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Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

2017

Pakistan

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Dementia Survey Among Attendees Of A Dementia Awareness Event In Karachi, Pakistan, Qurat Ul Ain Khan, Yusra Hanif Khan, Mohammad Zaman Khan, Shireen Najam Dec 2017

Dementia Survey Among Attendees Of A Dementia Awareness Event In Karachi, Pakistan, Qurat Ul Ain Khan, Yusra Hanif Khan, Mohammad Zaman Khan, Shireen Najam

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

There is little information available about peoples'knowledgeregarding symptoms of dementia, dementia diagnosis, and care arrangementsfor dementia patients in Pakistan. Aims: We aimed to find out if patients with dementia and their caregivers were aware of diagnosis, the most common and most distressing symptoms, and care arrangement for these patients.


Recent Advances In Epilepsy, Mughis Sheerani Mar 2017

Recent Advances In Epilepsy, Mughis Sheerani

Pakistan Journal of Neurological Sciences (PJNS)

Listening to Dr Sarosh Irani in a recent Epilepsy conference about Fascio Brachial dystonic seizures associated with voltage gated potassium channel (VGKC complex/LG1 antibodies)(1) and then reading reports published in Neurology about continued recent use of trephination ‘expelling the demons’ in India(2), I was wondering how far we are in Southeast Asia in the understanding and treatment of this fascinating illness.