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  1. Chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH) is a commonly encountered neurosurgical entity, particularly among the elderly population. Surgical intervention by trepanation or burr hole craniostomy remains the gold standa...

    Authors: Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Ahmed Nagaty, Mohamed Helmy and Shafik Tahseen El Molla
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:48
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  2. Over the last decade, since clinical trials examining targeted therapeutics for gliomas have failed to demonstrate a meaningful increase in survival, the emphasis has recently been switched toward innovative t...

    Authors: Muhammad Reza Arifianto, Rizki Meizikri, Irwan Barlian Immadoel Haq, Rahadian Indarto Susilo, Joni Wahyuhadi, Yulius Hermanto and Ahmad Faried
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:47
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  3. Cortical deafness is an unusual occurrence caused by injury to the central auditory pathway but not to the hearing organ. This paper reports the first case of cortical deafness as a sequel of recurrent stroke ...

    Authors: Al Rasyid, Taufik Mesiano, Mohammad Kurniawan, Rakhmad Hidayat, Pukovisa Prawiroharjo, Angga Pramudita Pudianto, Achmad Faisal Jundi, Elvan Wiyarta and Salim Harris
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:46
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  4. This study was designed to identify factors that influence outcomes in a large group of well-defined Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) patients with a 3-month follow-up period. Sixty-two cases of GBS with a mean a...

    Authors: Eman M. Khedr, Mohamed Zayed Mohamed and Mohamed Mostafa M. Shehab
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:45
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  5. Epilepsy is the third chronic brain illness worldwide. About a third of the epileptic patients will be drug resistant. Early identification of these patients is critical for appropriate treatment selection and...

    Authors: Noha T. Abokrysha, Noha Taha, Reham Shamloul, Samar Elsayed, Wesam Osama and Ghada Hatem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:44
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  6. The obsession with COVID-19 scale is a reliable and validated scale developed to assess obsessions related to coronavirus infection (COVID-2019) and because of its usefulness, this paper is aiming to develop a...

    Authors: Abdulaziz Alshomrani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:43
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  7. Brain iron accumulation neurodegeneration (NBIA) comprises a group of rare diseases characterized by deposits of this metal in brain structures. It presents a great variability of progression, which can be fas...

    Authors: Alana Ferreira de Andrade, Grace Kelly dos Santos Guimarães, João Ferreira da Silva, Bruno Manuel Moura de Sousa, Marcos Manoel Honorato, Renata Maria de Carvalho Cremaschi and Fernando Morgadinho Santos Coelho
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:42
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  8. Stroke is a devastating condition, which not only affects patients’ activity, but also is a primary reason for the psychosocial impact on them, their caregivers, and the healthcare system. Transcranial direct ...

    Authors: Asna Rizvi, Sarah Parveen, Farah Bazigha and Majumi M. Noohu
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:41
    Content type: Review Published on:

  9. Guillain–Barre syndrome (GBS) is a complication that occurs in patients with Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) infection. The spectrum of symptoms varies from mild to severe symptoms, even death. The study aimed ...

    Authors: I Gusti Agung Ayu Andra Yusari, Putu Gede Sudira and Dewa Putu Gde Purwa Samatra
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:40
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  10. Stroke had been accounted to cause almost 50% of epilepsy in the elderly and may lead to poor functional outcomes. Many studies examining the risk factors have been conducted despite showing inconsistent resul...

    Authors: Afiyf Kaysa Waafi, Machlusil Husna, Ria Damayanti and Nanik Setijowati
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:39
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  11. National institutes of health stroke scale (NIHSS) is used, since its appearance in analysis of stroke in any national or international single center or multicenter study. It is also the golden standard assess...

    Authors: Tamer Roushdy, Narges W. Mikhail and Shaimaa Ramadan Abdelaziz
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:38
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  12. To describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of cycloserine (CS)-induced psychosis in adults diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB).

    Authors: Alonso Cotrina-Santome, Lizbeth Ulloa-Esquivel, Shirley Vásquez-Quispe, Martín Arevalo-Flores and Bruno Pedraz-Petrozzi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:37
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  13. Hereditary myopathy with early respiratory failure (HMERF) is a rare myopathy that affects respiratory muscles in the early course of the disease leading to respiratory insufficiency. It is caused by mutation ...

    Authors: Milutin Petrovic, Milos Ratinac, Stojan Peric, Romana Pusica and Ivan Cekerevac
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:36
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  14. The thalamus is crucial in the development of idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE), which could lead to cognitive dysfunctions, according to data from neuropsychology and advanced neuroimaging investigations....

    Authors: Lamiaa I. Daker, Sayed S. Sayed, Mohamed Abdelghaffar, Amany Hamdy Hamed, Mahmoud I. Aboelnor and Mohamed El-Sayed El-Khatib
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:35
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  15. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune neuromuscular junction disorder characterized by fatigable muscle weakness and autoantibodies. Frequent associations exist between myasthenia gravis and thymic abnormalities,...

    Authors: Nourelhoda A. Haridy, Eman M. Khedr, Asmaa M. Hasan, Ahmed A. Maghraby, Essam Abdelmohsen and AbdelHamid M. Aly
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:34
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  16. DSM 5 anxious distress specifier is one of the newly added specifiers for bipolar and related disorders. It may have impacts on the symptoms severity, insight, impulsivity, and different domains of quality of ...

    Authors: Samir El Sayed, Sarah Gomaa, Alaa Al Hazmi, Hassan Sonbol and Ibrahem ElKalla
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:33
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  17. The study is aimed to identify the predictors of Quality of Life (QOL) in women with epilepsy (WWE) on carbamazepine (CBM) and levetiracetam (LTM) monotherapy. 100 WWE were recruited (50 each on CBM and LTM), ...

    Authors: Ogunjimi Luqman, Yaria Joseph, Makanjuola Akintomiwa, Alabi Akinyinka, Aderinola Aderonke, Osalusi Bamidele, Oboh David, Olusola-Bello Mojisola, Falujo Bolanle, Murtala Abdullahi, Olawale Olatunbosun, Fatai Fehintola and Ogunniyi Adesola
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:32
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  19. Epilepsy is a chronic debilitating disease especially in pediatric population. Most of reported studies for corpus callosotomy as a palliative surgery in drug-resistant cases are on limited number of cases and...

    Authors: Ahmed Darwish, Omar El Farouk Ahmed, Khaled Saeed Ebrahim, Mennatallah O. Shata, Emad H. Abouelmaaty and Salah M. Hamada
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:30
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  20. Carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) is an abnormal arteriovenous shunt between the carotid artery or its branches, with the cavernous sinus. It is still common in developing countries, and is mostly due to traumat...

    Authors: Ashari Bahar, Jambri Pranata, Anthony Gunawan and Gita Vita Soraya
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:29
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  21. A 39-year-old male without any preceding medical ailment presented with 12 day history of fever followed by behavioral changes with left sided weakness. He was found to have Herpes Simplex Virus-1 encephalitis...

    Authors: Mridula Singh, Dinesh Khandelwal, Vaibhav Mathur and Chandani Shah
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:28
    Content type: Letter to the Editor Published on:

  22. Stroke is the most common acquired neurological disease in the adult population worldwide with an incidence of 16 million new cases every year responsible for about 6.1 million deaths and 130.6 million disabil...

    Authors: Mahmoud Ebrahim Mostafa Elhassanien, Azza Abbas Ghali, Asmaa Khaled Shaheen, Dina Abdallah Ali, Hamdy Khaled Sabra, Sara H. Motawea, Ali R. Ahmed, Michael Maher Mourad Fahem, Shimaa Abo Elfotoh Habash, Rola Essam Elbehairy, Ahmed Galal Abuelsoud, Gehan Ibrahim Mohamed Badawy and Wafik Said Bahnasy
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:27
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  23. Attention, as it is now defined as a process matching data from the environment to the needs of the organism, is one of the main aspects of human cognitive processes. There are several aspects to attention inc...

    Authors: Ehsan Nasiri, Mohammad Khalilzad, Zahra Hakimzadeh, Ashkan Isari, Sajjad Faryabi-Yousefabad, Saeed Sadigh-Eteghad and Amirreza Naseri
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:26
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  24. Ever since AE was acknowledged as a potentially treatable cause of encephalitis, it has been increasingly recognised worldwide. Data suggests that these disorders are under-recognized, which calls for an incre...

    Authors: Rithvik Ramesh, Philo Hazeena, Sundar Shanmugam, Shankar Venkatasubramanian, Santhosh Perumal, Vijaya Shankar and Pedapati Radhakrishna
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:25
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  25. Due to its disturbance in schizophrenic patients, mismatch negativity (MMN) generation is believed to be a potential biomarker for recognizing primary impairments in auditory sensory processing during the cour...

    Authors: Abeer Mamdouh Ali Mahmoud, Mai Abd-Elraoof Eissa, Enaas Ahmad Kolkaila, Reham Abdel Rahman Amer and Mona Ahmed Kotait
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:24
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  26. Schizencephaly is a rare congenital cerebral malformation characterized by clefts in the cerebral cortex. The traction effect and splitting of leptomeninges caused by schizencephaly potentially formed an arach...

    Authors: Patricia Hapsari, Celia, Chand Nagpal, Andre, Ronny and Robert Shen
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:23
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  27. Stroke is a neurological disorder resulting from a sudden decline in blood flow to a localized area of the brain. It is the second most common cause of death and the third most common cause of disability world...

    Authors: Arjuman Mohamed Aziz, Alice Edwar Rizian, Fayza Mohamed Tawfik and Jaidaa Farouk Mekky
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:22
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  28. Stroke is among the most prevalent causes of disability. An easy reliable tool to predict stroke outcomes will help manage neurological and non-neurological events and rehabilitation. The modified SOAR (mSOAR)...

    Authors: Hend Abdelghany, Mohamed Elsayed, Amgad Elmeligy and Ghada Hatem
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:21
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  29. Millions of Muslims around the world fast during the holy month of Ramadan as a requirement of their religion Islam. Studies have reported varying effects of Ramadan fasting on mental health and various hormon...

    Authors: Mustafa Akan, Suheyla Unal, Lale Gonenir Erbay and Mehmet Cagatay Taskapan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:20
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  30. Elevated levels of S-100B in serum are increasingly considered a potential biochemical marker of nervous system damage. To our knowledge, limited number of research studies have tested the serum S-100B protein...

    Authors: Mohamed Khamis, Nahed Salah El Din, Maha Ali Nada and Hossam El Din Mahmoud Afifi
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:19
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  31. Vitamin D3 is a secosteroid, broad-spectrum immunomodulatory, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory hormone produced either by the internal subcutaneous pathway in the presence of ultraviolet B (UVB) rays or by t...

    Authors: Amit Kumar Tripathi and Sunil Kumar Mishra
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:18
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  32. Hypokalemic paralysis is characterized by episodic attacks of flaccid muscle weakness of variable duration and severity associated with hypokalemia. Overall, there is a scarcity of data regarding hypokalemic p...

    Authors: Hilal Ahmad Ganie, Waseem Raja Dar, Annada Prasad Bhattacharya and Arjimand Yaqoob
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:17
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  33. Bone wax is a hemostatic agent widely used in surgery. Since it is neither absorbed nor metabolized, its use remains risky and a potential cause of complications. Even though its MRI radiological characteristi...

    Authors: Sonia Nagi, Arwa Rekik, Cyrine Drissi and Ihsen Zammel
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:16
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  34. During any critical health care situation as COVID-19 pandemic, it is expected that the medical staff will be under a high level of stress. However, nurses specifically are under both physical and psychologica...

    Authors: Eman Ahmed Ali, Mohammad Gamal Sehlo, Ramadan Abdelbr Hussein, Eman Tarek Ali and Ahmed Mohamed Abdalla
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:15
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  35. The second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are a group of antipsychotic drugs, used to treat psychiatric conditions. SGAs have been shown to precipitate rapid weight gain and dyslipidemia, as well as to promo...

    Authors: Samy Makary, Khaled Abd El Moez, Mona Elsayed and Haydy Hassan
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:14
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  36. Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is described as a chronic progressive decline in cortical cognitive function due to the occurrence of multiple infarcts in the cerebral vascularization throughout the gray and whit...

    Authors: Bryan Gervais de Liyis, Jane Carissa Sutedja, Putu Mas Isyundra Kesuma, Sulaiman Liyis and I. Putu Eka Widyadharma
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:13
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  37. Neurovascular compression syndromes (NVCs) are cranial nerve syndromes caused by direct contact or compression of vascular structures on the cranial nerves at the root exit/entry zone. Cases of combined NVCs a...

    Authors: Prakit Anukoolwittaya, Akarin Hiransuthikul, Sekh Thanprasertsuk and Kammant Phanthumchinda
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:12
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  38. Intravenous thrombolysis is the current therapy of choice in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS). While highly effective, the rate at which the procedure is employed is low. Studies evaluating the causes...

    Authors: Rocksy Fransisca V. Situmeang, Aristo Pangestu, Reza Stevano, Yesenia Tannu, Jessica Herlambang and Cynthia Putri
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:11
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  39. We report a case who developed long-term neuropsychiatric sequelae similar to frontotemporal dementia after suffering a "high altitude sickness" while climbing a high mountain without taking precautions agains...

    Authors: Cemile Hazan Tunalı, Süheyla Ünal and Suat Kamışlı
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:10
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  41. Gait disorders which caused by stroke are one of the most common causes of functional disabilities in hemiparetic stroke patients that leads to significant impact on quality of life and financial cost. In this...

    Authors: Gehan M. Ahmed, Ebtesam M. Fahmy, Mohamed F. Ibrahim, Ayman A. Nassief, Haidy Elshebawy, Marwa M. Mahfouz and Mahmoud Y. Elzanaty
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:8
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  42. Caregivers play an essential role in caring of patients with psychiatric disorders. It is important to focus on family burden and coping styles of chronic psychiatric disorders’ caregivers. In this survey, the...

    Authors: Tahereh Abbaslou, Aida Farsham, Reza Bidaki and Bonnie Bozorg
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:7
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  43. Wolfram syndrome is due to a mutation of the WFS1 gene that codes for the transmembrane protein wolframin. This protein is located in the endoplasmic reticulum and is expressed at higher concentrations in the bet...

    Authors: Ayca Kocaaga, Sevgi Yimenicioglu and Murat Bayav
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:6
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  44. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome (RCVS) is a neurovascular condition characterized by a severe sudden-onset headache that may be associated with focal neurological deficits. On imaging, the sugges...

    Authors: Michelle Zonkowski Ribas, Gabriela Ferreira Paticcié, Sara Diógenes Peixoto de Medeiros, Arthur de Oliveira Veras, Felipe Micelli Noleto and Júlio César Claudino dos Santos
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:5
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  45. Different studies investigating generalized genetic epilepsy (GGE) have shown that achieving 5 years of remission, early seizure remission, and needing antiseizure medication (ASM) monotherapy may predict favo...

    Authors: Hassan Hosny, Nervana Elfayoumy, Mahmoud Adly and Hend Abdelghany
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:4
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  46. Available data collected from patients of different types of acute cerebrovascular strokes can detect risk factors, clinical data (including semiology of seizures), EEG findings and functional outcome of these...

    Authors: Aya Taha Mohamed, Mahmoud Hemeda El Rakawy, Yousry Abo Elnaga Abdelhamid, Ahmed Mohammed Hazzou and Mona Mokhtar Wahid el din
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:3
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  47. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neuropsychiatric disorders. Children with ADHD may experience significant functional problems, such as academic concerns at school, poo...

    Authors: Zahra Sepehrmanesh, Alireza Asayeshi, Reza Daneshvar kakhki, Fatemeh Assarian, Habibolla Rahimi and Saeideh Ramezani moghadam Arani
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:2
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  48. Post-traumatic epilepsy is defined as the onset of at least one seizure beyond the first week following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). High prevalence of TBI in our setting may contribute to the burden of epi...

    Authors: Mathieu Motah, Daniel Gams Massi, Franklin Assonfack Sinju, Annick Mélanie Magnerou, Eric Guemekane Bila Lamou, Cyrille Nkouonlack, Jacques Doumbe, Ignatius Esene, Verla Vincent Siysi, Victor-Claude Eyenga and Yacouba Njankouo Mapoure
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2023 59:1
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  49. Coronavirus disease 2019 (CoVID-19), primarily thought of as a respiratory system disease is actually a multi-system disease with immunological implications. CNS involvement in COVID has been explained in rece...

    Authors: Arka Prava Chakraborty, Alak Pandit, Ajitava Dutta, Shambaditya Das, Goutam Ganguly and Souvik Dubey
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:167
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  50. Migraine is a chronic neurological disorder, characterized by recurrent headache attacks featuring specific clinical characteristics. Two-thirds of the migraineurs are women. It takes the second place among th...

    Authors: Tetiana Marusich, Yuliia Solodovnikova, Iryna Hnatyuk and Anatoliy Son
    Citation: The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery 2022 58:164
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