Background: Treatment of hepatitis c virus (HCV) may induce or increase incidence of neurological side effects that may reduce adherence to therapy & result in dose modifications with less response or discontinuation of interferon therapy reducing quality of life. Objectives: To study central & peripheral nervous system complications related to treatment of chronic HCV infection. Methods: Forty...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) on recovery from gaze palsy. Twenty patients with gaze palsy, (14 males and 6 females) their age ranged from 20–63 years with mean age 47.9±12.5 years. Duration of gaze palsy ranged from 4–24 months with mean of 10.6±5.23. Twelve patients were post stroke and eight patients with definite multiple scler...

Epilepsy surgery has a proven treatment effect on patients with medical intractable partial seizures, presumably through its resection of epileptogenic zone. This prospective and nonrandomized controlled study examines whether minimal invasive microneurosurgical interventional through frontolateral trans-sylvian approach for a high selective amygdalohippocampectomy would reduce the frequency of...

Background: Rare comprehensive epidemiological studies of ataxia have been undertaken worldwide. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of cerebellar ataxia and its subtypes in Al-Kharga District New Valley. Methods: This is a community based study carried out through three stages. Total populations 62,583 were screened door to door (every door) by three specialists of neurology. All suspected p...

The aim for this article is to review the frequency, clinical correlates and treatment of apathy in Alzheimer’s disease. Apathy is currently defined as diminished motivation as expressed in poor goal-oriented behaviours and cognitions. A structured clinical interview and a specific set of diagnostic criteria to diagnose apathy in dementia have been recently validated. There are several valid an...

The l i te ra ture is contradictory regarding t h e parents of ~schizophrenics. This study is a trial to discuss the concept of schizophrenogenic parents in cases of hebephrenic type and )their impact on different sex patients. From Benha hospital for mental health and Benha University hospital, fifty cases of hebephrenic schizophrenia, thirty cases of schizophrenia other 1 ypes than hebephreni...

Background: Cerebrovascular disorders are the second most common cause of cognitive decline. Aerobic exercises have been proved to improve cognitive functions through producing vascular changes. Objective: To assess and explain from physiological point of view the efficacy of aerobic exercise on cognitive changes of stroke patients. Methods: Thirty Egyptian patients with stroke in territory of ...