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PJNS Journal Artical Volume 10, Number 3, Jul – Sept 2015

PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

Contents

STROKE MANIFESTO-WHAT MUST BE DONE FOR STROKE CARE IN PAKISTAN

Abdul Malik1, Ismail Khatri2, Mohammad Wasay3
1 Consultant Neurologist, Neuro Clinic & Falij Care, Karachi, Pakistan.
2 Ismail A. Khatri, MD Associate Professor of Neurology King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
3 Aga Khan University, Karachi.

MODIFIABLE RISK FACTORS IN PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT

Sher Ali Khan1, Mir Jalal-ud-din2, Raheel Jahangir Jadoon2, Shawana Asad3, Rashid Ali2, Muhammad Saqib Saeed2
1 Department of Medicine, BBS Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.
2 Department of Medicine, Women Medical College, BBS Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.
3 Department of Surgery, Ayub Teaching Hospital, Abbottabad.

MISCONCEPTIONAL VIEWS ABOUT EPILEPSY EXIST ACROSS SOCIAL CLASS SYSTEM OF SOCIETY

Shoaib Rao1, Bakhtyar Ali Shah2, Nimra Altaf1, Fazal M. Arain1
1 Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences,The Aga Khan University.
2 Institute of Nursing Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan.

FREQUENCY OF DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH STROKE

Muhammad Adnan Aslam, Ahsan Numan, Muhammad Arif, Abubaker Siddique
1 Dr. Muhammad Adnan Aslam Assistant Professor Neurology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore.
2 Ahsan Numan Associate Professor and Head Neurology Services Hospital Lahore.

VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN FIRST EVER ISCHEMIC STROKE SURVIVORS

Dr. Sarfraz Ahmed Mahesar1, Dr. Raheel Ahmed Channa2, Dr. Alam Ibrahim Siddiqui3
1 Resident Neurology (FCPS), Dept of Neurology, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana.
2 Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurology, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana.
3 Professor and Chairman, Dept of Neurology, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University Larkana.

SERUM CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH STATUS EPILEPTICUS: A SINGLE CENTRE TERTIARY CARE EXPERIENCE

Uzma Jamil1, Mazhar Badshah1, Ali Zohair Nomani1, Muhammad Irshad1, Jamal Janjua1
1 Department of Neurology, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan.

AUDIT OF ENDOSCOPIC THIRD VENTRICULOSTOMY IN THE TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE HYDROCEPHALUS

Hayat Mohammad Khan, Naeemul Haq, Muhammad Usman, Ramzan Hussain
Department of Neurosurgery Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar.

EFFICACY OF MEMANTINE IN TREATING PATIENTS WITH FIBROMYALGIA

Sameen Khalid1, Bashir A. Soomro1, Zahida Mahmood1
1 Neuro Clinic and Care, Karachi, Pakistan.

THERAPEUTIC EFFICACY OF L-ORNITHINE L-ASPARTATE IN PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY

Dr. Fadieleh Aidrus1, Dr. Salma Razzaque1, Dr. Afshan Siddiqui1, Prof. Ajeet Kumar2, Dr. M. Ishaq Ghauri3
1 Assistant Professor Medicine Jinnah Medical College Hospital.
2 Associate Professor Medicine Jinnah Medical College Hospital.
3 Professor of Medicine, Jinnah Medical College Hospital.

IS ORAL LORNOXICAM EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE MIGRAINE ATTACKS? : A RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED STUDY

Murat Cabalar1, Selcuk Dincer2, Vildan Yayla3, Suleyman Ozyalcin4
1 Neurology Physician, Department of Neurology, Ministry of Health Bakirkoy Dr. SadiKonuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul.
2 Algology Physician, Department of Algology, istanbul University Medicine Faculty, Istanbul.

EPILEPSY IN PAKISTAN: NATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CLINICIANS

Dr Fowzia Siddiqui1, Tipu Sultan2, Shahid Mustafa1, Sarwar Siddiqui1, Shaukat Ali4, Abdul Malik5, Zafar Sajjad3, Saleem Barech6, Rasheed Jooma7
1 Department of Neurology, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
2 Children Medical Center, Lahore.
3 Department of Radiology, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
4 Neurospinal Institute, Karachi.
5 Neurocare and Falij center, Karachi.
6 Bolan Medical University, Quetta.
7 Department of Neurosurgery, Aga Khan University, Karachi.

ADVISOR’S:
Amir Arain (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA), Nizam Ahmed (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)