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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17.  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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  28. Let-7 microRNAs (miRNAs) may contribute to neurodegeneration, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), but, they were not investigated in Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced AD. Letrozole increases the expression of Let-7...

    Authors: Nada Alaa Moustafa, Mohammed Abdelhamed El-Sayed, Somia Hassan Abdallah, Noha Mohamed Hazem, Magdy Abdelhamed Aidaros and Doaa Attia Abdelmoety
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:70
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  29. Migraine attacks can last for hours to days with severe pain which can affect the daily activities. Literature on quality of life of migraineurs is Saudi Arabia is scarce. This study aimed to assess the qualit...

    Authors: Sarah Abdulrahman Almosaiteer, Unaib Rabbani, Basil Abdulrahman Alharbi and Abdulrhman Aldukhayel
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:69
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  30. Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating disease that alters an individual's functionality. Parkinsonism is a complex symptom consisting of numerous motor and non-motor features, and although several disorde...

    Authors: Ahmed Hafez Mousa and Salwa Agha Mohammad
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:68
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  31. CADASIL is the most common single-gene disorder causing ischemic stroke. CADASIL has been linked to mutations in NOTCH3 gene, due to heterozygous missense mutations. The disease is of insidious onset, presenti...

    Authors: Sudhan Rackimuthu, Safwan Ahmed, Pawan Raj Pulu Ishwara, Anto J. Richie and K. Vimala Christina Colaco
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:67
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  33. Epilepsy and primary headache disorders are two relatively common neurological disorders and their relationship is still a matter of debate. We aimed to estimate the prevalence and clinical features of primary...

    Authors: Ahmed Osama, Marwa Orabi, Imane Yassine and Mohamed Elsayed Abd El-Hady
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:65
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  34. Craniofacial monostotic fibrous dysplasia is a rare and usually incidental bone pathology. CT comes to the fore in the diagnosis of monostotic fibrous dysplasia and MRI is used to show its relationship to the ...

    Authors: Elif Gozgec and Hayri Ogul
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:64
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  35. Social cognition is a multi-factorial construct defined as the ability to process social information for adaptive functioning. A large body of evidence acknowledges deficits in social cognition as important fe...

    Authors: Lamis A. El Ray, Heba Fathy, Yomna Mattar and Dina Badie Taher
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:63
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  36. Our case explored the spectrum of autoimmune and infectious neurological complications of Coronavirus Disease 2019. In addition, we also reviewed and discussed clinical features, neuroimaging, CSF findings, an...

    Authors: Mark A. Colantonio, Divine C. Nwafor, Shruti Jaiswal, Ashish K. Shrestha, Mahmoud Elkhooly, Steven Rollins, Sijin Wen and Shitiz Sriwastava
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:62
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  37. 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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  38. 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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  39. 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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  40. 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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  41. 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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  42. 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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  43. 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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  44. 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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  45. 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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  47. 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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  48. 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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  49. 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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  50. 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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