Submissions from 2017
The professional practice and training of neurology in the Asian and Oceanian Region: A cross-sectional survey by the Asian and Oceanian Association of Neurology (AOAN), Artemio Roxas Jr, Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Natan Bornstein, Richard Macdonell, Kheng Seang Lim, Ping-Wing Ng, Shuren Dashzeveg, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Hamed Esmatullah, and Mohammad Wasay
Quality of life in individuals surgically treated for congenital hydrocephalus during infancy: A single-institution experience, Saad Akhtar Khan, Muhammad Faheem Khan, Saqib Kamran Bakhshi, Omar Irfan, Hamza Abdur Rahim Khan, Asad Abbas, Safia Awan, and Muhammad Ehsan Bari
Mobile health (mHealth) technology for the management of hypertension and hyperlipidemia: Slow start but loads of potential, Hasan Rehman, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Pamela B. Morri, Saleem Sayani, Anwar T. Merchant, and Salim S. Virani
Early electrophysiological findings in acuteinflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathyvariant of Guillain-Barre syndrome in the Pakistanipopulation – a comparison with global data, Ahmad Wali, Dureshahwar Kanwar, Safoora A. Khan, and Sara Khan
An Adult with Polyneuropathy and Hypogonadism due to Poems Syndrome, Saba Zaidi, Sidra Sattar, and Bhojo A Khealani
Submissions from 2016
Evaluating pathogenic dementia variants in posterior cortical atrophy, Minerva M. Carrasquillo, Imelda Barber, Sarah J. Lincoln, Gamze Balci Camsari, and Qurat ul Ain. Khan
Alzheimer’s Disease, Qurat ul Ain. Khan and Neill R. Graff-Radford
The rise and rise of neurosurgery: academic journey of a young department in a developing country, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim and Hamid Hussain Rai Hussain Rai
World Brain Day 2016: celebrating brain health in an ageing population, Mohammad Wasay, Wolfgang Grisold, William Carroll, and Raad Shakir
Submissions from 2015
Validation Study of the Mini-Mental State Examination in Urdu Language for Pakistani Population, Safia Awan; Naila Shahbaz,; Syed Wasim Akhtar; Arsalan Ahmad; Sadaf Iqba; Sellal Ahmed; Haider Naqvi; and Mohammad Wasay
Guillain-Barre syndrome (demyelinating) six weeks after bariatric surgery: A case report and literature review, Noman Ishaque, Bhojo A. Khealani, Amir H. Shariff, and Muhammad Wasay
Recommendations from the international stroke genetics consortium, part 1: standardized phenotypic data collection, Jennifer J. Majersik, John W. Cole, Jonathan Golledge, Natalia S. Rost, Yu-Feng Yvonne Chan, M Edip Gurol, Arne G. Lindgren, Daniel Woo, Israel Fernandez-Cadenas, and Donna T. Chen
Implications of Female sex on Stroke risk factors, care, outcome and rehabilitation: an Asian perspective, Prachi Mehndiratta, Mohammad Wasay, and Man Mohan Mehndiratta
Epilepsy in Pakistan: National guidelines for clinicians (Part 2), Fowzia Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Mughis Sheerani, Tipu Sultan, Shahid Mustafa, Saleem Barech, Haris Majid, Sarwar Jamil Siddiqui, Abdul Malik, Mohsin Zaheer, Wasim Akhter, and Rashid Jooma
Epilepsy in Pakistan: National guidelines for clinicians, Fowzia Siddiqui, Tipu Sultan, Shahid Mustafa, Sarwar Jamil Siddiqui, Shaukat Ali, Abdul Malik, Zafar Sajjad, Saleem Barech, and Rashid Jooma
Arbovirus infections of the Nervous System: current trends and future threats, Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, and Foad Abd-Allah
Submissions from 2014
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of enhancing cerebral lesions: Analysis of 78 histopathology proven cases, Muhammad Shahbaz Alam, Humera Ahsan, Zafar Sajjad, Madiha Beg, Umer Bhatti, Ather Enam, and Mohammad Wasay
Late-onset Alzheimer disease genetic variants in posterior cortical atrophy and posterior AD, Minerva M. Carrasquillo,; Qurat ul Ain Khan; Melissa E. Murray; Siddharth Krishnan; and V. Shane Pankratz
A unique MRI presentation of fungal infection in the brain, Muhammad Bilal Salman Khan, Saad Shafqat, and Ather Enam
Dementia: Challenges of practice in Pakistan, Qurat ul Ain. Khan
Ischemic strokes in Pakistan: observations from the national acute ischemic stroke database, Bhojo A. Khealani, Maria Khan, Muhammad Tariq, Abdul Malik, Alam I. Siddiqi, Safia Awan, and Mohammad Wasay
Evolution, current status, and way forward for the Asian Oceanian Association of Neurology, Man M. Mehndiratta, Prachi Mehndiratta, Ching-Piao Tsai, Ryuji Kaji, Natasha S. Gulati, Mohammad Wasay, and Richard Macdonell
Stroke in Asia: geographical variations and temporal trends, Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Maria Khan, Prachi Mehndiratta, and Mohammad Wasay
Heterogeneity in neurologic education and care in Asian and Oceanian region, Man Mohan Mehndiratta, Prachi Mehndiratta, Natasha Singh Gulati, and Mohammad Wasay
Stroke in South Asian countries, Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, and Subhash Kaul
Non communicable diseases in Pakistan: Burden, challenges and way forward for health care authorities, Mohammad Wasay, Shehla Zaidi, Maria Khan, and Rashid Jooma
Submissions from 2013
Clinical predictors of EMG-confirmed cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathy, Ali Hassan, Bilal Hameed, Islam M, Bhojo Asumal Khealan, Mustafa Khan, and Saad Shafqat
Haemorrhagic strokes in pregnancy and puerperium, Maria Khan and Mohammad Wasay
Overdrainage shunt complications in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus and lumbar puncture opening pressure, Qurat ul Ain. Khan; Robert E. Wharen,; and Sanjeet S. Grewal
Submissions from 2012
My patient has an elevated hs-CRP. What does this mean? What should I do now, Maria Khan, Emmon Raza, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Can community based interventions control hypertension in developing countries? What is the evidence from Pakistan, Farzin Majeed and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Peripheral (limb) myokymic discharges in motor neuron disease, Javeria Rauf, Junaid Akhtar, Bhojo Assumal Khealani, and Liaquat Ali
HDL cholesterol--how do I raise my patients good cholesterol, Quratulain Shaikh and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
My patient has a lot of variability in his blood pressure measurements? Should I be worried? What can I do which may be better, Quratulain Shaikh and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
A new antiplatelet agent cilostazol: What is the evidence for its use and tolerability?, Shaista Anwar Sidddiqi and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Pathophysiology and management of spontaneous intracranial hypotension--a review, Nadir Ali Syed, Farhan Arshad Mirza, Aqueel Hussain Pabaney, and Rameez-ul-Hassan
Syndrome of Hepatic Cirrhosis, Dystonia, Polycythemia, and Hypermanganesemia Caused by Mutations in SLC30A10, a Manganese Transporter in Man, Karin Tuschl; Peter T. Clayton; Sidney M., Jr. Gospe; Shamshad Gulab; Shahnaz Ibrahim; Pratibha Singhi; Roosy Aulakh; Reinaldo T. Ribeiro; Orlando G. Barsottini; Maha S. Zaki; Maria Luz Del Rosario; Sarah Dyack; Victoria Price; andrea Rideout; Kevin Gordon; Ron A. Wevers; W. K. 'Kling' Chong; and Philippa B. Mills
What is the role of free radical scavengers in acute stroke?, Muhammad Faisal Wadiwala, Ambreen Sonawalla, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Temporal trends in risk factors and outcome of intracerebral hemorrhage over 18 years at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan., Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri, Bhojo Khealani, and Mohammad Afaq
Knowledge and attitudes about tetanus and rabies: a population-based survey from Karachi, Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Abdul Malik, Ammad Fahim, Adnan Yousuf, Rajesh Chawla, Haroon Daniel, Muhammad Rafay, Iqbal Azam, and Junaid Razzak
Predictors of cerebral venous thrombosis and arterial ischemic stroke in young Asian women, Mohammad Wasay, Mohammad Saadatnia, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Subhash Kaul, Bindu Menon, Padma Gunaratne, Abdul Malik, Kauser Mehmood, Shahzad Ahmed, and Safia Awan
Submissions from 2011
Perceptual and anatomic patterns of selective deficits in facial identity and expression processing, Christopher J. Fox, Hashim-M Hanif, Giuseppe Iaria, Bradley C. Duchaine, and Jason J. S. Barton
Characteristics of an adult photosensitive cohort, Mubashira Hashmi, Mazhar Mobin, and Khurram A Siddiqui
Caring for cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in children., Mubashira Hashmi and Mohammad Wasay
Risk factor profiles of South Asians with cerebrovascular disease, Ahmad Itrat, Bilal Ahmed, Maria Khan, Murtaza Muhammad, Danyal Thaver, Zubair Khowaja, Shehzad Ali, Zeeshan Bawa, Muhammad Rahat, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Cilostazol versus aspirin for secondary prevention of vascular events after stroke of arterial origin, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Imama Naqvi, Muhammad R Husain, and Bhojo A Khealani
Palinopsia from a posteriorly placed glioma - an insight into its possible causes, Amad Naseer Khan, Rakesh Sharma, Salema Khalid, David McKean, Richard Armstrong, and Christopher Kennard
Atrial fibrillation, is warfarin the only option for stroke prevention, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
My patient just had a transient ischaemic attack. Can I predict his risk for stroke? Is stroke inevitable or preventable, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What are the therapeutic options for strokes secondary to intracranial large artery stenosis, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What modifiable risk factors lead to strokes in our part of the world, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What are the emerging therapeutic alternatives to warfarin in stroke patients? How would the results of RE-LY benefit Pakistanis, Maria Khan, Emmon Raza, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What is the role of B-vitamins in stroke prevention in Pakistan, Maria Khan, Emmon Raza, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Can We Stop the Stroke Epidemic in Pakistan?, Ismail A. Khatri and Mohammad Wasay
Can selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) improve motor recovery after stroke? What is the role of neuroplasticity, Farzin Majeed and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Viewpoint: my journey from the US back to Pakistan: what keeps me here, Saad Shafqat
Neurosurgical research in Pakistan: Trends of publication and quality of evidence, Muhammad Shahzad Shamim, Syed Ather Enam, and Syed Faraz Kazim
Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in stroke survivors: what do we add to the care of our patients, Shaista Anwar Siddiqi and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
My patient's brain MRI has cerebral microbleeds--what does this finding mean, Shaista Anwar Siddiqi and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Knowledge gaps in stroke care: results of a survey of family physicians in Pakistan., Mohammad Wasay, Bhojo Khealani, Adnan Yousuf, Iqbal Azam, Suresh L Rathi, Abdul Malik, and Anwar Haq
Predictors of the intracerebral hemorrhage volume in hypertensive patients, Mohammad Wasay, Adnan Yousuf, Darshan Lal, and Safia Awan
Submissions from 2010
Role of levetiracetam in refractory seizures due to a rare progressive myoclonic epilepsy: Lafora body disease, Mubashira Hashmi, Feroza Saleem, Muhammad Shahid Mustafa, Mughis Sheerani, Zeeshan Ehtesham, and Khurram Siddiqui
Risk of Multiple Sclerosis after Idiopathic Optic Neuritis in a Pakistani Population, Syed Faraz Kazim, Muhammad Islam, Mustafa Khan, Bilal Hameed, and Saad Shafqat
Ethambutol-induced optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis: Is there an association?, Syed Faraz Kazim and Saad Shafqat
Stroke registry: a developing country's perspective., farrukh s. khan, maimoona siddiqui, hazim brohi, and khurram a. siddiqui
Acute administration of rt-PA for acute stroke in Pakistani patients--what does the available evidence teach us, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Effects of a perindopril-based blood-pressure-lowering regimen in patients with previous stroke or transient ischaemic attack (progress). How do the results affect practice in Pakistan, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
High dose atorvastatin after stroke or transient ischaemic attack (SPARCL)--does every stroke patient in Pakistan deserve a statin, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
How should physicians practically approach symptomatic and asymptomatic carotid stenosis, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Surgical interventions for malignant middle cerebral infarction--saving lives and functionality or increasing disabled survivors, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
The international surgical trial in intracerebral haemorrhage (STICH)--what are its implications in a resource limited health system like Pakistan, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What are the current therapeutic options for haemorrhagic strokes, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What is the best antiplatelet agent for prevention of recurrent stroke in Pakistani patients? Do combinations offer significant advantages in the South Asian context, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
What is the best first agent to give to a patient with acute ischaemic stroke? Aspirin, heparin, clopidogrel, cilostazol or dipyridamole, Maria Khan and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Spontaneous dural tear leading to intracranial hypotension and tonsillar herniation in Marfan syndrome: a case report, Aqueel H. Pabaney, Farhan A. Mirza, Nadir A. Syed, and Humera Ahsan
Impact of Bacille Calmette-Guerin Vaccination on Neuroradiological Manifestations of Pediatric Tuberculous Meningitis, Mohammad Wasay, Saad Ajmal, Ather M. Taqui, Najam Uddin, Iqbal Azam, Yousuf Husen, and Syed Qamaruddin Nizami
Utilization and outcome of thrombolytic therapy for acute stroke in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Hazim Barohi, Abdul Malik, Adnan Yousuf, Safia Awan, and Ayeesha K. Kamal
Ischemic Stroke in Young Asian Women: Risk Factors, Subtypes and Outcome, Mohammad Wasay, Subhash Kaul, Bindu Menon, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Padma Gunaratne, Ahmed Khalifa, Niphon Poungvarin, Mohammad Saadatnia, Robert Ngo Gan, Alper Dai, and M. M. Mehndiratta
Headache in Cerebral Venous Thrombosis: incidence, pattern and location in 200 consecutive patients., Mohammad Wasay, Suleman Kojan, Alper I Dai, George Bobustuc, and Zubair Sheikh
Health issues of internally displaced persons in Pakistan: preparation for disasters in future., Mohammad Wasay and Khalid Mushtaq
Submissions from 2009
Missed opportunities in surveillance and screening systems to detect developmental delay: A developing country perspective, Zarmeneh Aly, Fawad Taj, and Shahnaz Ibrahim
Relating visual to verbal semantic knowledge: the evaluation of object recognition in prosopagnosia, Jason J. S. Barton, Hashim-M Hanif, and Sohi Ashraf
The burden of stroke and transient ischemic attack in Pakistan: a community-based prevalence study, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Ahmed Itrat, Muhammed Murtaza, Maria Khan, Asif Rasheed, Amin Ali, Amna Akber, Zainab Akber, Naved Iqbal, Sana Shoukat, Farzin Majeed, and Danish Saleheen
Early Ischemic Stroke Presentation in Pakistan, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Bhojo Astumal Khealani, Sajjad Ahmed Ansari, Maria Afridi, and Nadir Ali Syed
Neurophysiologic Intraoperative Monitoring During Surgery for Tethered Cord Syndrome, Bhojo Khealani and Aatif M. Husain
PO10.19 clinical spectrum of pseudo seizures at a tertiary care hospital Karachi: a video EEG based study, Nadeem Ahmed Memon, Bhojo A. Khealani, Fazal Karim, Mustafa Khan, Nadir Ali Syed, and Saad Shafqat
Anticoagulants for Acute Ischemic Stroke, Peter Sandercock, Carl Counsell, and Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
PO5.53 critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy: experience at a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Ghulam Shabbir, Ali Mehmood Raufi, Mustafa Khan, Nawal Salahuddin, and Saad Shafqat
International Issues: Neurology training in Pakistan My experience as a neurology resident, Uzma Usman
Frequency and Outcome of Carotid Atheromatous Disease in Patients With Stroke in Pakistan, Mohammad Wasay, Muhammad Azeemuddin, Imrana Masroor, Zafar Sajjad, Rasheed Ahmed, Bhojo A. Khealani, Muhammad Ashar Malik, Maria Babar Afridi, and Ayeesha Kamal
Asian Cerebral venous thrombosis registry: study protocolV, Mohammad Wasay, Ayeesha Kamal, and Bhojo Khealani
Preoperative antifungal therapy may improve survival in patients with Aspergillus brain abscess, Mohammad Wasay; Junaid Patel; Iqbal Azam; Muhammad Aslam Khan; and Raymond A., Jr. Smego
Submissions from 2008
Botulinum Toxin Type A With Oral Baclofen Versus Oral Tizanidine: A Nonrandomized Pilot Comparison in Patients With Cerebral Palsy and Spastic Equinus Foot Deformity, Alper I. Dai, Mohammad Wasay, and Safia Awan
Post-infarct cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome: a case report, Ali Jawaid, Muhammad Ameen Rauf, Uzma Usman, and Bhojo A Khealani
Characteristics of TIA and its management in a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan, Ayeesha Kamal, Farhad Khimani, Rushna Raza, Sahar Zafar, Salman Bandeali, and Sayeedullah Jan
Factors associated with helmet use among motorcycle users in Karachi, Pakistan, Imran Khan, Abdullah Khan, Fatima Aziz, Muhammad Islam, and Saad Shafqat
Diagnostic yield of transthoracic echocardiography for stroke patients in a developing country, Muhib Alam Khan, Bhojo A Khealani, Bilal Hameed, Ayeesha Kamal, Mohammad Wasay, and Nadir Ali Syed
Post stroke seizures: descriptive study from a tertiary care centre in Pakistan, Bhojo A Khealani, Sajjad Ali, and Shahid M Baig
Stroke in Pakistan, Bhojo A Khealani, Bilal Hameed, and Uzma U Mapari