Submissions from 2024
Stroke advocacy as a career, Foad Abd-Allah, Ahmed Nasreldein, and Mohammad Wasay
Gullian barre syndrome secondary to heat stroke: A case report, Hassan Aziz and Dureshahwar Kanwar
Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, Valery L. Feigin, Melsew Dagne Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate, Samar Abd ElHafeez, Foad Abd-Allah, Ahmed Abdelalim, Atef Abdelkader, Michael Abdelmasseh, Sherief Abd-Elsalam, and Jaleed Ahmed Gilani
Normative values and factors affecting saphenous nerve responses in a south Asian population: A cross-sectional neurophysiological study at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Sajid Hameed, Bisma Aziz, Pinin Baig, Marib Ghulam Rasool Malik, Safia Awan, and Sara Khan
Emerging stroke risk factors: A focus on infectious and environmental determinants, Sajid Hameed, Nurose Karim, Mohammad Wasay, and Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian
Spectrum of EEG abnormalities in COVID-19 patients, Sajid Hameed, Shafaq Saleem, Ali Sajjad, Quratulain Fahim, Mohammad Wasay, and Dureshahwar Kanwar
Molecular profiling of brain tumors in LMICs: Achievable or impossible?, Hammad Atif Irshad, Taha Shaikh, Muhammad Shakir, and Ahmed Gilani
Overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms in patients undergoing flexible cystoscopy, Rafiullah Khan, Nazim Syed Muhammad, and Shahid Iqbal
Variations in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation, and in the strength of its association with ischemic stroke, in countries with different income levels: INTERSTROKE case-control study, Robert Murphy, Albertino Damasceno, Catriona Reddin, Graeme J. Hankey, Helle K. versen, Shahram Oveisgharan, Fernando Lanas, Anna Czlonkowska, Peter Langhorne, and Mohammad Wasay
Treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis: A review, Hamish Patel, India Lunn, Sajid Hameed, Maria Khan, Fazeel M. Siddiqui, Afshin Borhani, Arshad Majid, Simon Bell, and Mohammad Wasay
Climate change and stroke: A topical narrative review, Anna Ranta, Janice Kang, Ali Saad, Mohammad Wasay, Yannick Béjot, Serefnur Ozturk, Maurice Giroud, Jacques Reis, and Jeroen Douwes
Blood pressure variability in acute stroke: Risk factors and association with functional outcomes at 1 month, Catriona Reddin, Robert Murphy, Graeme J. Hankey, Xingyu Wang, Peter Langhorne, Shahram Oveisgharan, Denis Xavier, Conor Judge, Annika Rosengren, and Mohammad Wasay
NOTCH3 p.Arg1231Cys is markedly enriched in South Asians and associated with stroke, Juan Lorenzo Rodriguez-Flores, Shareef Khalid, Neelroop Parikshak, Asif Rasheed, Bin Ye, Manav Kapoor, Joshua Backman, Farshid Sepehrband, Silvio Alessandro Di Gioia, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Effects of oral steroid sparing immunosuppressive drugs in long term maintenance treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, Ali Sajjad, Sajid Hameed, and Sara Khan
Characteristics and outcomes of cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19, Adrian Scutelnic, Anita van de Munckhof, Angel T. Miraclin, Sanjith Aaron, Sajid Hameed, Mohammad Wasay, Oxana Grosu, Katarzyna Krzywicka, Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, and Erik Lindgren
The future of brain health advocacy: Recommendations of the 2023 World Congress of Neurology advocacy panel, Mohammad Wasay, Safa Younis, Wolfgang Grisold, and Tissa Wijeratne
Submissions from 2023
Role of saffron and chamomile in Parkinson diseases, Fizzah Ali, Junaid Ahmed, and Saara Muddasir
Risk factors for stroke in the young (18-45 Years): A case-control analysis of INTERSTROKE data from 32 countries, Maria Khan, Mohammad Wasay, Martin James O'Donnell, Romaina Iqbal, Peter Langhorne, Annika Rosengren, Albertino Damasceno, Aytekin Oguz, Fernando Lanas, and Nana Pogosova
The third intensive care bundle with blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral haemorrhage trial (INTERACT3): An international, stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial, Lu Ma, Xin Hu, Lili Song, Menglu Ouyang, Laurent Billot, Qiang Li, Alejandra Malavera, Xi Li, Paula Muñoz-Venturelli, and Mohammad Wasay
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis due to vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia in middle-income countries, Anita van de Munckhof, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, Sanjith Aaron, Katarzyna Krzywicka, Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, Charlotte Cordonnier, Timothy J. Kleinig, Thalia S. Field, Sven Poli, and Mohammad Wasay
Direct oral anticoagulants for the treatment of cerebral venous thrombosis - a protocol of an international phase IV study, Anita van de Munckhof, Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, Katarzyna Krzywicka, Sanjith Aaron, Diana Aguiar de Sousa, Florina Antochi, Antonio Arauz, Miguel A. Barboza, Adriana B. Conforto, and Mohammad Wasay
Depressive symptoms and risk of acute stroke: INTERSTROKE case-control study, Robert P. Murphy, Catriona Reddin, Annika Rosengren, Conor Judge, Graeme J. Hankey, John Ferguson, Alberto Alvarez-Iglesias, Shahram Oveisgharan, Mohammad Wasay, and Clodagh McDermott
Environmental factors and stroke: Risk and prevention, Annemarei Ranta, Serefnur Ozturk, Mohammad Wasay, Maurice Giroud, Yannick Béjot, and Jacques Reis
Sex differences in cerebral venous sinus thrombosis after adenoviral vaccination against COVID-19, Adrian Scutelnic, Anita van de Munckhof, Katarzyna Krzywicka, Mayte Sánchez van Kammen, Erik Lindgren, Charlotte Cordonnier, Timothy J. Kleinig, Thalia S. Field, Sven Poli, and Mohammad Wasay
Dysfunctional schema modes as determinants of psychiatric comorbidities: A study in a cohort of people with epilepsy, Nadia Shafique, S M Yasir Arafat, Fowzia Siddiqui, W T Malik, Brian Hallahan, and Muhammad Tahir Khalily
Neurological disorders and disability in Pakistan: A cross-sectional multicenter study, Mohammad Wasay, Safia Awan, Naila Shahbaz, Sara Khan, Khalid Sher, Abdul Malik, Shahid Mustafa, Alam Ibrahim Siddiqi, Saleem Barech, and Sajid Hameed
Submissions from 2022
eP069: Possible founder variant and spectrum of phenotypic manifestation of Fukuyama muscular dystrophy reported in four unrelated Pakistani families, Fizza Akbar, Shafaq Saleem, Salman Kirmani, and Sara Khan
First report of cerebral venous thrombosis following inactivated- virus covid vaccination (Sinopharm and Sinovac), Sajid Hameed, Ayisha Farooq Khan, Sara Khan, and Mohammad Wasay
Antiplatelet use in ischemic stroke, Marharyta Kamarova, Sheharyar Baig, Hamish Patel, Kimberley Monks, Mohammad Wasay, Ali Ali, Jessica Redgrave, Arshad Majid, and Simon M. Bell
Prognostic implication of size on outcomes of pituitary macroadenoma: A comparative analysis of giant adenoma with non-giant macroadenoma, Muhammad Faraz Raghib, Adnan Salim, Meher Angez, Sanam Mir Ghazi, Shiraz Hashmi, Muhammad Bilal Tariq, Fauzan Hashmi, Saad Bin Anis, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Asra Tanwir, and Syed Ather Enam
Practical needs and considerations for refugees and other forcibly displaced persons with neurological disorders: Recommendations using a modified Delphi approach, Shawheen Rezaei, Foksouna Sakadi, Fu-Liong Hiew, Ildefonso Rodriguez-Leyva, Jera Kruja, Mohammad Wasay, Osheik AbuAsha Seidi, Saad Abdel-Aziz, Shahriar Nafissi, and Farrah Mateen
World Health Organization (WHO)'s Intersectoral Global Action Plan (IGAP); implications for Asian and African countries, Mohammad Wasay, Safa Younis, Augustina Charway-Felli, and Hamidon Basri
Submissions from 2021
Lessons learned in stroke care during COVID-19 pandemic and preparing for future pandemics in the MENA+ region: A consensus statement from the MENA+-SINO, Amal Al Hashmi, Stephan von Bandemer, Ashfaq Shuaib, Ossama Yassin Mansour, Mohammad Wasay, Atilla Ozcan Ozdemir, Mehdi Farhoudi, Hosam Al Jehani, Adnan Khan, and Seby John
Benediction sign, Raghad M. Alsaffar and Sajid Hameed
Stroke care in Pakistan, Anjum Farooq, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, and Mohammad Wasay
Illness anxiety disorder, Jennifer H. French and Sajid Hameed
Multifocal motor neuropathy, Sajid Hameed and Marco Cascella
Electrodiagnostic findings in COVID-19 patients: A single center experience, Sajid Hameed, Ayisha Farooq Khan, and Sara Khan
Exploring the relationship between air quality and ischemic stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Sajid Hameed, Maria Khan, Zafar Fatmi, and Mohammad Wasay
Myoclonic epilepsy and ragged red fibers, Sajid Hameed and Prasanna Tadi
Cerebral venous thrombosis associated with COVID-19 infection: An observational, multicenter study, Sajid Hameed, Mohammad Wasay, Bashir A. Soomro, Ossama Mansour, Foad Abd-Allah, Tianming Tu, Raja Farhat, Naila Shahbaz, Husnain Hashim, and Wasim Alamgir
First American college of surgeons national surgical quality improvement program report from a low-middle-income country: A 1-year outcome analysis of neurosurgical cases, Mustafa Mushtaq Hussain, Farida Bibi, Shafqat Shah, Rida Mitha, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Afsheen Ziauddin, and Hasnain Zafar
Preparedness and impact of COVID 19 infection at tertiary care neurology centers in Pakistan, Dureshahwar Kanwar, Safia Awan, Ali Sajjad, Anjum Farooq, Lal Chand, Awais Bashir Larak, Abdul Malik, Mohammad Wazir, Adnan Aslam, and Mohammad Wasay
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Diagnosing typical and atypical presentations under limited circumstances, Shazma Khan and Sara Khan
INTEnsive care bundle with blood pressure reduction in acute cerebral hemorrhage trial (INTERACT3): Study protocol for a pragmatic stepped-wedge cluster-randomized controlled trial, Lili Song, Xin Hu, Lu Ma, Xiaoying Chen, Menglu Ouyang, Laurent Billot, Qiang Li, Paula Muñoz-Venturelli, Carlos Abanto, and Mohammad Wasay
Stroke at moderate and high altitude, Maryam J. Syed, Ismail A. Khatri, Wasim Alamgir, and Mohammad Wasay
Stroke care during the COVID-19 pandemic: International expert panel review, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Craig Anderson, Hakan Ay, Selma Aybek, Waleed Brinjikji, Gabriel R. de Freitas, Oscar H. Del Brutto, Klaus Fassbender, Miki Fujimura, and Mohammad Wasay
Submissions from 2020
Call to action: SARS-CoV-2 and CerebrovAscular DisordErs (CASCADE), Shahram Abootalebi, Benjamin M. Aertker, Mohammad Sobhan Andalibi, Negar Asdaghi, Ozlem Aykac, M Reza Azarpazhooh, M Cecilia Bahit, Kristian Barlinn, Hamidon Basri, and Mohammad Wasay
Benediction hand (Benediction sign, Preachers hand), Raghad M. Alsaffar and Sajid Hameed
Lumbosacral plexopathy, Alexander M. Dydyk and Sajid Hameed
Air pollution and non communicable diseases, Zafar Fatmi, Shafaq Mahmood, Zainab Samad, and Mohammad Wasay
Approach to exaggerated startle reflex: A case of hyperekplexia minor, Haris Hakeem, Ramsha Khurshid, Fowzia Siddiqui, and Danish Ejaz Bhatti
Postinfectious cerebellar syndrome with paraneoplastic antibodies: An association or coincidence?, Sajid Hameed, Mukesh Kumar, Pal Satyajit Singh Athwal, Sukhmanii Kahlon, and Nimit Dalal
Consequences of a missed history: A case of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome, Sajid Hameed, Mukesh Kumar, Piyush Puri, Fnu Sapna, and Pal Satyajit Singh Athwal
Hemicrania continua, Sajid Hameed and Tariq Sharman
Effect of 5-minute movies shown via a mobile phone app on risk factors and mortality after stroke in a low- to middle-income country: Randomized controlled trial for the stroke caregiver dyad education intervention (Movies4Stroke), Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Adeel Khoja, Bushra Usmani, Shahvaiz Magsi, Aresha Malani, Zahra Peera, Saadia Sattar, Masood Ahmed Akram, Sumaira Shahnawaz, Maryam Zulfiqar, Abdul Muqeet, Fabiha Zaidi, Saleem Sayani, Azmina Artani, Syed Iqbal Azam, and Sarah Saleem
Neurological manifestations of COVID-19, Dureshahwar Kanwar, Abdul Mannan Baig, and Mohammad Wasay
Chronic headaches, Christie Murphy and Sajid Hameed
Multiple versus fewer antiplatelet agents for preventing early recurrence after ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack, Imama A. Naqvi, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, and Hasan Rehman
COVID-19 international neurological registries, Gustavo C. Román, Jacques Reis, Peter S. Spencer, Alain Buguet, Serefnur Öztürk, Mohammad Wasay, and World Federation of Neurology Environmental Neurology Specialty Group
The neurology of COVID-19 revisited: A proposal from the environmental neurology specialty group of the world federation of neurology to implement international neurological registries, Gustavo C. Román, Peter S. Spencer, Jacques Reis, Alain Buguet, Mostafa El Alaoui Faris, Sarosh M. Katrak, Miguel Láinez, Marco Tulio Medina, Chandrashekhar Meshram, and Mohammad Wasay
Rivals: A novel, Saad Shafqat
Muscle contraction tension headache, Nihir Shah and Sajid Hameed
Multiple sclerosis in Pakistan: Current status and future perspective, Zara Shah, Mohammad Wasay, Burhan Z. Chaudhry, and Sten Fredrikson
Telephone validation of an urdu translated version of the extended disability severity scale in multiple sclerosis patients, Maryam J. Syed, Zara Shah, Safia Awan, Mohammad Wasay, and Sten Fredrikson
Focal cortical dysplasia with prolonged ictal asystole, a case report, Ahmad Wali and Fowzia Siddiqui
Submissions from 2019
Validation of the recent life changes questionnaire (RLCQ) for stress measurement among adults residing in urban communities in Pakistan, Azmina Artani, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Iqbal Azam Syed, Moiz Artani, Shireen Shehzad, Mehreen Saif, Fariha Afzal Khan, and Nazir Alam
Spectrum of neurological disorders in neurology outpatients clinics in urban and rural Sindh, Pakistan: a cross sectional study, Safia Awan, Alam Ibrahim Siddiqi, Ahmed Asif, Naveeduddin Ahmed, hazim brohi, Sajad Jalban, and Mohammad Wasay
Rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome after chikungunya viral fever, Sajid Hameed and Sara Khan
Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis with seropositive chikungunya, Sajid Hameed, Mubashar Memon, Hina Imtiaz, and Dureshahwar Kanwar
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Following a Snakebite: A Case Report and Review of Literature, Sajid Hameed, Mubashar Memon, and Sara Khan
Progressive paraplegia due to spinal dural arteriovenous fistula: A rare but treatable diagnosis that should not be missed, Sajid Hameed, Bushra Taimuri, Marvi Sajid, Farah Siraj, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Cerebral venous thrombosis at high altitude: Analysis of 28 cases, Wahaj Ul Hassan, Maryam Javed Syed, Wasim Alamgir, Safia Awan, Simon M. Bell, Arshad Majid, and Mohammad Wasay
Making an objective diagnosis of tetanus-Utility of a simple neurophysiological test, Hina Imtiaz, Haris Hakeem, Anusha Alam, and Dureshahwar Kanwar
Current state of knowledge of basic life support in health professionals of the largest city in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study, Babar Irfan, Ibrahim Zahid, Muhammad Sharjeel Khan, Omar Abdul Aziz Khan, Shayan Zaidi, Safia Awan, Sobia Bilal, and Omar Irfan
Femur neck fracture in a patient with stiff person syndrome: A case report, Mujahid Jamil, Muhammad Salim, Ahmed Habib, Sara Khan, and Muhammad Qahir
Clean air for Brain Heath; ongoing agenda of 2018 World Brain Day, Reis J, Spencer P.S, Mohammad Wasay, Grisold W., and Carroll W.M.
The potential of m-Health-based interventions to improve medication literacy and adherence in non-communicable diseases in Pakistan, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Wardah Khalid, Maryam Zulfiqar, Abdul Muqeet, Fabiha Zaidi, Ambreen Gowani, and Salim S. Virani
The world federation of neurology and the challenges in environment neurology, J Reis, W Grisold, Ş Öztürk, Mohammad Wasay, G C. Román, and W M. Carroll
Developing Normative Reference Values for Nerve Conduction Studies of Commonly Tested Nerves among a Sample Pakistani Population, Zaitoon Shivji, Anita Jabeen, Safia Awan, and Sara Khan
Yield of Muscle Biopsy in Patients with Findings of Myopathy on Electrodiagnostic Testing, Sarah H. Siddiqui, Raheel Ahmed, Safia Awan, Ambreen Zain, and Sara Khan
Utilization and outcomes with low dose tissue plasminogen activator as intravenous thrombolytic therapy for ischaemic stroke at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi: A retrospective analysis, Masood Uz Zaman Babar, Ammar Zaman Khan, Haris Hakeem, Jaleed Gilani, and Mohammad Wasay
Association of plasma levels of nitric oxide oxidative metabolites with acute stroke in patients presenting to the emergency department of a low-middle income country, Shahan Waheed, Ayaz Ghouse Kalsekar, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Nathan S. Bryan, and Asad Mian
Asian study of cerebral venous thrombosis, Mohammad Wasay, Subash Kaul, Mohammad Saadatnia, Abdul Malik, Ahmed Khalifa, Afshin Borhani-Haghighi, Manmohan Mehndiratta, Maria Khan, Nimalendu Bikash Bhowmik, and Safia Awan
New oral anticoagulants versus warfarin for cerebral venous thrombosis: A multi-center, observational study, Mohammad Wasay, Maria Khan, Haris Majid Rajput, Salman Farooq, Mohammed Ibrahim Memon, Suhail Abdulla AlRukn, Abdul Malik, Foad Abd-Allah, Raja Farhat Shoaib, Rizwana Shahid, Sadia Nishat, and Safia Awan
A new health care model for Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay and Ashar Malik
Submissions from 2018
Genetics of the thrombomodulin-endothelial cell protein C receptor system and the risk of early-onset ischemic stroke, John W. Cole; Huichun Xu; Kathleen Ryan,; Thomas Jaworek; Nicole Dueke; Patrick McArdle; Brady Gaynor,; Yu-Ching Cheng; Jeffrey O'Connell; and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
The advocacy role of the World Federation of Neurology, Wolfgang Grisold and Mohammad Wasay
Evaluation of quality of warfarin therapy by assessing patient's time in therapeutic range at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Haris Hakeem, Ammar Zaman Khan, Kashif Aziz, Ayesha Abbasi, Anam Haider, Bushra Moiz, and Mohammad Wasay
Making prescriptions “talk” to stroke and heart attack survivors to improve adherence: Results of a randomized clinical trial (The Talking Rx Study), Ayeesha Kamran Kamal; Wardah Khalid; Abdul Muqeet,; Anum Jamil,; Kashfa Farhat; Sehar Rahim Ali Gillani; Maryam Zulfiqar; Mehreen Saif; Aliya Amin Muhammad; Fabiha Zaidi; Saleem Sayani; and Salim S. Virani
Environment, pollution and stroke, Maria Khan and Mohammad Wasay
Impact of Airborne Pollutants on Stroke, Adeel Khoja and Fizzah Kazim
Practice patterns and outcomes after stroke across countries at different economic levels (INTERSTROKE): an international observational study, Peter Langhorne, Martin J. O'Donnell, Siu Lim Chin, Hongye Zhang, Denis Xavier, Alvaro Avezum, Nandini Mathur, Melanie Turner, Mary Joan MacLeod, and Mohammad Wasay
Acute treatment of stroke due to spontaneous calcified cerebral emboli causing large vessel occlusion, Muhammad Faraz Raghib, Johannes Sebastian Mutzenbach, Cornelia Rosler, Ferdinand Otto, Mark Mc Coy, Erasmia Muller-Thies-Broussalis, and Slaven Pikija
Acute treatment of stroke due to spontaneous calcified cerebral emboli causing large vessel occlusion, Muhammad Faraz Raghib, Johannes Sebastian Mutzenbach, Cornelia Rösler, Ferdinand Otto, Mark Mc Coy, Erasmia Müller Thies-Broussalis, and Slaven Pikija
Synovial sarcoma of cervicodorsal spine: A case report, Wali Umer Shah, Syeda Dania Shujaat, Naseeb Ullah, and Salman Mansoor
Drug-induced movement disorder and confusion associated with duloxetine, Sarah Hasan Siddiqui., Nadeem Ahmed Memon, and Ravi Shanker
Outcomes of patients with Guillain Barre Syndrome – Experience from a tertiary care hospital of a developing Asian country and review of regional literature, Sarah H. Siddiqui, Tahira H. Siddiqui, Masood U. Babar, Adeel Khoja, and Sara Khan
Frequency and Impact of Cerebral Infarctions in Patients With Tuberculous Meningitis, Mohammad Wasay, Maria Khan, Salman Farooq, Zubair Ali Khowaja, Zeeshan Ali Bawa, Shehzad Mansoor Ali, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Environment and Neurological Diseases: Growing Evidence for Direct Relationship, Mohammad Wasay and Adeel Khoja