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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. 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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  15. 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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    The Correction to this article has been published in The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:85

  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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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  21. 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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  22. 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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  23. 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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  24. 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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  25. 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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  26. 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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  27. 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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  29. 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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  30. 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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  31. 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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  32. 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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  33. Ischemic strokes are common neurological disease and unless being managed fast enough within hours of onset a permanent deficit usually results. Such deficit impairs the patient independency to a great extent....

    Authors: Iman Muhammad Ahmad Jomaa, Wafaa Batran Wahba, Ramez Reda Moustafa and Tamer Roushdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:47
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  34. Vitamin B12 malabsorption is one of the side effects of long-term metformin intake. Prolonged vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to irreversible nervous system damage. So, the current study aimed to determine the...

    Authors: Nouran Fakkar Hammam Fakkar, Diaa Marzouk, Mohamed Farouk Allam, Mohamed Mahmoud Fouad, Maram Maher Aboromia and Mohsen Gadallah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:46
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  35. Covid-19 pandemic has left deep psychological impacts, especially among infected patients. It is extremely important to understand the extent of those effects, while improving the compliance with isolation mea...

    Authors: Zayid K. Almayahi and Nasser Al Lamki
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:45
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  36. Protein kinase C activation with subsequent increase in oxidative stress (OXS) and reduction in brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) are implicated in the pathophysiology of psychotic disorders and in oste...

    Authors: Amina Ahmed Sedky, Mona H. Raafat, Ghada Galal Hamam, Karim Ahmed Sedky and Yosra Magdy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:44
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  37. Host inflammation has been studied in patients with ischemic stroke (IS) due to large vessel occlusions. Inflammatory markers were shown to correlate with large artery atherosclerosis and worse outcomes after ...

    Authors: Sevda Diker, Pınar Gelener, Amber Eker, Bahar Kaymakamzade, Senem Mut, Ayşegül Erem and Uğurcan Balyemez
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:43
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  38. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious psychological trauma disorder. Treatment of psychological trauma tends to focus on patients' memory. Clinical Spiritual-Hypnosis Assisted Therapy is a culturally ...

    Authors: Cokorda Bagus Jaya Lesmana, Luh Ketut Suryani and Niko Tiliopoulos
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:42
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  39. Hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) is one of the most common complications of stroke. This work aimed to evaluate and analyze the clinical and radiological features of painful shoulder in hemiplegic stroke patient...

    Authors: Hassan Abd-Elaty El-Sonbaty, Ali Ahmed Abou Elmaaty, Carmen Ali Zarad and Amany Salama El-Bahnasawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:41
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  40. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) composes an uncommon subtype of stroke caused by thrombotic occlusion of the cerebral venous system and tends to occur in hypercoagulable states. Albeit exceedingly rare...

    Authors: Rocksy Fransisca V. Situmeang, Reza Stevano and Ratna Sutanto
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:40
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  41. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is typically seen in females of childbearing period; therefore, it is possible that female sex hormones have a pathogenic role in IIH. Obesity is considered as a stro...

    Authors: Mohamed Abdelghaffar, Mona Hussein, Shaimaa A. Abdelkareem and Haidy Elshebawy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:39
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  43. Complex facial pain is a debilitating condition with varying etiologies that overall responds poorly to both medical and traditional surgical management. Cortical stimulation is a unique therapeutic interventi...

    Authors: Andrew D. Gong, Olivia E. Gilbert, Luke A. Mugge, Danielle D. Dang, John V. Dang, Omar Awan, James W. Leiphart and Mahesh B. Shenai
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:37
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  44. Clinical seizure semiology provides valuable information in the evaluation of focal-onset bilateral tonic–clonic seizures. In the evaluation of these patients, long-term video-EEG monitoring (VEM) and neuroima...

    Authors: Gulin Morkavuk, Kubra Isık and Alev Leventoglu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:36
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  45. Infantile spasm (IS) is an age-specific epileptic disorder of early infancy that typically presents with epileptic spasms occurring in clusters. International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) also recommends the...

    Authors: Abdelsattar Abdullah Elsayeh and Mohammad Ali Saeed Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:35
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  46. The objectives of this review were to explain the neurologic processes that control the human sleep–wake cycle as well as the pathophysiology of the human circadian clock. Non-rapid eye movement and rapid eye ...

    Authors: Chidiebere Emmanuel Okechukwu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:34
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  48. The neuropsychiatric lupus erythematosus (NPSLE) is a severe complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) that is characterized by a variety of neurological manifestations involving both central and peri...

    Authors: Salma M. Ragab and Amira M. Ibrahim
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:32
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  49. A previous study suggests that resting-state EEG biomarkers measured at prefrontal region (Fp1, and Fp2) are moderately correlated with Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of elderly people with Alzhei...

    Authors: Majid Torabinikjeh, Vahid Asayesh, Mahdi Dehghani, Aliakbar Kouchakzadeh, Hanie Marhamati and Shahriar Gharibzadeh
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:31
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  50. Acute vision loss in Guillain–Barré syndrome  is rarely reported in literature. No case of vision loss in Guillain–Barré syndrome due to Angle closure glaucoma  has been reported in AIDP variant GBS.

    Authors: Abhay Ranjan, Ramdas Pandurangrao Solanke, Neetu Sinha and Vidya Bhushan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:30
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