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PJNS Journal Artical Volume 11, Number 1, Jan – Mar 2016

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Contents

PRESENT AND FUTURE OF NEUROLOGY IN PAKISTAN

Mohammad Wasay MD, FRCP, FAAN Professor
Department of Neurology Chair, FHS research committee, AKU Interim Director, Clinical Trials Unit
Chair, Public awareness and advocacy committee, World federation of Neurology, Ex-President, Pakistan Society of Neurology
Editor, Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences, Editor in chief, Jehane Aasab magazine Aga Khan University
Stadium Road, Karachi 74800 Pakistan Phone: 9221 4930051(office), 92333 2234688(mobile)
Email: mohammad.wasay@aku.edu, mohammadwasay@hotmail.com

ACUTE CHILDHOOD ISCHEMIC STROKE: A PAKISTANI TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE

Prem Chand1, Shahnaz Ibrahim1, Muhammad Matloob Alam1, Fazal Arain2, Bhojo Khealani3
1Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
2Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
3Neurology Section, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
3National Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan

VALIDITY OF INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHGE SCORE IN PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF HEMORRHAGIC STROKE

Dr. Muhammad Aslam Rind1, Dr. Muzaffar sheikh2, Dr. Manzoor Ali lakhair3, Dr. Maria Nazir4, Dr. Sadia Sheikh5
1Senior Registrar Department of Medicine
2Professor Department of medicine
3Associate professor Department of Neurology
4Medical officer

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND ASSOCIATIONS OF DIALYSIS DEPENDENT CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE PATIENTS IN FEDERAL CAPITAL OF PAKISTAN

Dr. Ali Zohair Nomani, Dr. Mansoor Iqbal, Dr. Faisal Bacha, Dr. Shahzad Mughal, Dr. Haris Majid Rajput, Dr. Mazhar Badshah, Dr. Rao Suhail Yasin Khan

FACTORS INFLUENCING ANTIEPILEPTIC DRUG NON-COMPLIANCE IN EPILEPTIC PATIENTS OF PAKISTAN

Saa Banoa,*, Ahsan Numanb
aDepartment of Neurology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences and Services Hospital, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan.
bAssociate Professor, Department of Neurology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences and Services Hospital, Lahore, 54600, Pakistan.

SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC RISK FACTORS FOR HEMORRHAGIC AND ISCHEMIC STROKE: A STUDY IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL OF HYDERABAD

Dr. Tariq Feroz Memon1, Dr. Manzoor Ali Lakhair2, Dr. Muzaffar shaikh3, Dr. Abeer Raque4, Dr.Muhammad Saleem Rind5
1Research coordinator health sector reforms unit (HSRU) Department of health Sindh
2Associate professor Department of neurology LUMHS jamshoro
3Professor Department of medicine LUMHS jamshoro
4FCPS trainee
5Medical officer

SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; THREE CASE REPORTS WITH SIMILAR CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, TREATED SUCCESSFULLY USING DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES

Ali Ilyas1,Wasim Tariq2, Anam Abrar3, Muhammad Amjad4, Muhammad Azhar Saeed5, Inayatullah Khan6
1Senior House Ofcer, General Surgery, Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust
2Associate consultant Neurologist, Shifa International Hospital Ltd, H-8/4, Islamabad
3Trust grade doctor at A&E department, Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals, NHS
4Associate consultant Neurologist, Shifa International Hospital Ltd, H-8/4, Islamabad
5Consultant Neurologist, Shifa International Hospital Ltd, H-8/4, Islamabad
6Consultant / Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Shifa international Hospital Ltd, H-8/4, Islamabad

AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION OF GBS: CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Sadaf Khattak1, Sumaira Nabi1, Irfan Khattak2, Mazhar Badshah3
1Senior Registrar
2Postgraduate resident of Neurology
3Associate Professor

NEUROCUTANOUSSARCOIDOSIS: A RARE ENTITY

Dr. Muslim Ali Lakhiar1, Dr. Manzoor Lakhiar, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Bughio3
Department of Neurology LUMHS, Jamshoro

FROM TIP TO TPA

Shaista A Siddiqi, Syed Habibullah Kamran, Abubaker A. Almadni
Department of Neurology Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE

MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT A LUXURY IN PAKISTAN

Salima Kerai
BScN, MSc Epidemiology and Biostatistics Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan