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  1. Migraine is a public health concern, and university students have been found to be particularly susceptible to stress and other factors that trigger migraines. The objective of this study was to determine the ...

    Authors: Ayah Rustom, Fatima Audi, Hind Al Samsam, Raja Nour, Abeer Mohamed Mursi and Ibrahim Mahmoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:119
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  2. Intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) is one of the most common causes of stroke worldwide. This study aimed to analyze the demographic and risk factor profiles of ICAS in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The st...

    Authors: Firas Al-Nidawi, Mohamed Wael Mohamed, Ali Hussein, Noora Alataibi, Rawan Althahabi, Ahmed Almaawi, Aya Qassim and Priya Das
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:118
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  4. The spectrum of reported neurological sequelae associated with SARS-CoV-2 is continuously expanding, immune mediated neuropathies like Guillain–Barre syndrome (GBS) and exacerbations of preexisting chronic inf...

    Authors: Aggeliki Fotiadou, Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Stella Karatzetzou, Sofia Kitmeridou and Ioannis Iliopoulos
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:116
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  5. Women have a slightly lower prevalence of epilepsy and unprovoked seizures than men; however, women with epilepsy have several exceptional dilemmas, including the use of anti-seizure medications (ASMs) in addi...

    Authors: Riyam F. Al Anazi, Gehan M. Atef, Kholod M. Alhafean, Roaa A. Al Sharif and Alawi A. Al-Attas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:115
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  6. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease which predominantly affects the respiratory system with high critical care mortality and morbidity, yet it also causes multiple organs dysfunction in a...

    Authors: Taha K. Alloush, Adel T. Alloush, Fayez Marzouk, Khaled O. Abdulghani and Hossam M. Shokri
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:114
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  7. Spontaneous intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH) is a life-threatening condition associated with high morbidity and mortality and is conventionally managed using external ventricular drain (EVD). However, EVD is...

    Authors: Amr Abu Elfadle, Carmen Ali Zarad, Ahmed Y. Soliman, Abdelmoneim Ahmed Nagy Eissa and Mohamed A. Elzoghby
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:113
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  8. Guillain–Barré syndrome is an acquired inflammatory disease of the peripheral nervous system. It is the most frequent cause of acute flaccid symmetrical weakness of the limbs and areflexia usually reaching its...

    Authors: Raseel A. Aljthalin and Alawi A. Al-Attas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:112
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  10. The present study aimed to explore, for a better understanding, the relationship between dysfunctional coping mechanisms, functionality, and quality of life in patients with major depression, during an acute e...

    Authors: Crecan-Suciu D. Bianca, Păunescu L. Ramona and Micluţia V. Ioana
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:110
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  11. Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a common neurological morbidity. It is, however, a frequently underdiagnosed medical condition. This study was hence done to assess the occurrence and severity of RLS among parti...

    Authors: Nitin Joseph, Sooraj Suresh, Satwiki Prasad, Swaraj Mandar Malwee, Anand Brittas and Vedant Gupta
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:109
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  12. The treatment of intracranial wide neck aneurysms (WNAs) is usually difficult, hence several endovascular techniques were developed. This study aims to assess the clinical and angiographic imaging outcome of e...

    Authors: Abdalla Morsy, Mohamed Mahmoud, Ahmad Elsayed Abokresha, Ahmad A. Moussa, Mohamed Abdel-Tawab, Moustafa Othman and Mahmoud A. Moubark
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:108
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  13. Degenerative lumbar spine pathologies such as spinal stenosis and disc herniation constitute the most common causes of back pain and radiculopathy. After the introduction of the operative microscope in the 197...

    Authors: Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Shafik Tahseen El Molla and Ahmad Mohamed El Sabaa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:107
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  14. Dysmenorrhea has significantly increased in prevalence. There is also evidence of the coexistence of dysmenorrhea and psychological disorders. This study aims to explore the prevalence of dysmenorrhea and inve...

    Authors: Deemah Alateeq, Lolwah Binsuwaidan, Leenah Alazwari, Maram Algarni, Maryam Al Hussain, Raghad Alzahrani and Reema Aljohani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:106
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  15. Depression is the most common comorbid psychiatric disorders that affect people with epilepsy. We aim to determine the prevalence of depression and associated factors among people with epilepsy.

    Authors: Jemal Seid and Kalayu Mebrahtu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:105
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  16. There is a need to assess how commonly used classification systems of intervertebral disc degeneration reflect the compromise of neural elements. This study aims to explore the relationship between lumbar disc...

    Authors: Amr Abu Elfadle, Carmen Ali Zarad, Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty, Bassem F. Abou El-Nagaa and Ahmed Y. Soliman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:104
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  17. Most of the patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) suffer from non-motor symptoms (NMS). Despite their marked effect on patients’ quality of life, NMS remain under-estimated by physicians, patients and caregiv...

    Authors: Shaimaa Shaheen, Raed Mohamed Ali, Marwa Farghaly, Omar El-Serafy and Mohamed I. Hegazy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:103
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  18. Neurodegenerative dementias such as the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease dementia are linked to various behavioral and psychological abnormalities. Wh...

    Authors: Souvik Dubey, Mahua Jana Dubey, Ritwik Ghosh, Debaleena Mukherjee, Alak Pandit and Julian Benito-León
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:102
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  19. The endoscopic-assisted technique has been utilized with various intracranial lesions with many approaches. In the cerebellopontine angle (CPA), the technique has been used to combine the benefits of the opera...

    Authors: Mohamed Tammam, Roshdy El Khayat, Mohamed Khallaf and Hassan Mohamed Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:101
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  20. Despite the increased interest in publishing data on central neurocytoma, its management remains controversial. The overall incidence is approximately 0.5% of brain tumors. The reporting of institutional exper...

    Authors: Reham Mohamed, Venkada M. Gurusamy, Yasser Orz, Mahmoud Al-Yamany, Mohamed Ba-Faqeeh, Abdullah Al-Obaid, Wafa Al-Shakweer and Ali Balbaid
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:100
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  21. Available data collected from patients of different types of cerebrovascular strokes can detect risk factors, severity and clinical outcome of these patients. Differentiating between different types of strokes...

    Authors: Sara Hamdy, Mai Fathy, Azza Abd Elnasser, Eman A. F. Darwish, Eman Hamid, Hany Aref and Nevine El Nahas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:99
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  22. The prevalence of cognitive impairment (CI) can reach up to 65% among multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Self-administered screening questionnaires can offer a valuable solution for screening MS patients for co...

    Authors: Amr Fouad, Ahmed Shawky, Marwa Farghaly, Maged Abdel Naseer and Mohamed I. Hegazy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:98
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  23. Peripheral neuropathies constitute a common complaint in general and neurology practice, and are a source of handicap to patients. Epidemiological data in the Middle East and North Africa region as well as in ...

    Authors: Anselm Poda, Raymond Klevor, Aouatif Salym, Imad Sarih, Sami Salhi, Louhab Nissrine and Najib Kissani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:97
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  24. This study aims to determine predictive factors of mortality within 3 months after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) for patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

    Authors: Wafaa M. Farghaly, Mohamed A. Ahmed, Ahmed El-Bassiouny, Ahmed A. Hamed and Ghaydaa A. Shehata
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:96
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  25. Recent guidelines emphasize the importance of functional outcomes in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Here, we assess the functional outcomes of the oral delivery system of osmoti...

    Authors: Armagan Aral, Merve Onat and Hilal Aydemir
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:95
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  26. Migraine is a primary headache with a prevalence of 12–20% in the world. Approximately 38% sufferers were indicated for prophylactic therapy, but only a small proportion (3–13%) received prophylactic therapy. ...

    Authors: I Made Oka Adnyana, Clarissa Tertia, I Putu Eka Widyadharma and Ni Putu Ayu Putri Mahadewi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:94
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  27. COVID-19 increases the risk of acute ischemic stroke. The objective of this study is to identify the risk factors, comorbidities, and outcomes in COVID-19 patients with acute ischemic stroke at University of I...

    Authors: Rakhmad Hidayat, Nita Widjaya, Zlatikha Djuliannisaa, Alyssa Putri Mustika, Ramdinal Aviesena Zairinal, Dinda Diafiri, Taufik Mesiano, Mohammad Kurniawan, Al Rasyid and Salim Harris
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:93
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  28. The coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread rapidly around the globe with considerable morbidity and mortality. Coexistence of comorbidities with COVID-19 had consistently been reported as risk f...

    Authors: Eman M. Khedr, Enas Daef, Aliae Mohamed-Hussein, Ehab F. Mostafa, Mohamed Zein, Sahar M. Hassany, Hanan Galal, Shimaa Abbas Hassan, Islam Galal, Amro A. Zarzour, Hebatallah M. Hassan, Mariam Taher Amin, Maiada K. Hashem, Khaled Osama and Ayman Gamea
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:92
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  29. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) include a group of neurodevelopmental disorders characterised by repetitive behaviours and impairments in communication, emotional and social skills. This review gives an overvi...

    Authors: Rebecca S. Y. Wong
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:91
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  30. Diabetes mellitus is commonly complicated by diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Poor adherence to medication is common in diabetic peripheral neuropathy mainly due to common side effects and poor tolerance to med...

    Authors: Dina Elsayed Gaber and Hany M. El Deeb
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:90
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  31. Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) accounts for nearly 30% of patients with epilepsy, which is associated with high incidence of cognitive comorbidity. The aim of this work was to study the role of neuropsychologic...

    Authors: Nirmeen A. Kishk, Marwa Farghaly, Amani Nawito, Reham Mohamed Shamloul and Mona K. Moawad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:89
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  32. Multiple myeloma (MM) is the most frequent malignant plasma cell disorder with proliferation of neoplastic plasma cells in the bone marrow or other tissue, most commonly in the upper aerodigestive tract. The i...

    Authors: Syrine Laroussi, Khadija Sonda Moalla, Faten Kallel, Saadia Makni, Nozha Kallel, Nouha Farhat, Mariem Damak, Moez Elloumi, Tahya Sellami, Khaireddine Ben Mahfoudh and Chokri Mhiri
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:88
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  33. Depression and low perceived social support (PSS) have been found to deleteriously affect quality of life (QoL) among myocardial infarction (MI) survivors. The complex relationship between these variables has ...

    Authors: Vivek Upadhyay, Samrat Singh Bhandari, Durga Prasad Rai, Sanjiba Dutta, Pau García-Grau and Krishna Vaddiparti
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:87
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  34. Headache is considered a common health problem affecting physicians during Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic and has direct impact on their productivity. Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), s...

    Authors: Sherien Farag, Ahmed ElSadek, Waleed Salah-Eldin, Shady Samy Georgy and Mai Fathy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:86
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  36. Oxidative stress is a contributing factor in the etiopathogenesis of major depressive disorder (MDD). Pediatric studies regarding MDD-oxidative stress relationship are insufficient. In this study, we aimed to ...

    Authors: Dilşad Yıldız Miniksar and Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:84
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  37. Viral infection such as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can exacerbate and aggravate neurological disorders due to autoimmune etiology like myasthenia gravis (MG). Experimental therapies used in COVID-19 a...

    Authors: Dodik Tugasworo, Aditya Kurnianto, Retnaningsih, Yovita Andhitara, Rahmi Ardhini and Jethro Budiman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:83
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  38. Even though stroke is rare in children, it is associated with serious or life-threatening consequences. Despite its rarity, the occurrence of stroke in children has age-related differences in risk factors, eti...

    Authors: Ramy Alloush, Nahed Salah Eldin, Hala El-Khawas, Rania Shatla, Maha Nada, Maha Z. Mohammed and Adel Alloush
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:82
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  39.  Nearly 55 percent of patients are said to be affected by the neurological effects of COVID-19. COVID-19 was shown to be related with stroke in 0.9 to 5% of people. It's critical to assess the impact of COVID-...

    Authors: Ahmed H. Elsheshiny, Hussein Awad El Gharieb and Mostafa Ahmed Sabrh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:81
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  40. Migraine has been recently studied as a risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS) and a possible link to a broader range of ischemic vascular disorders including angina and myocardial infarction is suggested.

    Authors: Enas M. Hassan, Osama M. Momtaz, Nermin A. Hamdy, Mohamed A. Yahia and Mohamed K. Afifi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:80
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  41. Anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis is a form of autoimmune encephalitis. Due to the variability of the initial symptoms, anti-NMDAR encephalitis is not only underdiagnosed but also can be mis...

    Authors: Antoine Steeman, Ionut Andriescu, Cécile Sporcq, Delphine Mathieu, Virginie Meurant and Guy Mazairac
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:79
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  42. Epilepsy is one of the most frequent and serious brain disorders. The nature of the disorder and the unpredictability of seizures usually puts patients in a state of apprehension and anticipation, which create...

    Authors: Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, Wafaa Samir Mohamed, Usama Mahmoud Youssef, Shrouk Esam Lotfi and Ghada Mohamed Salah El-deen
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:78
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  43. COVID-19’s after-effects among survivors are of increased concern. The cognitive aftermath of COVID-19 virus infection was underrated. This study aimed to identify and compare the cognitive impairment (CI) and...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdelghani, Samar A. Atwa, Amira Said, Niveen E. Zayed, Ahmed A. Abdelmoaty and Mervat S. Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:77
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  44. The disabling nature of Parkinson’s disease (PD) impairs functional mobility and worsens quality of life. Calcium imbalances are thought to have a significant role in the progression of PD.

    Authors: Engy M. Emad, Amal S. E. Elmotaym, Mo’men A. Ghonemy and Ahmed E. Badawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:76
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  45. Myeloma bone disease (MBD) is a common complication that significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality in multiple myeloma (MM). Serum sclerostin level and sympathetic activity can affect MBD. The purpo...

    Authors: Alaa A. Omran, Rania S. Nageeb, Ahmad Barakat Waley, Ghada S. Nageeb and Mohamad Eisa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:75
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  46. This paper was the first study comparing levels of anxiety and depression and assessing the affecting factors among the general population, frontline healthcare workers, and COVID-19 inpatients in Turkey durin...

    Authors: Cemile Hurrem Ayhan-Balik, Seda Karakaya and Fatma Yasemin Kutlu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:74
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  47. Marriage satisfaction is one of the factors that affects life satisfaction in healthy people and patients. In the current literature, it is found there is a positive correlation between marriage and life satis...

    Authors: Tuba Aydın and Mehmet Emin Onger
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:73
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  48. The aim was to evaluate the protective effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Anacyclus pyrethrum root (APE) against pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) drug which is used for inducing epileptic seizures in animal model.

    Authors: Mohammad Adloo, Mehrzad Bahadori and Manzar Banoo Shojaeifard
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:72
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  49. Migraine is a chronic episodic neurological disorder characterized by a myriad of neurological symptoms including multi-phase attacks of headache, photophobia, phonophobia, and dizziness. To the best of our kn...

    Authors: Hussein Algahtani, Bader Shirah, Mouaz Bamsallm, Kenan Nejaim, Hussain Alobaidi and Meshal Alghamdi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:71
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