Volume 13, Issue 3 (2008)
Review
Generic substitution of anti-epileptic drugs. A needed battle?
Raidah S. Al-Baradie
Research Articles
AA-861 appears to suppress leukocyte infiltration induced by traumatic brain injury in rats
Ramazan Durmaz, Emine Kasapoglu, Murat Vural, Omer Colak, Yuksel Aydar, Cengiz Bal, and Metin A. Atasoy
Deoxy-ribonucleic acid repair genes XRCC1 and XPD polymorphisms and brain tumor risk
Sahika L. Cengiz, Hasan Acar, Ziyaeddin Inan, Servet Yavuz, and Alper Baysefer
Neuroprotective effects of selenium and ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761) against ischemia and reperfusion injury in rat brain
Guven Erbil, Seda Ozbal, Ulker Sonmez, Cetin Pekcetin, Kazim Tugyan, Alper Bagriyanik, and Candan Ozogul
Which is more effective in reducing secondary brain damage resulting from cyclooxygenase expression following traumatic brain injury: calcium channel blockers or cox inhibitors?
Hamit S. Karabekir, Canan Balci, Fatma Aktepe, Cigdem Tokyol, and Husniye Dilek
Corpus callosum and optic chiasm in early blind adults
Mustafa Aktekin, Zeliha Kurtoglu, Ozay Oz, Serhan Sevim, Ozlem Yildirim, Ahmet H. Ozturk, Refik M. Saygili, and Arzu Kanik
Comparison of unilateral posterior lumbar interbody fusion and bilateral posterior interbody fusion with simple discectomy at degenerative disc herniations
Hamit S. Karabekir, Elmas K. Atar, Soner Yaycioglu, and Ahmet Yildizhan
Neurophysiologic evaluation of the temporomandibular joint and related masticatory muscles in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Thamera R. Al-Azzawi, Farqad B. Hamdan, and Aziz K. Ali
Dermatological manifestations of epilepsy among adult Sudanese epileptic patients
Abbashar H. Mohmad, Amar E. Mohmad, Faroug Y. Omer, Amira S. Abdulgalil, Esam M. Ahmad, and Mohmad M. Aldar
Predictors of outcome for non-traumatic intracerebral hemorrhage
Syed A. Jamil, Abdul S. Khan, and Zekeriya Akturk
Brain metastases in patients with diagnosed versus undiagnosed primary tumor
Sohrab Shahzadi, Alireza Zali, Alireza M. Mohammadi, Mehdi Abouzari, Afsaneh Shirani, and Khosrow Parsa
Morphometric measurements of the thalamus and interthalamic adhesion by MRI in the South-East of the Caspian Sea border
Mohammad R. Mohammadi, Seyed H. Hosseini, and Mohammad J. Golalipour
Multiple sclerosis in Jordan and Iraq. Clinical and social overview
Ehsan K. Al-Shimmery and Aso S. Bzaini
Different manifestations of nervous system involvement by neurobrucellosis
Ilkay Karaoglan, Mustafa Namiduru, Aylin Akcali, and Neslihan Cansel
Psychiatric morbidity among Saudi secondary schoolteachers
Khalid S. Al-Gelban
Diagnostic and management difficulties of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy
Abdulrahman M. Al-Tahan, Kazi N. Asfina, and Mansour H. Al-Moallem
Case Reports
Central pontine myelinolysis due to rapid correction of hyponatremia induced by excessive water intake
Hussein A. Algahtani, Ahmed A. Attar, G.Bryan Young, and Abdulrahman M. Shami
Sensorineural hearing loss in neurobrucellosis
Gonul Sengoz, Kadriye K. Yasar, Filiz Yildirim, and Ozcan Nazlican
Prolonged hemiplegic migraine
Hilana A. Hatoum, Ahmed A. Hassan, and Youssef A. Al-Said
Merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy in an Omani boy
Amna Al-Futaisi, Almundher Almawali, Raghad Abdwani, Vasudev T. Rao, Hashim Javad, and Roshan Koul
Coexistence of subdural and intracerebral hematoma in a shunted infant not related to ventricular catheter
Goksin Sengul
Multiple sclerosis with recurrent meningitis
Mansour A. Al-Moallem, Radwan M. Zaidan, Nura H. Alkali, and Abdulrahman Y. Tahan
Brief Reports
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis following tamoxifen prescription
Farzad Fatehi, Mohammad Saadatnia, and Mohammad Zare
Teratogenic effects of gabapentin on neural tube and limb development in mice
Mohammad Afshar and Mohammad J. Golalipour
Ataxia due to isolated vitamin E deficiency in Turkey
Filiz Koc and Deniz Yerdelen
Adrenomyeloneuropathy, presenting with sub-acute spastic paraparesis and Addison’s disease
Vembu Periasamy, Girish Yadav, and Riyadh A. Khan
Other
Epilepsia partialis continua of the face in a 4-year-old girl
Mehdi Abouzari, Nasim Sodagari, Armin Rashidi, and Marjan Asadollahi
Subarachnoid hemorrhage revealing Takayasu’s disease
Brahim El-Mostarchid and Mohamed Boucetta
Spontaneous pneumocephalus related to CSF shunting and pneumosinus dilatans in a patient with a large cavernoma
Aimun A. Jamjoom, Ahmed Waliuddin, and Abdulhakim B. Jamjoom
A 45-year old man with headache, double vision, and facial numbness
Nura H. Alkali; Abdulrahman Y. Tahan; Ammar C. Al-Rikabi,; Ibrahim A. Alorainy; and Saleh M. Al-Balla
A patient with abrupt left sided palsy but an incidental finding on brain MRI
Farzad Fatehi, Mohammad Zare, and Mohammad Saadatnia