A K Afifi
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Afifi A
J Family Community Med
. 2012 Sep;
1(1):30-4.
PMID: 23008532
The history of the development of knowledge about Guillain-Barré-Syndrome (GBS) is reviewed. The clinical profile, including characteristic CSF findings, were established by Laundry in 1859 and Barre in 1916. Pathologic...
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Afifi A, Follett K, Greenlee J, Scott W, Moore S
J Child Neurol
. 2001 Sep;
16(9):693-6.
PMID: 11575614
The clinical features of a 7-year-old girl who presented with unilateral optic neuritis are presented. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed lesions in the affected optic nerve and the centrum semiovale...
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Ammache Z, Afifi A, Brown C, Kimura J
J Child Neurol
. 2001 Jul;
16(7):477-83.
PMID: 11453442
The hospital records of 27 children with the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome were retrospectively reviewed. Based on the time to recovery, patients were divided into two groups: group 1 consisted...
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Garell P, Menezes A, Baumbach G, Moore S, Nelson G, Mathews K, et al.
Pediatr Neurosurg
. 1998 Oct;
29(2):86-91.
PMID: 9792962
Schilder's diffuse myelinoclastic sclerosis is a rare demyelinating disease which often mimics intracranial neoplasm or abscess. We have treated 3 patients with this disorder in the past 5 years and...
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Afifi A, Menezes A, Reed L, BELL W
J Child Neurol
. 1996 Nov;
11(6):497-9.
PMID: 9120233
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Afifi A
J Neuroimaging
. 1996 Jul;
6(3):197-8.
PMID: 8704300
Enlarged Virchow-Robin spaces along the medullary perforators on brain magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of a 4-year-old, neurologically intact child with seizures are described. The differential diagnosis of cystic spaces in...
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Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis (Schilder's disease): report of a case and review of the literature
Afifi A, BELL W, Menezes A, Moore S
J Child Neurol
. 1994 Oct;
9(4):398-403.
PMID: 7822732
The clinical, neuroimaging, and neuropathologic features of Schilder's disease in a 17-year-old girl are presented and compared to 11 well-documented cases reported since 1912. The evolution of knowledge about Schilder's...
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Afifi A
J Child Neurol
. 1994 Oct;
9(4):352-61.
PMID: 7822723
Advances in knowledge about basal ganglia function and circuitry are reviewed. Despite the voluminous available literature on this subject, the role of basal ganglia in health and disease remains controversial....