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  1. Ethnic-racial factors are related to the development of extra- and intracranial atherosclerosis. There are extensive data about carotid atherosclerosis from American, European and Asian population. However, da...

    Authors: Ahmed Elhfnawy, Aya Abdel Galeel and Hazem Abdelkhalek
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:144
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  2. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that affects the patient’s quality of life. The current regime of drugs only halts the symptoms of the disease, and the underlying pathology...

    Authors: Advait Teli and Priti Dhande
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:143
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  3. Migraine is one of the most disabling disorders worldwide. Globally, in 2019, headache disorders were the cause of 46.6 million years of disability, with migraine accounting for 88.2% of these. The value of in...

    Authors: Sara Hisham, Ayat Manzour, Mohammed M. Fouad, Randa M. Amin, Hisham A. Hatata and Diaa Marzouk
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:142
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  4. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that affects people aged 20–40 years on average. It classically affects young females of reproductive age. The prevalence of MS for females to males has increa...

    Authors: Maha Atef Zaki, Gihan Ramzy, Samah Ali, Sahar Abdelatty Sharaf, Mohamed I. Hegazy, Emad Mostafa, Ibrahim Fawzy and Lobna El-Ghoneimy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:141
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  5. Young-onset Alzheimer’s dementia (YOAD) refers to the onset of disease before the age of 40 years. Classical AD typically presents with memory impairment with involvement of other cognitive domains like langua...

    Authors: Rohan Mahale, Gautam Arunachal, Debayan Dutta, N. Venkatachalam and Hansashree Padmanabha
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:140
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  7. Patients with ischemic stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF) are at high risk of developing hemorrhagic transformation (HT). The aim of the current study is to evaluate the incidence of hemorrhagic transformatio...

    Authors: Rasha M. Fahmi, Takwa H. M. Elkhatib, Hala Ahmad Fathy Hafez and Bothina M. Ramadan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:138
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  8. Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent ailments that affects both adolescents and children. Previous studies found that 40% of children with ADHD presented with disruptive...

    Authors: Alaa El Din Moustafa Hamed Abd Elaleem, Zeinab Abd El Halim Osman and Wafaa Osman Abd El-Fatah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:137
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  9. Alteplase (tPA) is the only thrombolytic agent approved by the USFDA for acute ischemic stroke (AIS). Various randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have reported that Tenecteplase (TNK) is non-inferior to tPA re...

    Authors: Karthikeyan Chinniah and Nizamudeen Shadakkathulla
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:136
    Content type: Review Published on:

  10. Osteoporosis (OP) is the fourth leading cause of disability in the elderly. The challenges presented by OP fractures are complex. Vertebral body fractures (VCF) are frequently encountered in osteoporotic patie...

    Authors: Daniel Encarnacion-Santos, Renat Nurmukhametov, Ismail Bozkurt, Medet Dosanov, Alexander Volovish and Bipin Chaurasia
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:135
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  11. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is widely known to cause brain atrophy due to neurodegeneration. Neuroimaging investigations revealed a direct link between brain atrophy detected by MRI and impairment. Transcranial so...

    Authors: Nirmeen A. Kishk, Sherif Hamdy, Hanan Amer, Nevin M. Shalaby, Alshimaa S. Othman and Mohammad Edrees Mohammad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:134
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  12. In multiple sclerosis (MS), optical coherence tomography (OCT) has become a sensitive tool for evaluating retinal and optic nerve diseases. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) is a novel technique...

    Authors: Adel Hassanein Elsayed Gad, Nouran Alaa Abd El Hamid, Randa Mohamed Abdel-Moneim El-Mofty and Lobna Ahmed Talaat El Ghoneimy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:133
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  13. Resistin is a small protein that has pro-inflammatory and atherogenic effects. This study aimed to evaluate the level of serum resistin as a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis in multiple sclerosis (MS) suf...

    Authors: Rania S. Nageeb, Heba F. Tantawy, Amal Fawzy and Marwa Abdel-monem Ateya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:132
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  14. Foreign body reaction in brain tissue is a very rare immune response that has not been well studied. Hemostatic material has been reported as a possible trigger of this response in other organs and could be de...

    Authors: Teodoro Rudolphi-Solero, Eva María Triviño-Ibáñez, José Pablo Martínez-Barbero, Nicolás Cordero-Tous, Clara Eugenia Chamorro-Santos, Antonio Rodríguez-Fernández and Manuel María Gómez-Río
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:131
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  15. The use of the pipeline embolization device (PED) with single or multiple coverage in cases of intracranial aneurysms is still not well defined. We aimed to compare rates of aneurysm occlusion and complication...

    Authors: Ashari Bahar, Ricky Cik Kohar, Anthony Gunawan and Jambri Pranata
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:130
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  16. Although there is a striking impact of epilepsy on sexual functions, this issue is avoided by the patients, because they consider it as a taboo that brings much shame to the complainer and also largely ignored...

    Authors: Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty, Saad Shawki El Sherifi, Tamer Sabry Elserafy and Ahmed Fawzi Ismael
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:129
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  17. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), known as benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) since the report of Quincke in 1893, was described as a rare disorder of elevated intracranial hypertension with norm...

    Authors: I Made Oka Adnyana and Carolin Tiara Lestari Indah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:128
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  18. Nerve conduction studies and electromyography (NCS/EMG) play a key role in the evaluation of patients with neuromuscular diseases. It serves as an extension of a clinical and neurological examination. Patients...

    Authors: Mohammed Elsayed Nassif and Nehad Mohamed Elshatby
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:127
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  19. Cognitive impairment (CI) is a common and disabling symptom during the disease even in the earliest “preclinical” phase of patients with MS (pwMS). This study aims to assess cognitive function by measuring P30...

    Authors: Hussein Ghani Kaddoori
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:126
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  20. Difficulties in interacting in and adapting to the social world are the central complaint faced by patients with schizophrenia. These people are often socially isolated, unemployed and may find it difficult to...

    Authors: Ilhame Fitah, Miloud Chakit, Mohamed El Kadiri, Sara Brikat, Aboubaker El Hessni and Abdelhalim Mesfioui
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:125
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  21. Social distancing and hand hygiene were highly recommended by WHO as an effective preventive strategy for the COVID-19 pandemic. However, people differ in their adherence to safety recommendations and may resp...

    Authors: Eman Fouad, Medhat Bassiony, Samar Atta, Dina Elrafey and Mervat Said
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:124
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  22. Cerebellar malformations are broadly categorized into hypoplasias and dysplasias, which are further divided based on focal or diffuse involvement. Both hypoplasias and dysplasias are usually associated with ce...

    Authors: Ruchika Babal and Abhishek Aggarwal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:123
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  24. Distal embolic protection devices have been widely used to reduce the incidence of embolic events during carotid artery stenting. Entrapment of an embolic protection device is an extremely rare complication, a...

    Authors: Hyun Jin Kim, Sanghyeon Kim and Myongjin Kang
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:121
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  25. Lance–Adams syndrome (LAS), also known as chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus manifests as myoclonic movements of the face, limbs, or trunk following hypoxic brain injury, which may occur during respiratory failure...

    Authors: Mahmoud A. AbdelRazek, Ahmed Marey, Ahmed Taha, Scott J. Morin, Alexander Brodski and Roohallah S. Mollashahi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:120
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  26. Few data about women's sexuality practices post-acute COVID-19 syndrome are available. Many women who have had the disease experience sexual dysfunction; hence, the adverse effect of COVID-19 on sexual functio...

    Authors: Rofaida Refaat Shehata, Gellan K. Ahmed, Aliae A. R. Mohamed Hussien and Manal A. Mahmoud
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:119
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  27. Diabetes is one of the most common causes for peripheral neuropathy which warrants early diagnosis and treatment. The conventional nerve conduction studies appear to be normal if few of the nerve roots are esc...

    Authors: G. R. Sathya, Jayanthi Arulneyam and J. Venkatachalam
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:118
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  28. In recent decades, studies have provided convincing evidence indicating abnormalities in some aspects of consciousness in schizophrenia patients. One of the pioneering theory, orchestrated objective reduction ...

    Authors: Shahriar Ahmadpour
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:117
    Content type: Review Published on:

  29. Spinal cord injury (SCI) is widely considered the most disastrous medical condition. With no available treatment to date, SCI continues to cause disabilities to the patients and affect their own and their care...

    Authors: Samah Fouad, Sara Elfarrash, Awad Rizk, Shaymaa Rezk, Esam Mosbah, Mohamed-Ahdy Saad and Basem I. Awad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:116
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  30. D-dimer is a well-known marker for abnormal hemostasis in acute ischemic stroke (AIS), indicating the presence of fibrin degradation due to thrombus formation and lysis. The diagnostic performance of D-dimer f...

    Authors: Muhammad Akbar, Fitri Damayanti, Jumraini Tammasse, Andi Kurnia Bintang, Susi Aulina and Gita Vita Soraya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:115
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  31. The COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a paradigm shift in educational methodologies worldwide, necessitating a swift transition to e-learning platforms. Consequently, nursing students pursuing university degr...

    Authors: Bakheeta AbdEl-Aziz Mohammed, Ikram Ibraheem Mohammed, Hossam Khalifa Ahmed and Amera Azzet Abd El-Naser
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:114
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  32. Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is characterized by a lack of empathy, a sense of guiltlessness and shamelessness, as well as impulsiveness. ASPD is a relatively common psychiatric condition in the gene...

    Authors: Rebecca Shin-Yee Wong
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:113
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  33. Cavernous sinus thrombosis (CST) is a very rare disease and can occur as a result of pharyngitis, a face infection, sinusitis, orbital cellulitis, otitis, traumatic injury, or surgery, particularly if the pati...

    Authors: Asuman Orhan Varoglu, Asude Aksoy, Emre Akbas and Basak Atalay
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:112
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  34. Poor appetite is a common problem among older people; it is known to contribute to weight loss, nutritional deficiencies, and increased mortality, which can affect their community participation and psychologic...

    Authors: Shimaa A. Khalaf, Gellan K. Ahmed, Saleh O. Abdullah and Martha M. Labieb
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:111
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  35. Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic disease of the nervous system caused by the larval form of Taenia solium which is started to be neglected despite its high prevalence in poor and developing countries. Neur...

    Authors: I. G. B. Aditya Adi Pranajaya, A. A. Ayu Suryapraba, Valentina Tjandra Dewi, I Made Sudarmaja, Kadek Swastika, A. A. Raka Sudewi and Ni Made Susilawathi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:110
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  36. Falcotentorial meningiomas are rare tumors that arise from the junction of the falx cerebri and the tentorium. Accurate preoperative imaging plays a crucial role in surgical planning and management. Magnetic r...

    Authors: A. Ebinesh, Sheetal Agarwal, Swarna Saxena and Rohin Sharma
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:109
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  37. Clopidogrel is recommended as an alternative to Acetyl Salicylic Acid (ASA), the first-line drug for secondary stroke prevention. Clopidogrel resistance in Indonesia is reportedly 15.8%. The Stent Thrombosis i...

    Authors: Rakhmad Hidayat, Al Rasyid, Salim Harris, Alida R. Harahap, Herqutanto, Melva Louisa, Erlin Listiyaningsih, Aldy Safruddin Rambe and Tonny Loho
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:108
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  38. The arteriovenous fistula is the most effective vascular access option for hemodialysis patients. An important and largely unreported concern detected at follow-up is the complaints of tingling or numbness in ...

    Authors: Ahmed Salama Al-Adl and Hossam Abd El Monem Ali
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:107
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  39. The primary treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients is intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rt-PA). A link between vitamin D insufficiency and worse post-stroke outcomes and more...

    Authors: Mohammed M. Masoud, Alshaimaa Yassin Ramadan, Manar Mahmoud AbdelAziz, Rash H. Soliman and Noha A. Abd ElMonem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:106
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  40. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating central nervous system disease with diverse clinical manifestations. The present study aimed to compare the psychiatric outcomes of MS patients with ful...

    Authors: Shady Safwat Hassan, Esam S. Darwish, Gellan K. Ahmed, Samah R. Azmy and Nourelhoda A. Haridy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:105
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  41. Migraine is believed to affect over 20% of people at some point in their lives. The presence of sexual dysfunction in migraine sufferers can cause lack of self-confidence and divorces. The aim of this work is ...

    Authors: Osama A. Ragab, Ehab S. Mohamed, Eman A. Ghazi and Mohamed A. Basiouny
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:104
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  42. The precise choice of specialty is of paramount importance in a physician’s career. Several factors play a role in deciding the specialty, such as intelligence, motivation, clinical experience, personality, an...

    Authors: Sadia Sultan, Osama M. Labban, Alyazeed M. Hamawi, Ali K. Alnajrani, Ayat Mahmoud Tawfik, Mohammed H. Felemban, Enad A. Bokhari and Nusrat Aziz
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:103
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  44. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) appeared in early 2019 and swiftly became a pandemic causing extensive morbidity and mortality. M...

    Authors: Srinagesh Mannekote Thippaiah, Shabbir Amanullah, Zi Huai Huang, Edward Goldschmidt and Basant Pradhan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:101
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease, affecting about 2.5 million people worldwide. Telemedicine is a relatively recent telecommunication tool that has multiple formats such as store-and-for...

    Authors: Mohamed Abd El-khalik Ahmed, Magd Fouad Zakaria, Azza Abd Elnasser Abd Elaziz, Mohamed Mahmoud Fouad, Ahmed Mohamed Elbokl and Mahmoud Saad Swelam
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:99
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  47. Ocular imaging receives much attention as a source of potential biomarkers for dementia. This study aims to study structural changes in the retina and optic nerve in children of healthy and demented parents an...

    Authors: Sinan Eliaçık, Serdar Aykaç and Hayati Yılmaz
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:98
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  48. Arterial hypertension, cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol abuse and drug addiction such as cocaine all are known risk factors for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). However, there is little informatio...

    Authors: Ahmed Elbassiony, Eman M. Khedr, Ahmed Hegazy, Omar Abdelaleem Ragab, Hieder Al-Shami, Radwa K. Soliman, Ahmed Shoyb and Ahmed Aly
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:97
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  49. In medical practice, it is common to see patients who present with physical symptoms for which no disease pathology can be found. The presence of neurological symptoms that are shown to be incompatible with ne...

    Authors: Roa Gamal Alamrawy, Alshymaa Mohamed Abdel Tawab, Hoda Aly Mohamed Omran, Ahmed K. Awad, Marwa Abdelazim Rizk, Esraa Ahmed Abdelrasoul, Amira Etman, Dina B. Ahmed, Essam G. Ali and Manar Ahmed Kamal
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:96
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  50. The community pharmacists educate patients and their families concerning the development of adherence to their therapy, and then improving health-related quality of life for those patients. Our study aims to d...

    Authors: Alfred Anselme Dabilgou, Emile Ouédraogo, Alassane Dravé, Julie Marie Adeline Wendlamita Kyelem, Wendémi Jean-Noël Wendbénédo Savadogo, Christian Napon, Athanase Millogo, Kapouni Karfo and Jean Kaboré
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:94
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