Background: There is considerable evidence that repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) of motor cortex exerts significant improvement of motor performance in parkinson's disease (PD) patients in previous studies. Other authors have used brain imaging to show that single session rTMS can transiently increase DA in striatum. Here we try to evaluate whether the rTMS in our study could...

Background: The appearance of scoliosis is one of the largest problems among stroke patients. Trunk and pelvis abnormalities begin as a result of unequal weight distribution and muscle tightness. Presence of scoliosis usually affect the position of scapula and pelvis which in turn causes impairments of motor, sensory and perceptual functions of the upper and lower extremities. Objective: To ass...

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Background: CSF leak during or after transsphenoidal surgery is the most common annoying complication that may lead to fatal meningitis. Objective: To define the effectiveness of the external CSF lumbar drain to stop the leak either inserted preoperative, immediate postoperative or delayed postoperative with the same figure of packing to the sella turcica and sphenoid sinus. Methods: We retrosp...

Background: Dyslexia prevalence, diagnosis, risk factors and even awareness are quite uncertain in Egypt. One of the limitations in dyslexia evaluation for Arabic readers is the absence of rapid easy diagnostic test. The only available Arabic Reading Test for dyslexia is lengthy and only applicable at age 9-10 year where it is late for treatment of dyslexia. Objective: The objective of this stu...

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