Neurotuberculosis: a review

SM Al-Deeb, BA Yaqub, HS Sharif… - Clinical neurology and …, 1992 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is still a major cause of serious illness in many parts of the world. CNS involvement
has frequently been found secondary to tuberculosis elsewhere in the body, particularly …

Brucellar and tuberculous spondylitis: comparative imaging features.

…, MM Madkour, MY Aabed, TA Mattsson, SM Al-Deeb… - Radiology, 1989 - pubs.rsna.org
Radiographs, scintigrams, computed tomographic scans, and magnetic resonance (MR)
images of 17 patients with brucellar spondylitis and 15 with tuberculous spondylitis were …

Neurobrucellosis: clinical characteristics, diagnosis, and outcome

SM Al Deeb, BA Yaqub, HS Sharif, JG Phadke - Neurology, 1989 - AAN Enterprises
We report 13 patients with neurobrucellosis categorized into five groups: acute
meningoencephalitis, papilledema and increased intracranial pressure, meningovascular, CNS …

Acute transverse myelitis. A localized form of postinfectious encephalomyelitis.

SM Al Deeb, BA Yaqub, GW Bruyn… - Brain: a journal of …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
We analysed the clinical, imaging, electrophysiological, laboratory findings, course and
prognostic factors in 31 patients with acute transverse myelitis (20 men and 11 women; mean …

Intractable hiccup induced by brainstem lesion

SM Al Deeb, H Sharif, K Al Moutaery, N Biary - Journal of the neurological …, 1991 - Elsevier
Four patients with brainstem lesions presented with intractable hiccup and mild to moderate
neurological signs. Two of the patients had been initially diagnosed as having a …

Multiphasic disseminated encephalomyelitis presenting as alternating hemiplegia.

S Khan, BA Yaqub, CM Poser, SM Al Deeb… - Journal of Neurology …, 1995 - jnnp.bmj.com
Two cases of alternating hemiparesis are reported, one in a black Sudanese woman, the
other in a Saudi man, who had two episodes of alternating hemiparesis separated in time by …

The effect of flunarizine on essential tremor

N Biary, SM Al Deeb, P Langenberg - Neurology, 1991 - AAN Enterprises
We investigated the effect of flunarizine treatment (10 mg/d) in 17 subjects with essential
tremor in a double-blind placebo-controlled design. Tremor was assessed by clinical scoring, …

Partial seizures presenting as life‐threatening apnea

B Singh, SA Al Shahwan, SM Al Deeb - Epilepsia, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Apneic episodes, quite common in newborns, are considered rare after age 1 month, when
gastroesophageal reflux, cardiac arrhythmias, idiopathic central apnea, and seizures …

Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis: a grave non-demyelinating disease with benign prognosis

BA Yaqub, SM Al-Deeb, AK Daif, HS Sharif… - Journal of the …, 1990 - Elsevier
We describe 6 patients with ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and normal or exaggerated deep
tendon reflexes. All had been preceded by a febrile illness and had a full recovery without …

Idiopathic long QT syndrome: asking the right question

B Singh, SA Al Shahwan, MA Habbab, SM Al Deeb… - The Lancet, 1993 - Elsevier
Infants and young children cannot describe symptoms of cardiogenic syncope accurately. If
the attention in such cases is focused on the seizure activity that may follow, the patient will …