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  2. Cerebral palsy (CP) has been identified as one of the most important and common causes of childhood disabilities worldwide and is often accompanied by multiple comorbidities. CP is defined as a group of disord...

    Authors: Dina Salama Abd Elmagid and Hend Magdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:13
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  3. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G molecule has been suggested to have a potential immunomodulatory role in multiple sclerosis (MS). Genetic variant sites of HLA-G molecule have been reported to be associated wit...

    Authors: 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 and Hazem K. Alhewaig
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:58
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  4. The description of childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) a benign self-limited generalized epilepsy has become a matter of debate. The objectives of this work were to evaluate the existence of psychiatric and cogni...

    Authors: Shereen Ahmed ELAhwal, Yasser Abo Elfotoh El-Heneedy, Wafik Said Bahnasy, Reham Abdel Rahman Amer and Khaled Hussein Rashed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:57
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  5. Subcortical vascular cognitive impairment (SVCI) is a subtype of vascular cognitive impairment associated with extensive cerebral small vessel diseases (CSVDs) imaging biomarkers. The objectives of this work w...

    Authors: Mahmoud Ebrahim Mostafa Elhassanien, Yasser Abo Elfotoh El-Heneedy, Kareem Mohammed Ramadan, Mona Ahmed Kotait, Amr Elkholy, Mohammed Youssef Elhamrawy and Wafik Said Bahnasy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:56
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  6. This review summarises and discusses recent findings concerning the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of SARS-CoV-2-associated Guillain-Barre syndrome (SC2-GBS). By the ...

    Authors: Josef Finsterer and Fulvio A. Scorza
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:55
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  7. Burnout is a psychological syndrome defined as emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and reduced personal accomplishment (PA) secondary to work stress. Burnout is widespread among medical workers....

    Authors: Zina Ali Al-Qahtani and Adel Alhazzani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:54
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  8. With improvement of health care in last decades, the age of general population increased. As the elderly with degenerative lumbar disease needs to remain physically active for more years, lumbar decompression ...

    Authors: Ahmed A. Arab, Mohammed H. Eltantawy and Ashraf El-Desouky
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:53
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  9. Chordomas stem from notochordal vestiges and rank as low-grade bone malignancies although fraught with high risk of recurrence. This study assesses the clinical outcomes of twelve chordoma cases treated in our...

    Authors: Maria Karampouga, Fotis Tsetsos, Pavlos Sakellariou and Ioannis Baltas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:52
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  10. Given the diversity of multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms including cognitive impairment in certain domains, the need to develop a rapid and at the same time thorough tool for cognitive assessment is mandatory a...

    Authors: 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 and Nirmeen A. Kishk
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:51
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  11. Percutaneous pedicle screw technique is relatively a recent technique that evolved the concept of posterior spinal instrumentation, utilizing familiar fluoroscopic landmarks to guide the procedure of screws in...

    Authors: Ayman Hussein, Hamdy Ibrahim, Hazem Mashaly, Sameh Hefny and Abdelrahman El Gayar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:50
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  12. Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute polyradiculoneuropathy, often preceded by an infection. Rarely, it is preceded by a surgical procedure. Most of the postsurgical GBS cases are reported with the neuros...

    Authors: Sajid Hameed, Lubna Ashraf Jafri and Dureshahwar Kanwar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:49
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  13. Elderly people with epilepsy are large, but neglected group. Data on the predictive factors for recurrent seizures in the elderly population are inconclusive or are not known for the majority of patients. This...

    Authors: Steven Emil Gerges, Mahmoud Hemeda El Rakawy, Naglaa Mohammed El Khayat, Yousry Abo Elnaga Abdelhamid, Ahmed Mohammed Hazzou, Hossam Mohammed Shokri and Mona Mokthar Wahid El din
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:48
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  14. Antidepressant response is a complex trait influenced by clinical, demographic and genetic factors.

    Authors: Tatiyana Mandal, Laxminarayana Kurady Bairy, Podila Satya Venkata Narasimha Sharma and Vijaya Lakshmi Valaparla
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:47
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  15. Major depressive disorder is the most common psychological disorder and affects many people worldwide. Therefore, it is important to identify the factors that cause or facilitate this disorder.

    Authors: Milad Rezaiye, Moloud Radfar and Masumeh Hemmati MaslakPak
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:46
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  16. Motor neuron loss is the primary pathologic feature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). An estimate of the number of surviving motor units (MUs) represents a direct measure of the disease state in ALS. The...

    Authors: Arwa Khalid Ibrahem, Akram Mohammed Al-Mahdawi and Farqad Bader Hamdan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:45
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  17. Spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are associated with high morbidity and recurrence rates. Most cases had increased intracranial pressure (ICP) on presentation. There is still controversy regarding t...

    Authors: Ahmed Y. Soliman, Kamal Ebeid and Amr Abu Elfadle
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:44
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  18. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is now a major issue for all fields of medicine. Due to the higher mortality rate among patients with chronic diseases, it has also caused concern in patients with multiple ...

    Authors: Hubert Mado and Monika Adamczyk-Sowa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:43
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  19. Primary intradural spinal arachnoid cysts are rare pathologies of uncertain etiology and variable presentation from no symptoms to myelopathy or radiculopathy according to cord or root compression. MRI with di...

    Authors: Essam Abdelhameed and Ahmed Ali Morsy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:42
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  21. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is secreted by immune cells in response to neuroimmune and inflammatory cascades as an act to prevent axonal and neuronal damage after various pathological insults. The...

    Authors: Mohammed I. Oraby, Hatem A. El Masry, Sanaa S. Abd El Shafy and Esraa M. Abdul Galil
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:40
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  22. Available data from witnessed and monitored sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) cases postulate that ictal central apnea (ICA) and ictal arrhythmias are the main causes of SUDEP. ICA is a frequent semi...

    Authors: Rady Yousif, M. Ossama Abdulghani, A. Gaber, Naglaa El Khayat, Y. A. Abo Elnaga and Mona Mokhtar Wahid El Din
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:39
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  23. Cognitive dysfunction is increasingly recognized in multiple sclerosis, even in the early phase of the disease. Multiple sclerosis patients with even mild cognitive deficits may experience greater difficulties...

    Authors: Haidy Elshebawy, Ebtesam Mohamed Fahmy, Nervana Mohamed Elfayoumy, Ahmed Mohamed Abdelalim and Rania Shehata Ismail
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:38
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  24. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Autonomic dysfunction is present in a wide range of patients (15–80%) that might present with abnormalities in th...

    Authors: Nouran M. Salah, Ahmed M. Elsadek, Lobna M. ELnabil, Ayman M. Nassef, Azza A. Abdelaziz and Mohamed A. Abdel Hafeez
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:37
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  25. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of short, non-coding, regulatory RNA molecules that function as post transcriptional regulators of gene expression. Altered expression of multiple miRNAs was found to be extensiv...

    Authors: Mona Hussein and Rehab Magdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:36
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  26. The combined approach to complex brain МСА aneurysm seems to be generally considered viable. Although it is fairly common, the combinations of modalities, which are suggested in different case reports, vary si...

    Authors: Andrey Vladimirovich Sergeev, Alexander Viktorovich Savello, Vladislav Urievich Cherebillo, Aigazi Islamovich Kiskaev and Fatima Chemurzieva
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:35
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  27. Epileptiform activities can cause transient or permanent deficits that affect the children during development and may be accompanied by neurodevelopmental disorders like specific language impairment.

    Authors: Ahmed Esmael, Sara Elsherbeny and Mohammed Abbas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:34
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  28. Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is caused by bleeding, primarily into parenchymal brain tissue, and accounts for 9 to 27% of all strokes worldwide. Higher neutrophils, lower lymphocytes, and higher neutrophil-t...

    Authors: Wafaa S. Mohamed, Amr E. Kamel, Ahmed H. Abdelwahab and Mohamed E. Mahdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:29
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  30. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting both white and gray matters of the central nervous system. It has been approved that the degree of gray matter involvement is closely associated w...

    Authors: Sally Mohamed Shaaban, Azza Elmongui Elmongui, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Abdel Razek and Tamer Mohamed Belal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:32
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  31. Lateral ventricular lesions associated with hydrocephalus are considered a challenge to neurosurgeons. Hydrocephalus after surgery of such lesions and its pathogenesis and how to deal with it is a big question...

    Authors: Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Alselisly, Ahmed Hamdy Ashry and Ayman Tarek Mahmoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:31
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  32. Biological markers of acute nerve cell damage can assist in the outcome of acute ischemic stroke, such as neuron-specific enolase (NSE) that have been tested for association with initial severity of stroke, ex...

    Authors: Mohammed H. Shash, Reda Abdelrazek, Nashwa M. Abdelgeleel, Rasha M. Ahmed and Adel H. El-baih
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:30
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  33. COVID-19 infection can show various manifestation, including neurologic manifestations, such as anosmia, ageusia, or dysgeusia, and causes the neurologic disorder such as stroke, Guillain-Barre syndrome, encephal...

    Authors: I. Putu Eka Widyadharma, Alvin Hendellyn, A. A. A. Putri Laksmi Dewi, I. Made Oka Adnyana, D. P. G. Purwa Samatra and Desak Ketut Indrasari Utami
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:28
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  35. Migraine is a common disabling primary headache disorder with significant personal and socio-economic impacts. Medical students usually have multiple triggers for migraine, particularly stress and irregular sl...

    Authors: Mohammed I. Oraby, Rasha H. Soliman, Mustafa A. Mahmoud, Eman Elfar and Noha A. Abd ElMonem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:26
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  36. The global devastating effect of COVID-19 has caused anxiety and fear to variable extent among the public. We aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, socioeconomic burden, and the mental health problems reg...

    Authors: Gellan K. Ahmed, Haidi Karam-Allah Ramadan, Samah Mohammed Refay and Mohamed A. Khashbah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:25
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  37. Contrast-enhanced transcranial duplex (c-TCD) might be more sensitive than transesophageal echo (TEE) for detection of right to left shunting (RLS), which misses some cases with substantial RLS and might be va...

    Authors: Samia Ashour Mohamed, Mohamed Ayman Saleh, Hala Mahmoud ELKhawas, Eman Saleh ElHadidi, Ahmed ElSadek and Noha Lotfy Soliman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:24
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  38. The frequency of dysphagia varies considerably across literature. Post-stroke dysphagia is a common cause of increased morbidity and length of hospitalization. This study aimed to estimate the frequency, risk ...

    Authors: Eman M. Khedr, Mohamed A. Abbass, Radwa K. Soliman, Ahmed F. Zaki and Ayman Gamea
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:23
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  39. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, many queries are raised regarding its nature, outcome, and sequelae. This letter raises the concern of potential impact on increasing the incidence of multiple sclerosis w...

    Authors: Nevin Mohieldin Shalaby and Hatem Samir Shehata
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:22
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  40. Headache is the most common pain disorder, affecting around 66% of the global population. This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of high-frequency

    Authors: Ann Ali AbdElkader, Ebtesam Mohammed Fahmy, Ayat Allah Farouk Ahmad, Amira A. Labib, Leqaa Ali El-Mekkawy and Shaimaa shaheen Mohammed Abd El Razek
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:21
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  41. Cerebral arterial thromboses or ischemic strokes may be caused by cumulative or independent effects of a variety of risk factors. High factor VIII level is one of those important but less known risk factors fo...

    Authors: Dinesh Khandelwal, Vaibhav Mathur, Arvind Vyas, Chandani Shah, Chandrajeet Singh Ranawat and Parth Patel
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:20
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  42. Psychogenic non-epileptic seizure (PNES) has long been the counterpart of epileptic seizure (ES). Despite ample of evidence differentiating the two, PNES mistakenly diagnosed as ES was still common, resulting ...

    Authors: I. Putu Eka Widyadharma, Andreas Soejitno, D. P. G. Purwa Samatra and Anna M. G. Sinardja
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:19
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  43. Spheno-orbital meningiomas are characterized by bone invasion with extensive hyperostosis and possible encroachment into the orbit, infra-temporal fossa, and/or the cavernous sinus that render total surgical e...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdelrahman Elborady and Wael Mohamed Nazim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:18
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  44. The incidence of thyroid dysfunction in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients on interferon (as a disease-modifying line) has been reported in many studies performed on patients already on interferon therapy. Our s...

    Authors: Farouk Talaat and Hany Eldeeb
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:17
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  45. Headache disorders are rated among the ten most disabling conditions around the world. The primary headache disorders are more common that of secondary headache. The third edition of the International Classifi...

    Authors: Al-Amir Bassiouny Mohamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:16
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  46. Cognitive impairment is an important aspect for stroke survivors. Little data are available about the frequency and risk factors of post-stroke dementia in Egypt.

    Authors: Bastawy Al Fawal, Ahmed Ibrahim and Mohamed Abd Elhamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:15
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  47. About 6.2 million individuals worldwide and approximately 200 Egyptians/100,000 citizens have cerebrovascular stroke annually, and only less than 1% of stroke patients received intravenous (IV) thrombolysis in...

    Authors: H. M. Eldeeb, D. H. Elsalamawy, A. M. Elabd and H. S. Abdelraheem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:14
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  48. Fibulin-5 and ischemia-modified albumin (IMA) levels increase in acute phase of cerebrovascular diseases, yet data regarding their levels in various stroke subtypes and correlation with severity and prognosis ...

    Authors: Hosna S. Elshony, Mohammed A. Okda and Rasha A. El-Kabany
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:12
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  49. Traditionally, non-invasive and invasive techniques were used for the treatment of cervicogenic headache (CH). Greater occipital nerve block is the most frequent peripheral nerve block invasive technique used ...

    Authors: Zenat Eldadamony Mohamed, Carmen Ali Zarad, Mohamed E. Flifel and Ali A. Abou Elmaaty
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:11
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  50. The prevalence of cervical canal stenosis alone is estimated to be present in 4.9% of the adult population. Co-existence of dual pathology may complicate clinical presentation and necessitates a wise and indiv...

    Authors: Omar Youssef Abdalla, Hieder Al-Shami, Heba Medhat Maghraby and Abdelrhman Enayet
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2021 57:10
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