Inam Khuda

• Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Epilepsy and vascular risk factors

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare cardiovascular risk factors in patients with epilepsy with those of non-epileptic neurologic patients to determine their association with antiepileptic drug therapy. Methods: This observational study with a cross-sectional design was performed in a tertiary care hospital in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia from J...

Objective: To determine the etiologies of epilepsy in a cohort of patients using the International League Against Epilepsy 2017 classification system and to determine frequencies of preventable causes and their clinical characteristics. Methods: Epileptic patients in neurology clinics at a tertiary care hospital were prospectively recruited from J...

Objective: To describe the prevalence, knowledge and attitudes about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and the proportion that seek advice from their physician about CAM use. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study was performed in multiple sclerosis (MS) clinic of King Fahd Hospital of Universityin Alkhobar, Kingdom of...

The collective human effort to understand the brain and its common disease, stroke, has spanned many centuries, cultures, and societies. The ancient Greek and Muslim physicians made important contributions to the understanding and management of stroke in their time. The Muslim physicians, from 800 to 1200 AD, played an outstanding role, by conservi...

In the context of local culture and misconceptions regarding epilepsy, Saudi practitioners need a careful management plan for women with epilepsy that satisfies all the patients` needs and ensures their spouses` understanding. Such a management strategy needs to incorporate careful selection and monitoring of anti-epileptic drugs and regular counse...

Moyamoya disease is a rare progressive disease characterized by irreversible cerebrovascular occlusion. The occlusion would lead to an opening of transcortical, transdural collateral vessels. As a sequelae of this occlusion, ischemic and rarely hemorrhagic stroke happen leading to significant brain damage. We present a unique case of a 16-year-old...

A thirty-year-old female with cervical cord myelitis and recurrent optic neuritis was diagnosed with neuromyelitis optica (an uncommon demyelinating disorder of central nervous system). Few days after successful treatment of recurrent optic neuritis, she developed painful tonic spasms. Clinical examination and repeated investigations did not reveal...