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  1. Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative ailment affecting aged people. Several motor and non-motor symptoms appearing with this disease are linked to reduction in dopamine level...

    Authors: Richa Indu and Sushil Chandra Dimri
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:71
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  2. Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) is characterized by spinal cord lesions that affect at least three spinal cord segments. It can be associated with various inflammatory conditions. While ima...

    Authors: Maziar Shojaei, Faezeh Maghsudloo, Mahtab Ramezani, Arman Ahmadzadeh, Somayeh Monjazeb, Amir Rezaii and Mohammad Ali Sahraian
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:70
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  3. Epilepsy initiation involves multifactorial etiologies, including genetic susceptibility, structural anomalies, and glial cell dysregulations, particularly in astrocytes. Despite advancements in understanding ...

    Authors: Komang Trisna Sumadewi, Bryan Gervais de Liyis, Ni Made Linawati, I Putu Eka Widyadharma and I Nyoman Mantik Astawa
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:69
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  4. Grey matter loss is thought to be the primary reason of cognitive disability in MS, with trans-synaptic axonal degeneration acting a supportive role. This research sought to evaluate cognitive profile of Egypt...

    Authors: Amira Sayed, Ghada Abdelhadi Ashmawy, Ismail Ramadan, Aya Abdel Galeel and Mervat Hamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:68
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  5. Effective therapy for acute ischemic stroke relies on timely intervention. We aimed to evaluate the factors associated with the onset-to-arrival time and delayed hospital presentation in acute ischemic stroke ...

    Authors: Natasha Yang and Yohan Budi Hartanto
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:67
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  6. Alzheimer’s disease (AD), the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder, is escalating globally. Characterized by cognitive decline, emotional instability, and neuropsychiatric symptoms, AD presents a growing ...

    Authors: Sahar Nikkhah Bahrami, Sara Momtazmanesh and Nima Rezaei
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:66
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  7. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) stands as a formidable challenge within the realm of neurodegenerative disorders, characterized by its inexorable progression and the profound cognitive impairments it engenders. Despi...

    Authors: I Putu Eka Widyadharma, Alvin Hendellyn, Bryan Gervais de Liyis, Ni Luh Putu Saswatasya Widha Putri, Agung Wiwiek Indrayani, Agus Eka Darwinata and I Nengah Sujaya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:65
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  8. In children and adolescents, autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and obsessive–compulsive disorders (OCD) may share similar features, such as deficits in social communication, repetitive behaviours and presence of...

    Authors: Leong Tung Ong and Nicholas Ming Zher Chee
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:64
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  9. Von Willebrand factor (VWF) is a large, multimeric glycoprotein that plays a role in thrombus formation; it is also an important mediator of inflammation. Our study aims to determine the association of VWF pla...

    Authors: Asmaa Sayed Sabbah, Manal Mahmoud Elkattan, Dalia Mohammed Labib, Mona Salah Eldin Hamdy, Nancy Samir Wahdan and Al-shaimaa Mahmoud Aboulfotoh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:63
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  10. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that usually happens to elderly people, with a wide range of motor and dementia symptoms. An objective and convenient biomarker for PD detect...

    Authors: Hao Ding, Xinmeng Weng, Minghuan Xu, Jian Shen and Zhanxiong Wu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:62
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  11. Vascular alterations are now recognized as important contributors to the pathophysiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). This study aimed to use optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCT-an...

    Authors: Amal S. Ashour, Omar El Serafy, Nervana Mohamed El Fayoumy, Amr Hassan, Nehal Samy El Gendy, Eman Salah Heikal, Hadeel Ahmed and Salsabil Abo Al-Azayem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:61
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  12. The humanized monoclonal antibody galcanezumab is an anti-calcitonin-gene-related-peptide (CGRP) and frequently used for migraine prevention. However, the literature revealed limited data with conflicting resu...

    Authors: Mohamed Sayed Zaazouee, Rokaya Y. Ebrahim, Ghaida’a Al-araj, Ibram Zaki, Ahmed Saad, Abdullah Mohamed Farhat, Mustafa Hussein Ali, Mohamed Elshennawy, Omar Khaled Fahmy Fawy, Hadi F. Ahmed, Ziad Alahmad, Eman Ayman Nada, Reem I. Abo-Hamra, Ahmed Bostamy Elsnhory, Mohammed Eleyan, Hazem AbuEl-Enien…
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:60
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  13. Epilepsy has many neurobiological consequences. This study aimed to identify the profile of adult patients with new onset epilepsy in our university hospitals as regarding clinical picture, etiology, cerebral ...

    Authors: Rania S. Nageeb, Adaham Mahmoud Mohamad Ismail, Sawsan Abd El Aziz Youssef and Eman Atef Mohamed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:59
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  14. Coronavirus was primarily discovered in December 2019, causing pneumonia and severe acute respiratory syndrome. It was reported several neurological symptoms associated with COVID-19. Both the central and peri...

    Authors: Sayed S. Sayed, Mohamed El-Sayed El-Khatib, Mohamed Abdelghaffar, Fatma Elzahraa Osman Metwally, Asmaa Younis ElSary and Lamiaa I. Daker
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:58
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  15. The etiology of epilepsy is still unknown in over a third of cases and a third of patients have seizures resistant to current antiseizure drugs. Most antiseizure drugs work on suppressing seizures, not targeting ...

    Authors: Fatema Amr Adel, Nahed Salah El Deen Ahmed, Ayman Mohammed Nassef and Mona Mokhtar Wahid El Din
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:57
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  16. With the spread and rise in the number of infections of COVID-19 globally, patients experienced neurologic manifestations such as headache and dizziness, along with other serious medical conditions such as str...

    Authors: Nour Safawi, Jida Hasbini, Hawaa Khodor, Salim Atrouni, Christin Berjaoui and Hania ElJarkass
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:56
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  17. Stroke is one of the most frequent causes of mortality and disability, blood protein biomarkers are used to determine patients at high risk for a severe illness and to estimate the outcome. This study aimed to...

    Authors: Asmaa Sabbah, Mohamed Elsayed, Hanan Helmy, Riham Hamdy Mostafa and Ghada Hatem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:55
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  19. In relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) the connection between cognitive impairment (CI) and white matter lesion load (WM-LL) and location is still unclear. This study aimed to identify the relationsh...

    Authors: Mohammed Y. Ezzeldin, Eman M. Khedr, Ahmed Nasreldein and Doaa M. Mahmoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:53
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  20. Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is increasingly recognized in Parkinson’s disease (PD). This study aimed to evaluate peripheral nerve and autonomic nervous system dysfunction in PD. Forty patients with PD (20 drug-...

    Authors: Osama A. Ragab, Ehab S. Mohamed and Mahmoud H. Nassar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:52
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  21. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disorder. Vitamin D has a major role in preventing inflammatory disorders as well as its role in the pathophysiology of MS. Vitamin D initiates its biological ...

    Authors: Hala Ashraf Hosni, Amr Mohamed Fouad, Noha Wael Ibrahim and Sahar Abd El-Atty Sharaf
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:51
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  22. Neuropsychiatric disorders significantly burden individuals and society, necessitating the exploration of innovative treatment approaches. Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques have emerged as promising in...

    Authors: Nicholas Aderinto, Gbolahan Olatunji, Abdulbasit Muili, Emmanuel Kokori, Mariam Edun, Olumide Akinmoju, Ismaila Yusuf and Deborah Ojo
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:50
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  23. Vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation (VGAM) is considered a rare vascular malformation, constituting over 1% of all arteriovenous shunts. This malformation represents around 30% of congenital vascular malform...

    Authors: Wael M. Ali Abdelghany, Radwan Nouby, Osama M. Ramadan and MA. Habib
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:49
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  24. Autoimmune encephalitis (AE) can be a disabling condition, but it is manageable when identified in its early phases. Multiple diagnostic modalities can aid the diagnosis and delineation of areas of involvement...

    Authors: Parthvi Ravat, Shwetal Pawar, Neeraj Jain and Sangeeta Ravat
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:48
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  25. Syntaxin 1A is a member of a membrane-integrated nervous system-specific protein superfamily involved in the neuromediator release from synaptic vesicles and one of the proteins included in axonal integrity. S...

    Authors: Mohammed I. Oraby, Rasha H. Soliman, Noha A. Abdel Kader, Esraa M. Abdul Galil and Mohammed M. Masoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:47
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  26. Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the second leading cause of disability and death worldwide. Micro-RNA (miRNA)-223 was first identified as a regulator of hematopoietic lineage differentiation. Later, its diverse...

    Authors: Rasha Elsayed Mohamed Abd El Aziz, Wafaa Abdelaziz Emam, Fatma M. El-senosy, Sammar Ahmed Kasim, Marwa A. A. Ramadan, Fatima G. Yehia, Sabah M. Alkhawagah, Rasha Sobhy ElAttar, Ahmed Elsaid Elsayed and Amena Rezk Mohammed
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:46
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  27. Specific treatment for Guillain–Barre syndrome is based on plasma exchange and intravenous immunoglobulin (IvIg). In developing countries such as Morocco, we are often confronted with constraints in terms of p...

    Authors: Khaoula Balili, Nissrine Louhab, Latifa Adarmouch, Mohamed Chraa, Abdelhamid Hachimi, Anass Belbachir and Najib Kissani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:45
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  28. The prevalence of sexual dysfunction (SD) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients is accounted to affect nearly 75% of them with higher rate in men than women. Though most of the patients may desire to discuss con...

    Authors: Ali Ahmed Abou El-Maaty, Saad Shawki El Sherifi, Abdel-Hady El-Gilany, Hamada Ibrahim Zehry, Almaza Ali Salim, Mahmoud F. Rohiem and Ahmed Fawzi Ismael
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:44
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  29. Sirtuin-1 (SIRT1) may affect multiple sclerosis (MS) disease. This study aimed to investigate the level of serum SIRT1, mRNA expression and genetic polymorphisms in Egyptian MS sufferers. Also, to assess its r...

    Authors: Rania S. Nageeb, Amal Fawzy, Marwa Abdel-Monem Ateya and Aliaa Talaat
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:43
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  30. Toxoplasmosis is considered one of the most common public health troubles. Among these health troubles, toxoplasmosis was recently linked to many neuropsychiatric and behavioral disorders, especially autism sp...

    Authors: Shaimaa Helmy El-Sayed, Khaled Abdel Haleim Al-Shewy, Emad Mearouf Abdin and Haytham Mohamad Hasan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:42
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  31. Accumulating evidence on the neurological sequelae of COVID-19 is a serious concern, with patients possibly being at risk of permanent debilitation if not managed appropriately. We aimed to determine the preva...

    Authors: Davood Kashipazha, Davood Shalilahmadi, Gholamreza Shamsaei and Nastaran Farahmand Porkar
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:41
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  32. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disabling immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system. Ministry of Health and Population’s statistics show that MS comprise 1.4% of all neurological diseases, putting int...

    Authors: Sabah E. Fathy, Amany M. AbdAllah and Rania Y. Helal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:40
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  33. Many biomarkers have been investigated for migraine diagnosis, giving insights into the pathophysiology of migraine, treatment response, and for the development of new treatment strategies. Over the years, man...

    Authors: Hany Mohamed El Deeb, Rasha Said Amr and Dina Elsayed Gaber
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:39
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  34. Covert cerebral small vessel disease (cCSVD) is associated with many age-related morbidities with little available data regarding the pathophysiology and role of genetics in it. This study aims to investigate ...

    Authors: Hany Aref, Mohamed Maged, Tamer Roushdy, Hossam Shokri, Eman Hamid, Bernard P. H. Cho, Hugh S. Markus, Mai Fathy and Nevine El Nahas
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:38
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  35. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disabling disease and involves about 1–3% of the worldwide population over the age of 60. A significant prevalence of psychopathological symp...

    Authors: Ghaydaa A. Shehata, Hassan M. Farweez, Anwar M. Ali, Huda S. Hassan, Amal M. Tohamy, Mohamed Mostafa, Mostafa A. Ibrahim, Khaled Tarek, Asmaa Ahmed Elrashedy, Ramy Abdelnaby, Mohamed Elsayed and Dina Elsayed Gaber
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:37
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  36. The continuous electroencephalogram (cEEG) monitoring is recommended for critical ill patients with altered mental status, The cEEG detects seizure activity and nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) more eff...

    Authors: Nesma Mounir, Ehab Shaker Belal, Mahmoud Fathi Abozeina and Aliaa Ali Tawfeek
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:36
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  37. Treatment of spinal disorders can be managed conservatively or surgically. With the trend toward minimalistic approaches, minimally invasive spinal surgery (MISS) has gained much more importance over the last ...

    Authors: Daniel Encarnacion Santos, Ismail Bozkurt, Renat Nurmukhametov, Medet Dosanov, Alexander Volovish, Gennady Chmutin, Ariel Tapia Sierra, Brenda Eneliz, Edwin Bernard, Phon Nakry, Gianluca Scalia and Bipin Chaurasia
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:35
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  38. Critical illness myopathy (CIM) has negative impact on patient outcomes. We aimed to explore the diagnostic value of bedside ultrasonography for early identification of CIM in septic patients and its correlati...

    Authors: Mostafa M. Elkholy, Mohammed A. Osman, Ahmed S. Abd El Basset, Sameh K. El Maraghi and Hamdy M. Saber
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:34
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  39. Alien limb is an involuntary movement that is considered a diagnostic feature of corticobasal degeneration syndrome. Few reports describe this condition in acute stroke, and most of them result from right pari...

    Authors: Nevine El Nahas, Mohamed Maged and Fatma Fathalla Kenawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:33
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  40. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS COV 2) infection is associated with multiple neurological complications. Cerebrovascular accidents are considered as one of the common neurological complic...

    Authors: I. A. Yassine, M. M. Hussein, A. O. Hosny and M. A. ElSamahy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:32
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  41. Disability in the upper limb in post-stroke survivors may have a variety of effects, particularly in the elderly, that require planning therapeutic actions to restore function. Thirty-four patients were random...

    Authors: Mohammed Youssef Elhamrawy, Wafik Said Bahnasy, Sabah Mohamed Elkady and Mohamed Taha Said
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:31
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  43. Behavioral psychiatric symptoms can be the only warning signs of more serious conditions such as paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis. Differentiating between primary psychiatric disorders and paraneoplastic neu...

    Authors: Axel Rivas, Daniel Levine, Cory Nichols, Mckenzie Merritt, Paul Janda and Aroucha Vickers
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:29
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  44. The elderly population is suffering from many mental health problems that are aggravated as a matter of age and cognitive decline is a serious one of them. The aim of the present work is to screen the cognitiv...

    Authors: Mai S. Saleh, Asmaa F. Galal, Sara F. Sallam, Noha A. Mowaad, Hala M. Zeidan, Adel Hashish, Hala R. Elhabashy and Ola A. Heikal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:28
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  45. Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is polyneuropathy characterized by inflammation and immune-mediated processes that is classified into many subtypes based on electrophysiological and pathological criteria. The di...

    Authors: Ahmed Abou Hagar, Mohamed Negm, Samer Elshamly, Osama Shehab, Walid Mosallam and Reda Abd El-Razek
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:27
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  46. Thermography is an industrial method for surface temperature measurements, and although it is medically safe and non-invasive, its place in daily practice has been limited. With the development of technology, ...

    Authors: Kaya Turan, Osman Görkem Muratoğlu, Tuğrul Ergün and Haluk Çabuk
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:26
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  47. No other systematic review examined the measurement properties of the TUG in LSS. The present systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the measurement properties of the Timed Up and Go (TUG) in...

    Authors: Fatih Özden
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:25
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  48. Considering the epidemiology of single-level lumbar disc herniations (LDH) in the young and active patients, the impact on working capacity is highly relevant. The timing of return-to-work after lumbar surgery...

    Authors: Ismail Bozkurt, Cagri Canbolat, Kemal Paksoy, Salim Senturk and Onur Yaman
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:24
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  49. The rationale for this paper is a description of a patient from Southeast Europe with genetically confirmed Huntington’s disease (HD), coexisting with sporadic, bulbar-onset amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...

    Authors: Ivo Bozovic, Sanja Gluscevic, Ivana Kezic, Vukan Ivanovic, Aleksa Palibrk, Stojan Peric, Ivana Basta and Zorica Stevic
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:23
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  50. The most prevalent nerve entrapment disorder, known as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), is brought on by wrist-based median nerve compression. Focal demyelination progresses to axonal dysfunction as the condition...

    Authors: Safa Dheaa Al-Den Abdul-Muneem and Hussein Ghani Kaddoori
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2024 60:22
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