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  1. Treatment goals in bladder pain syndrome (BPS) or interstitial cystitis (IC) focusing on relieving symptoms to improve quality of life and avoiding adverse events (AEs) since curative treatment for BPS/IC is n...

    Authors: I Putu Eka Widyadharma, Valentina Tjandra Dewi, Ida Ayu Sri Wijayanti and Kadek Budi Santosa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:61
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  2. School bullying is the most widespread form of violence among adolescents. It has been identified as a critical problem for students and has evolved into a public health issue and global crisis. The study aims...

    Authors: Gellan K. Ahmed, Nabil A. Metwaly, Khaled Elbeh, Marwa Salah Galal and Islam Shaaban
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:60
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  3. Pediatric onset multiple sclerosis (POMS), defined as an age at onset younger than 18 years, which occurs in 5% of patients with MS. cognitive dysfunction is one of the prominent disabling sequelae of Multiple...

    Authors: Nahed S. Ahmed, Mona A. AbdAllah, Ayman M. Nassef, Alaa Eldeen A. Mohamed and Maha A. Nada
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:59
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  4. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused serious concerns and psychological distress globally. Healthcare workers remain one of the most affected groups due to life threatening risks in addition to increased working h...

    Authors: Ayşegül Erdoğan, Deniz Tuncel Berktaş, Ali Nuri Öksüz, Ahmet Rıza Şahin and Burhan Fatih Koçyiğit
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:58
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  5. Stroke constitutes a major health problem worldwide, nowadays endovascular treatment is considered to be a standard of care in acute ischemic stroke patients with large vessel occlusion, accurate prediction of...

    Authors: Mohammed Ezzat Elwan, Ossama Yasin Mansour, Mohamed Elsaeed Lashin and Mostafa Saleh Melake
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:57
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  6. Cervical dystonia is the most common form of focal dystonia and is managed by multiple modalities including repeated botulinum toxin injections, in addition to medical treatment with anticholinergics, muscle r...

    Authors: Mazen Alkarras, Adel Nabeeh, Shafik El Molla, Abdelrahman El Gayar, Zeiad Y. Fayed, Walid Abdel Ghany and Ahmed M. Raslan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:56
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  7. Hemifacial spasm is a rare movement disorder. Prevalence estimates worldwide was 14.5 per 100,000 women and 7.4 per 100,000 men. Hemifacial spasm generally caused by compression of blood vessels at the root entry...

    Authors: Pramitha Nayana Librata, Achmad Firdaus Sani, Dedy Kurniawan, Muhammad Hamdan and Priya Nugraha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:55
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  8. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an increasing number of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) cases following the infection has been reported. The aim of our study was to detect patients...

    Authors: Vanja Radišić, Mirjana Ždraljević, Stojan Perić, Branka Mladenović, Branislav Ralić, Dejana R. Jovanović and Ivana Berisavac
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:54
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  9. Uremic neuropathy is a distal sensorimotor polyneuropathy caused by uremic toxins; its severity is correlated with the degree of renal insufficiency. Erythropoietin (EPO) and erythropoietin receptors (EpoR) ar...

    Authors: Amal T. Khafagi, Mohamed A. Yehia, Amal K. Helmy, Waleed Hassan and Nashwa Abdelhakim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:53
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  11. Oxidative stress has a significant influence in the initiation and progression of epileptic seizures. It was reported that inhibiting oxidative stress could protect against epilepsy. The aim of the current res...

    Authors: Nahed Shehta, Amr Elsayed Kamel, Eman Sobhy and Mohamed Hamdy Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:51
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  12. Dyslexia is characterized by difficulties in spelling and reading. The aim of this study is to identify domains of cognitive strength and weakness of students with dyslexia and to study the effect of an especi...

    Authors: W. M. Farghaly, S. H. El Tallawy, A. S. Ramadan, R. B. Abdelrasol, M. S. Omar, H. N. Eltallawy and K. O. Mohamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:50
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  13. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease closely related to the accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) plaques. Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is one of the proteins that play a role in the...

    Authors: Bryan Gervais de Liyis, Wilson Halim and I. Putu Eka Widyadharma
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:49
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  14. Cognitive impairment (CI) is a common finding in multiple sclerosis (MS); however, there is a limited information about its prevalence in mildly disabled cases. We aimed to determine the most affected domains,...

    Authors: Mahnaz Talebi, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad, Malihe Talebi, Amirreza Naseri and Fatemeh Zafarani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:48
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  15. Ischemic strokes are common neurological disease and unless being managed fast enough within hours of onset a permanent deficit usually results. Such deficit impairs the patient independency to a great extent....

    Authors: Iman Muhammad Ahmad Jomaa, Wafaa Batran Wahba, Ramez Reda Moustafa and Tamer Roushdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:47
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  16. Vitamin B12 malabsorption is one of the side effects of long-term metformin intake. Prolonged vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to irreversible nervous system damage. So, the current study aimed to determine the...

    Authors: Nouran Fakkar Hammam Fakkar, Diaa Marzouk, Mohamed Farouk Allam, Mohamed Mahmoud Fouad, Maram Maher Aboromia and Mohsen Gadallah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:46
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  17. Covid-19 pandemic has left deep psychological impacts, especially among infected patients. It is extremely important to understand the extent of those effects, while improving the compliance with isolation mea...

    Authors: Zayid K. Almayahi and Nasser Al Lamki
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:45
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  18. Protein kinase C activation with subsequent increase in oxidative stress (OXS) and reduction in brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are implicated in the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders and in oste...

    Authors: Amina Ahmed Sedky, Mona H. Raafat, Ghada Galal Hamam, Karim Ahmed Sedky and Yosra Magdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:44
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  19. Host inflammation has been studied in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) due to large vessel occlusions. Inflammatory markers were shown to correlate with large artery atherosclerosis and worse outcomes after ...

    Authors: Sevda Diker, Pınar Gelener, Amber Eker, Bahar Kaymakamzade, Senem Mut, Ayşegül Erem and Uğurcan Balyemez
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:43
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  20. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious psychological trauma disorder. Treatment of psychological trauma tends to focus on patients' memory. Clinical Spiritual-Hypnosis Assisted Therapy is a culturally ...

    Authors: Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Luh Ketut Suryani and Niko Tiliopoulos
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:42
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  21. Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is one of the most common complications of stroke. This work aimed to evaluate and analyze the clinical and radiological features of painful shoulder in hemiplegic stroke patient...

    Authors: Hassan Abd-Elaty El-Sonbaty, Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty, Carmen Ali Zarad and Amany Salama El-Bahnasawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:41
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  22. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) composes an uncommon subtype of stroke caused by thrombotic occlusion of the cerebral venous system and tends to occur in hypercoagulable states. Albeit exceedingly rare...

    Authors: Rocksy Fransisca V. Situmeang, Reza Stevano and Ratna Sutanto
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:40
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  23. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is typically seen in females of childbearing period; therefore, it is possible that female sex hormones have a pathogenic role in IIH. Obesity is considered as a stro...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdelghaffar, Mona Hussein, Shaimaa A. Abdelkareem and Haidy Elshebawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:39
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  25. Complex facial pain is a debilitating condition with varying etiologies that overall responds poorly to both medical and traditional surgical management. Cortical stimulation is a unique therapeutic interventi...

    Authors: Andrew D. Gong, Olivia E. Gilbert, Luke A. Mugge, Danielle D. Dang, John V. Dang, Omar Awan, James W. Leiphart and Mahesh B. Shenai
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:37
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  26. Clinical seizure semiology provides valuable information in the evaluation of focal-onset bilateral tonic–clonic seizures. In the evaluation of these patients, long-term video-EEG monitoring (VEM) and neuroima...

    Authors: Gulin Morkavuk, Kubra Isık and Alev Leventoglu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:36
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  27. Infantile spasm (IS) is an age-specific epileptic disorder of early infancy that typically presents with epileptic spasms occurring in clusters. International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) also recommends the...

    Authors: Abdelsattar Abdullah Elsayeh and Mohammad Ali Saeed Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:35
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  28. The objectives of this review were to explain the neurologic processes that control the human sleep–wake cycle as well as the pathophysiology of the human circadian clock. Non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye ...

    Authors: Chidiebere Emmanuel Okechukwu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:34
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  30. The neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a severe complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is characterized by a variety of neurological manifestations involving both central and peri...

    Authors: Salma M. Ragab and Amira M. Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:32
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  31. A previous study suggests that resting-state EEG biomarkers measured at prefrontal region (Fp1, and Fp2) are moderately correlated with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of elderly people with Alzhei...

    Authors: Majid Torabinikjeh, Vahid Asayesh, Mahdi Dehghani, Aliakbar Kouchakzadeh, Hanie Marhamati and Shahriar Gharibzadeh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:31
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  32. Acute vision loss in Guillain–Barré syndrome  is rarely reported in literature. No case of vision loss in Guillain–Barré syndrome due to Angle closure glaucoma  has been reported in AIDP variant GBS.

    Authors: Abhay Ranjan, Ramdas Pandurangrao Solanke, Neetu Sinha and Vidya Bhushan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:30
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  33. Embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS) refers to a nonlacunar, nonatherosclerotic infarct in the absence of cardioembolic source or other specific causes of stroke. The presence of ESUS strokes indicates...

    Authors: Mohamed M. Tawfik
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:29
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  34. This study aims to compare functional outcome for Computed tomography (CT)-based versus Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based evaluation in acute ischemic stroke patients prior to Mechanical thrombectomy (MT)...

    Authors: Atulabh Vajpeyee, Shivam Tiwari, Lokendra Bahadur Yadav, Narendra Mal, Kapil Vyas, Dan Neftalie Juangco, Sigit Dewanto Hendrani and Manisha Vajpeyee
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:28
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  35. Primary nerve sheath tumor of cranial nerve is a rare intracranial space occupying lesion that most commonly involves vestibular nerve. Oculomotor nerve schwannoma, without neurofibromatosis, is an extremely u...

    Authors: Vasudev Parashar and Vaibhav Mathur
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:27
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  36. In recent years, telerehabilitation applications have increased with the rapid development of mobile technology. Remote rehabilitation services have utmost importance in chronic neurological disorders. The aim...

    Authors: Fatih Özden, Mehmet Özkeskin and Süleyman Mert Ak
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:26
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  37. Inflammation is suggested to play a role in the development of non-motor Parkinson’s disease (PD) symptoms. We aimed to investigate the association between serum tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) levels and ...

    Authors: Manal Mahmoud El-Kattan, Laila Ahmed Rashed, Sara Refaat Shazly and Rania Shehata Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:25
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  38. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The clinical manifestations of AD are loss of memory that is progressive and deterioration in cognitive function. The objective of this study is to...

    Authors: Hamdy Nageeb El-Tallawy, Heba Mohamed Saadeldin, Azza Mohamed Ezzeldin, Amal Mohamed Tohamy, Sara Eltellawy, Ali Mabrouk Bathalath and Mohamed Mostafa Shehab
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:24
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  39. Authors: M. Ossama Abdulghani, Mohammad S. Shehab, Hany Aref, Ayman Nassef, Ahmed M. Abdelalim, Khaled O. Abdulghani, Reda Badry, Mona S. Kamel and Amr Elsamman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:23
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  40. Neurological symptoms and complications of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were seldom discussed in the literature initially. Neurological symptoms such as headache, dizziness, anosmia, hypogeusia, and neu...

    Authors: Saad Bin Zafar Mahmood, Muhammad Zain Mushtaq, Dureshahwar Kanwar and Syed Ahsan Ali
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:22
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  41. The changes in the different retinal layers in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients can be easily assessed using optical coherence tomography (OCT). Our aim was to evaluate retinal structural changes in patients ...

    Authors: Manal Mahmoud El-Kattan, Soheir Mohammed Esmat, Eman Hasan Esmail, Heba Assem Deraz and Rania Shehata Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:21
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  42. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disorder which can lead to an occasional damage to the central nervous system. Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is an important modality in the di...

    Authors: Al-Amir Bassiouny Mohamed, Hesham Abdelghani Algahalan and Mohamed N. Thabit
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:20
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  43. Common complications of carotid artery stenting (CAS) are cerebral ischemia and hyperperfusion syndrome. To date, only a few cases of late-onset cerebral vasoconstriction occurring several hours after CAS have...

    Authors: Yuya Kobayashi, Teruya Morizumi, Gaku Okumura, Kiyoshiro Nagamatsu, Yusaku Shimizu, Tetsuo Sasaki and Atsushi Sato
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:19
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  44. Central nervous system (CNS) infections are serious and debilitating diseases with significant mortality, and high prevalence in the context of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic in Africa. However, t...

    Authors: Daniel Gams Massi, Marcel Roger Rodrigue Mintyene Mintyene, Annick Mélanie Magnerou, Seraphine Mojoko Eko, Caroline Kenmegne, Salomon Mbahe, Prince Eliot Sounga Bandzouzi, Hugo Bertrand Mbatchou Ngahane and Njankouo Yacouba Mapoure
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:18
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  45. Cerebral hemodynamics and collateral circulation have an important role in determining stroke outcome, while the role of primary collateral is well known, the role of secondary collaterals including ophthalmic...

    Authors: Yosra Fahmy, Yousry Abo El Naga, Ahmed Hazzou and Shahinaz Helmy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:17
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  46. School bullying is described as violence to other people. It is perpetrated at schools or other activities when the power of a student or a group of students is used to injure others or other groups.

    Authors: Gellan K. Ahmed, Nabil A. Metwaly, Khaled Elbeh, Marwa Salah Galal and Islam Shaaban
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:16
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  47. Glutathione (GSH) is a major intracellular thiol-containing antioxidant. We tried to determine whether blood plasma GSH level is a marker for the severity of the two subtypes of acute stroke (large-artery athe...

    Authors: Alexander Vladimirovich Ivanov, Marina Yurievna Maksimova, Ksenya Alexandrovna Nikiforova, Fatima Ramazanovna Ochtova, Ekaterina Taymurazovna Suanova, Valery Vasil’evich Alexandrin, Maria Petrovna Kruglova, Mikhail Aleksanrovich Piradov and Aslan Amirkhanovich Kubatiev
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:15
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  48. Parinaud’s syndrome, also known as dorsal midbrain syndrome, is characterized by a combination of signs, including upgaze palsy, convergence–retraction nystagmus, eyelid retraction and pupillary dissociation. ...

    Authors: Anastasia Korona, Despoina Maritsi, Aikaterini Markante, Andromachi Stamati, Stella Mouskou and George Vartzelis
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:14
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  49. There is evidence supporting that cellular immunity may play a role in the pathophysiology of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Neopterin, a pteridine mainly s...

    Authors: Hadeer Mahmoud Gamal El-Deen Abdel Ghaffar, Noha Khalifa Abdelghaffar, Hanaa Hanafi Ahmed and Mariam Ehab Dawoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:13
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  50. Cognitive impairment in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is reported in the early onset of HCV infection without hepatic cirrhosis or marked liver impairment. Methods currently available to identify the r...

    Authors: Ahmed Esmael, Tamer Belal, Ibrahim F. Amer, Eslam Samra, Azza Elmongui and Saad Shawki
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:12
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