinical predictors to cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis patients

Haidy Elshebawy, Ebtesam Mohamed Fahmy, Nervana Mohamed Elfayoumy, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelalim, Rania Shehata Ismail

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Frequency of peri-ictal apnea and cardiac arrhythmias in epileptic seizures

Rady Yousif, M. Ossama Abdulghani, A. Gaber, Naglaa El Khayat, Y. A. Abo Elnaga, Mona Mokhtar Wahid El Din

Open Access Stroke Research

Role of some inflammatory biomarkers in prediction of short-term outcome in acute ischemic stroke

Yosria Abd Al Hameed AlTaweel, Rania Sanad Nageeb, Pakinam Mahmoud Metwally, Ahmed Elsayed Badawy

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Letter to the Editor

Multiple sclerosis patients and COVID-19

Hubert Mado, Monika Adamczyk-Sowa

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Predictive factors of epilepsy outcome in a sample of Egyptian pre-elderly and elderly population

Steven Emil Gerges, Mahmoud Hemeda El Rakawy, Naglaa Mohammed El Khayat, Yousry Abo Elnaga Abdelhamid, Ahmed Mohammed Hazzou, Hossam Mohammed Shokri, Mona Mokthar Wahid El din

Open Access Pathology Research

Assessment of the outcome of percutaneous pedicle screws in management of degenerative and traumatic dorsal and lumbar pathologies

Ayman Hussein, Hamdy Ibrahim, Hazem Mashaly, Sameh Hefny, Abdelrahman El Gayar

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Reliability and validity of Arabic version of the brief international cognitive assessment for multiple sclerosis: Egyptian dialect

Marwa Farghaly, Dawn W. Langdon, Nevin M. Shalaby, Hatem S. Shehata, Noha T. Abokrysha, Amr Hassan, Mohamed I. Hegazy, Alaa Elmazny, Sandra Ahmed, Shaimaa Shaheen, Alshaimaa S. Othman, Osama Yacoub, Nirmeen A. Kishk

Open Access Research

Outcomes and issues of 12 chordomas treated in a single center

Maria Karampouga, Fotis Tsetsos, Pavlos Sakellariou, Ioannis Baltas

Open Access Burnout Syndrome Research

Prevalence of burnout among neurologists in Saudi Arabia

Zina Ali Al-Qahtani, Adel Alhazzani

Open Access Guillain-Barré Syndrome Review

Guillain-Barre syndrome in 220 patients with COVID-19

Josef Finsterer, Fulvio A. Scorza

Open Access Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Research

Gait and balance impairments in patients with subcortical vascular cognitive impairment

Mahmoud Ebrahim Mostafa Elhassanien, Yasser Abo Elfotoh El-Heneedy, Kareem Mohammed Ramadan, Mona Ahmed Kotait, Amr Elkholy, Mohammed Youssef Elhamrawy, Wafik Said Bahnasy

Open Access Epilepsy Research

The interictal activities load and cognitive performance of children with typical absence epilepsy

Shereen Ahmed ELAhwal, Yasser Abo Elfotoh El-Heneedy, Wafik Said Bahnasy, Reham Abdel Rahman Amer, Khaled Hussein Rashed

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

The relationship of HLA-G 14-bp insertion/deletion genetic polymorphism to the risk of multiple sclerosis and its clinical phenotypes

Wafaa M. Farghaly, Heba M. Saad Eldien, Mohammed A. Sayed, Hassan M. Elnady, Ashraf Khodeary, Abdelhady R. Abdel-Gawad, Hamdy N. El-Tallawy, Mohammed G. Abdellatif, Hazem K. Alhewaig

Open Access COVID-19 Research

COVID-19 Infection Stigma Scale: psychometric properties

Hayam Mohammed Elgohari, Medhat Mohamed Bassiony, Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, Usama Mahmoud Youssef, Heba Mohamed Ali, Islam Shahin, Dina Sameh Elrafey, Rehab Saeed Mahdy

Open Access Botulinum Toxin Research

Botulinum toxin type A for painful diabetic neuropathy: an open-label study

Shahinaz Helmy, Tamer Emara, Amr Abdel Menem

Open Access Stroke Review

A review on SARS-CoV-2 and stroke pathogenesis and outcome

Tamer Roushdy, Eman Hamid

Open Access Schizophrenia Research

Epidemiological profile of psychiatric illnesses in the province of Taza, Morocco: case of a study on a schizophrenic sub-population in the Ibn Baja Hospital

El Hassan Ouanouche, Hasnae Lamine, Asmae Tliji, Hajar Hourmattallah, Ali Ouichou, Aboubaker El Hessni, Abdelhalim Mesfioui

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Telephone-based assessment of multiple sclerosis patients at Ain Shams University Hospital in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

Mohamed A. Abdel Hafeez, Dina A. Zamzam, Mahmoud S. Swelam, Alaa Abo Steit, Janet Masoud, Azza Abdel Nasser, Ahmed Hazzou, Eman Hamid, Hany Aref, Magd F. Zakaria, Mohamed M. Fouad

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review

Aditya Kurnianto, Dodik Tugasworo, Yovita Andhitara, Retnaningsih, Rahmi Ardhini, Jethro Budiman

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Neurological manifestations and neuroimaging findings in patients with SARS-CoV2—a systematic review

Nikita Mohan, Muhammad Ali Fayyaz, Christopher del Rio, Navpreet Kaur Rajinder Singh Khurana, Sampada Sandip Vaidya, Esteban Salazar, John Joyce, Amrat Ayaz Ali

Open Access Stroke Research

Omentin-1: a biomarker in large artery ischaemic stroke patients

Elham Nasif, Osama A. Ragab, Mahmoud E. Elhassanien, Ayman M. Al-Malt

Open Access Schizophrenia Research

How patients with schizophrenia “as a Victim” cope with violence in Indonesia: a qualitative study

Iyus Yosep, Henny Suzana Mediani, Linlin Lindayani, Aat Sriati

Open Access Stroke Research

Intravenous thrombolysis outcome in posterior vs anterior circulation stroke in a tertiary stroke center in Egypt

Nourhan Abdelmohsen Taha, Hala El Khawas, Mohamed Amir Tork, Tamer M. Roushdy

Open Access Stroke Research

Duplex ultrasonography as prognostic tool of acute ischemic stroke patients

Mohamed El-Sayed El-khatib, Shereen Ahmed El Ahwal

Open Access Churg-Strauss Syndrome Case Report

Rare case of recurrent stroke in a patient with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis: a case report

Mirjana Arsenijević, Nikola Ivančević, Dejana Jovanović, Milan Radović, Ivana Berisavac

Open Access Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Pattern and prevalence of neuropsychiatric lupus: a retrospective study from a tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh

Fahima Hossain, Mohammad Delwer Hossain Hawlader, Dipak Kumar Mitra, Mohammad Hayatun Nabi, Md. Mujibur Rahman

Open Access Craniotomy Research

Awake surgery for lesions near eloquent brain under scalp block and clinical monitoring: experience of single center with limited resources

Esam Abdelhameed, Mohamed Shebl Abdelghany, Hazem Abdelkhalek, Hytham Ibrahim Shokry Elatrozy

Open Access Carotid Stenosis Research

Non-protected carotid artery stenting for symptomatic carotid stenosis in low resource settings

Ayman H. El-Sudany, Shady S. Georgy, Amr S. Zaki, Rady Y. Bedros, Ahmed El-Bassiouny

Open Access Meningioma Research

Extradural anterior clinoidectomy in surgical management of clinoidal meningiomas

K. El-Bahy, Ashraf M. Ibrahim, Ibrahim Abdelmohsen, Hatem A. Sabry

Open Access Cerebral Sinus Venous Thrombosis Case Report

Case reports of cerebral sinus venous thrombosis in COVID-19 patients

Prysta Aderlia Sitanggang, Kumara Tini, Ni Made Susilawathi, Ida Ayu Sri Wijayanti, Putu Utami Dewi, Dewa Putu Gde Purwa Samatra

Open Access Affective Disorder Research

Serum BDNF and suicidal ideation in drug-naïve and drug-treated MDD patients: a case–control study

Amira Mohamed Yousef, Ghada Mohamed Salah El-Deen, Abdallah Saad Ibrahim, Amany Elshabrawy Mohamed

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension with multiple cranial nerve palsies in 10 years old thin Sudanese boy: case report

Mumen Abdalazim Dafallah, Elsanosi Habour, Esraa Ahmed Ragab, Zahraa Mamoun Shouk, Mohammed Izzadden

Open Access Meningioma Research

Surgical management of tentorial meningiomas: case series

Hussein Mohammed Soffar, Mohamed Mohsen El Shimy, Hieder Al-Shami, Ahmed M. Salah

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Research

Study of cognitive impairment and genetic polymorphism of SLC41A1 (rs11240569 allele) in Parkinson’s disease in Upper Egypt: case-control study

Hamdy N. El-Tallawy, Tahia H. Saleem, Wafaa M. Farghaly, Heba Mohamed Saad Eldien, Ashraf Khodaery, Sherif A. Sayed, Ahmed A. Helaly, Hassan Mohammed Elnady

Open Access Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Impact of depression on quality of life in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Eman M. Khedr, Rania M. Gamal, Sounia M. Rashad, Mary Yacoub, Gellan K. Ahmed

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Letter to the Editor

Is SARS-CoV-2 responsible for relapses of Parkinson’s disease?

Fulvio A. Scorza, Josef Finsterer, Ana C. Fiorini

Open Access Status Epilepticus Research

Cluster seizures and status epilepticus in new onset seizures among adult Egyptians

Mahmoud Hemeida Mahmoud, Eman Mahmoud Awad, Ahmed Khalil Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Shafik

Open Access Meningioma Research

Endocan serum levels in patients with low- and high-grade meningiomas: does this biomarker have an indicative role?

Mohammad Javad Fattahi, Fatemeh Sedaghat, Mahyar Malekzadeh, Amir Ali Nejat, Maryam Poostkar, Yousef Saberi, Mousa Taghipour, Abbas Ghaderi

Open Access Appendectomy Research

The role of appendectomy in the development of Parkinson’s disease: a retrospective study in a teaching hospital in Jordan

Said Salah Dahbour, Aseel Subuh, Rama Haddad, Tulay Al-Samardali, Aladdin Dahbour

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Etiological profile of new-onset seizures among adult Egyptians

Mahmoud Hemeida Mahmoud, Eman Mahmoud Awad, Ahmed Khalil Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Shafik

A comparison of cognitive performances between neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and multiple sclerosis patients in Indian context

Swati Kumar, Goutam Gangopadhyay, Atanu Biswas, Souvik Dubey, Alak Pandit, Shambaditya Das, Biman Kanti Ray

Open Access Intracranial Hypertension Research

Retractorless brain surgery: technical considerations

Wael Mohamed Nazim, Mohamed Abdelrahman Elborady

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Research

Vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms and idiopathic Parkinson disease: an Egyptian study

Ebtesam Mohamed Fahmy, Mohamed Elsayed Elawady, Sahar Sharaf, Sarah Heneidy, Rania Shehata Ismail

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Knowledge, attitudes, and impact of COVID-19 pandemic among neurology patients in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

Mohammad Athamneh, Qais Sa’di, Belal Aldabbour, Yousef Khader, Waleed Batayha

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Exploring the factors associated with coronaphobia among physicians during the COVID-19 outbreak in Egypt

Mohamed Abdelghani, Mervat S. Hassan, Hayam M. Elgohary, Eman Fouad

Open Access Electroconvulsive Therapy Case Report

Case report on Cotard’s syndrome (CS) in a patient with schizophrenia: a rare case from Malaysia

Natasha Subhas, Khin Ohnmar Naing, Chaw Su, Jiann Lin Loo, Aishah Farhana Shahbudin, Vevehkanandar Sivasubramaniam, Reenisha Thyagarajan

Open Access Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research

Role of contrast-enhanced FLAIR MRI in diagnosis of intracranial lesions

Wessam Mustafa, Sherif Ali, Nadia Elgendy, Samer Salama, Lamiaa El Sorogy, Mohamed Mohsen

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Neurological manifestations in mild and moderate cases of COVID-19

Ghada Saed Abdel Azim, Marwa Abdellah Osman

Open Access Addiction Research

Does type and number of used substances affect the severity of illness in patients with substance use disorders?

Maha Ali Hassan, Mohamed Ayman Abdelhameed, Mostafa Mahmoud Abd El-Naem, Mohamed Helmy Abdelhafeez

Open Access Stroke Research

Paradoxical role of hepatocyte growth factor in ischemic stroke: stroke risk/stroke recovery

Ibraheim Al-Ahmar, Noha Mohamed, Hosna Elshony

Open Access Trigeminal Neuralgia Case Report

Giant intracavernous aneurysm presenting with isolated trigeminal neuralgia: a case report

Fadhilah Hani Ishak, Abdul Hanif Khan Yusof Khan, Mohd Naim Mohd Yaakob, Mohd Fandi Al Khafiz Kamis, Anna Misyail Abdul Rashid, Wei Chao Loh, Janudin Baharin, Azliza Ibrahim, Liyana Najwa Inche Mat, Wan Aliaa Wan Sulaiman, Fan Kee Hoo, Hamidon Basri

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Neurological manifestations of COVID-19 infection: an umbrella review

Samad Shams Vahdati, Alireza Ala, Dara Rahmanpour, Elyar Sadeghi-Hokmabadi, Fateme Tahmasbi

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Serum levels of leptin and adiponectin in patients with multiple sclerosis

Rasha M. Fahmi, Amr E. Kamel, Dorreya A. Elsayed, Amal A. Zidan, Noha T. Sarhan

Open Access Obesity Research

Impact of body mass index on duplex parameters of cranial vessels among the Egyptian population

Tarek A. Rageh, Mostafa Ghazally, Khaled O. Mohamed

Open Access Migraine Research

A volumetric magnetic resonance imaging study in migraine

Laila Elmously Naguib, Ghada Saed Abdel Azim, Mohammed Abdelrazek Abdellatif

Open Access Diabetic Neuropathy Research

Impact of vitamin D level in diabetic people with peripheral neuropathy

Mohammad H. Assy, Nashwa A. Draz, Sabah E. Fathy, Mohammad G. Hamed

Open Access Migraine Research

Dilemma of migraine diagnosis and management among non-neurologists

Mai Fathy, Ahmed ElSadek, Sherien Farag, Shahinaz Helmy, Amr AbdElMoneim

Open Access Stroke Letter to the Editor

Pathophysiology of SARS-CoV-2-associated ischemic stroke is variegated

Fulvio A. Scorza, Ana C. Fiorini, Josef Finsterer

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Letter to the Editor

Reply to Letter to Editor: Is SARS-CoV-2 responsible for relapses of Parkinson’s disease?

Walaa A. Kamel, Ismail Ibrahim Ismail, Mohamed Ibrahim, Jasem Y. Al-Hashel

Open Access COVID-19 Review

Neurological sequelae of COVID-19: a review

Christopher J. Peterson, Ashish Sarangi, Fariha Bangash

Open Access Diabetic Neuropathy Research

High leukotriene B4 serum levels increase risk of painful diabetic neuropathy among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Kelvin Yuwanda, I Putu Eka Widyadharma, Dewa Putu Gde Purwa Samatra, I Made Oka Adnyana, Anna Marita Gelgel, I Komang Arimbawa

Open Access Brain Tumor Research

Epidemiological profile of brain tumors in Cameroon: a retrospective study

Mathieu Motah, Daniel Gams Massi, Fabien Fouda Bekolo, Nkemontoh Akweseh Nju, Aurélien Ndoumbe, Mireille Moumi, Anne Sango, Paul Shu, Victor Eyenga

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Assessment of cognitive functions in patients with multiple sclerosis

Tara A. Al-Falaki, Farqad B. Hamdan, Nawfal M. Sheaheed

Open Access Fibromyalgia Research

Enhanced sensory conduction in primary fibromyalgia: a case–control pilot study

Mohamed N. Thabit, Mostafa Abdelmomen, Esam Aboelfadl, Saber Hadad

Open Access Stroke Research

Evaluation of platelets activity and reactivity as risk factors for acute ischemic non-embolic stroke in young adults

Hebat-Allah Hassan Nashaat, Alaa El-Din Saad Abdelhamid, Amal Sayed Ahmed, Ahmed Osama Hosny, Mohamed A. Saad, Mohammed El Samahy, Amany Moustafa Hassan

Open Access Multiple Sclerosis Research

Signs of neuroinflammation outweigh neurodegeneration as predictors for early conversion to MS

Nervana Mohamed El Fayomy, Hanan Helmy Mohamed, Manal Mohamed Kamal, Aya Hamid Alsayyad, Enas Hamid Alsayyad, Reham Mohamed Shamloul

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Psychomotor function in children with epilepsy seen at a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria: does treatment with anti-epileptic drugs have any effect?

Paul Ehiabhi Ikhurionan, Olusola Peter Okunola, Blessing Imuetinyan Abhulimhen-Iyoha, Gabriel Egberue Ofovwe

Open Access Rheumatoid Arthritis Case Report

Intracerebral hemorrhage due to moyamoya syndrome as a rare presentation of cerebral rheumatoid vasculitis: a case report

Ayman Hassan El-Sudany, Salah Hussein El-Halawany, Shady S. Georgy, Amr S. Zaki, Rady Y. Bedros, Mostafa Hashim Mostafa, Ahmed El-Bassiouny

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Depression among health workers caring for patients with COVID-19 in Egypt

Hayam Mohamed Elgohary, Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, Medhat Mohamed Bassiony, Usama Mahmoud Youssef, Dina Sameh Elrafey, Shimaa Ibrahim Amin

Open Access Stroke Research

Copeptin: a potential blood biomarker for acute ischemic stroke

Mohammed I. Oraby, Rasha H. Soliman, Rehab M. Abd Elkareem, Amna I. Mohammed

Open Access Stroke Research

Relationship of Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) with the outcome of ischemic stroke and the neurocognitive stroke biomarkers

Ahmed Esmael, Mohammed Elsherief, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek, Nehal Tharwat Mohammed El-Sayed, Mohammed Abd Elsalam, Mohamed E. Flifel, Saad Shawki

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Research

Functional gait assessment in early and advanced Parkinson’s disease

Hany Mohamed Eldeeb, Heba Samir Abdelraheem

Open Access Diabetic Neuropathy Research

Time to diabetic neuropathy and its predictors among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Northwest Ethiopia

Sewnet Adem Kebede, Biruk Shalmeno Tusa, Adisu Birhanu Weldesenbet, Zemenu Tadesse Tessema, Tadesse Awoke Ayele

Open Access Research

Risk factors and impact of stigma on psychiatric patients in Sohag

Taher Abdelraheem Sayed, Magda Mohamed Ali, Saber Hadad

Open Access Stroke Research

Does the second ischemic stroke herald a higher proportional risk for cognitive and physical impairment than the first-ever one?

Mohammed Ezzat Elwan, Aktham Ismail Al-emam, Ahmed Nabil Munir, Mostafa Saleh Melake

Open Access Stroke Case Report

NeuroAid II (MLC901) and polypharmacy in stroke and the risk of hepatotoxicity: a case report

Anna Misya’il Abdul Rashid, Mohamad Syafeeq Faeez Md Noh, Abdul Hanif Khan Yusof Khan, Wei Chao Loh, Janudin Baharin, Azliza Ibrahim, Liyana Najwa Inche Mat, Wan Aliaa Wan Sulaiman, Fan Kee Hoo, Fazah Akhtar Hanapiah, Hamidon Basri

Open Access Migraine Research

Migraine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and its relation to disease activity

Hassan Abd-Elaty El-Sonbaty, Carmen Ali Zarad, Mohamed Rezk Mohamed, Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Research

Gut microbiota in Parkinson’s disease patients: hospital-based study

Eman M. Khedr, Anwar M. Ali, Enas Deaf, Hebatallah M. Hassan, Ahmed Alaa, Ayman Gamea

Open Access Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research

Role of neuro-sonography of peripheral nerves as a diagnostic and a differentiation tool of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Rana Zakaria Ahmed Mohamed, Haitham Hamdy Salem, Hossam Moussa El-Sayed Sakr, Hossam-Eldin Mahmoud Afifi, Ahmed Mohammed Elsadek, Nagia Aly Fahmy

Area postrema syndrome in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: diagnostic challenges and descriptive patterns

Eman M. Khedr, Hassan M. Farweez, Noha Abo Elfetoh, Eman R. Badawy, Sara Hassanein, Doaa M. Mahmoud, Ahmed Nasreldein

Open Access Coma Research

Isolated traumatic acute subdural haematoma: outcome in relation to age, Glasgow Coma Scale, and haematoma thickness

Mohamed A. Ragaee, Radwan Nouby Mahmoud, Mohamed Ahmed Alghriany, Wael M. A. Abd El-Ghani

Open Access Electroencephalography Research

Rasmussen syndrome in a tropical environment: a study of six (6) observations

Carlos Othon Guelngar, Touré Mohamed Lamine, Barry Mamadou Ciré, Diakité Mamady, Konaté Mahadi, Djibo Hamani Bachir Abdoul, Sakadi Foksouna, Djibo Hassane Fatimata, Camara Naby, Kassa Dago François, Bah Fatimatou Korka, Camara Doussou, Millimono Victorine, Condé Salematou, Sakho Aminata, Diallo Mohamed Tafsir, Barry Souleymane Djigué, Diallo Mamadou Saliou, Soumah Fodé Mohamed, Sanni Yaya Aminou, Douna Granga Daouya, Rafkat Said Abdallah, Konaté Mamady, Diallo Souleymane Mbara, Cissé Fodé Abass, Cissé Amara

Open Access Alzheimer's Disease Review

An insight into Alzheimer’s disease and its on-setting novel genes

Jaanaky Vigneswaran, Sivaloganathan Anogh Muthukumar, Mohamed Shafras, Geetika Pant

Open Access Affective Disorder Review

The epidemiology of common mental disorders in Libya: a systematic review

Mansour Abdulshafea, Abdul Hakim Rhouma, Nadeem Gire, Ali AlMadhoob, Usman Arshad, Nusrat Husain

Open Access Diplopia Case Report

A case report of isolated abducens nerve palsy: idiopathic or ophthalmoplegic neuropathy?

Zainab Irshad Husain, Rawaa AlSayegh, Hani Humaidan

Open Access Stroke Research

Quality of life after ischaemic stroke—accent on patients with thrombolytic therapy

Mihael Emilov Tsalta-Mladenov, Silva Peteva Andonova

Open Access Helicobacter Pylori Research

Helicobacter pylori antibodies and multiple sclerosis: a single-center study and a short review of the literature

Yahveth Cantero-Fortiz, Iván Murrieta-Álvarez, Andrés Aurelio León-Peña, Miguel Antonio López-Trujillo, Alejandra Carmina Córdova-Ramírez, Montserrat Rivera-Álvarez, Gilberto David Elias-de-la-Cruz, Juan Carlos Olivares-Gazca, Guillermo J. Ruiz-Delgado, Guillermo J. Ruiz-Argüelles

Open Access Epilepsy Research

Interictal autonomic dysfunction in patients with epilepsy

Kanar K. Shaker, Akram M. Al Mahdawi, Farqad B. Hamdan

Open Access COVID-19 Research

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic in natural course of Moyamoya Angiopathy: an experience from tertiary-care-center in India

Shambaditya Das, Biman Kanti Ray, Ritwik Ghosh, Samya Sengupta, Alak Pandit, Souvik Dubey

Open Access Epistaxis Research

Multidisciplinary management of juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

Walid Abouzeid, Ahmed Sultan, Mohamed Shadad

Open Access Schizophrenia Research

Association between schizophrenia and periodontal disease in relation to cortisol levels: an ELISA-based descriptive analysis

Bariah Fahad Albahli, Najd Mohammed Alrasheed, Raghad Saleh Alabdulrazaq, Dhafer S. Alasmari, Muzammil Moin Ahmed

Open Access Insomnia Research

Sleep in post-COVID-19 recovery period and its impact on different domains of quality of life

Samir El Sayed, Sarah Gomaa, Doaa Shokry, Ahmed Kabil, Ahmed Eissa

Open Access Parkinson's Disease Review

The impact of clinical scales in Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review

Nikita Aggarwal, Barjinder Singh Saini, Savita Gupta

Open Access Stroke Review

Role of imaging in early diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke: a literature review

Mohammad Amin Akbarzadeh, Sarvin Sanaie, Mahshid Kuchaki Rafsanjani, Mohammad-Salar Hosseini

Open Access Research

A demographic profile of cervical injury: an Indonesian single tertiary hospital study with 6 months to 1-year follow-up

Lukas Widhiyanto, Aliefio Japamadisaw, Kukuh Dwiputra Hernugrahanto

Open Access Polyneuropathy Research

Characteristics of COVID and post COVID polyneuropathies in adults and pediatrics: an Egyptian sample

Haidy Elshebawy, Mohamed Y. Ezzeldin, Eman Hassan Elzamarany

Open Access COVID-19 Vaccination Research

Psychological factors affecting COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Indonesia

Theo Audi Yanto, Gilbert Sterling Octavius, Rivaldo Steven Heriyanto, Catherine Ienawi, Haviza Nisa, H. Emildan Pasai