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Afshin Borhani-Haghighi

Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
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Management of acute ischemic stroke in patients with COVID-19 infection: report of an international panel

…, E Aytac, A Borhani-Haghighi… - … Journal of Stroke, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and purpose On 11 March 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) declared the
COVID-19 infection a pandemic. The risk of ischemic stroke may be higher in patients with …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis and management of Neuro-Behçet's disease: international consensus recommendations

…, G Akman-Demir, S Bohlega, A Borhani-Haghighi… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Neuro-Behçet’s disease (NBD) is one of the more serious manifestations of Behçet’s
disease (BD), which is a relapsing inflammatory multisystem disease with an interesting …

SARS-CoV-2 and stroke characteristics: a report from the multinational COVID-19 stroke study group

…, N Rahimian, MH Harirchian, A Borhani-Haghighi… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Stroke is reported as a consequence of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in several reports. However, data are …

Neuro-Behcet's disease: an update on diagnosis, differential diagnoses, and treatment

A Borhani-Haghighi, B Kardeh, S Banerjee… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Neuro-Behcet's disease (NBD) is defined as a combination of neurologic symptoms and/or
signs in a patient with Behcet's disease (BD). Relevant syndromes include brainstem …

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with SARS-CoV-2; a multinational case series

…, S Shahjouei, A Borhani-Haghighi… - Journal of the …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background SARS-CoV-2 induced coagulopathy can lead to thrombotic complications such
as stroke. Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) is a less common type of stroke which …

Mortality of cerebral venous–sinus thrombosis in a large national sample

AB Haghighi, RC Edgell, S Cruz-Flores, E Feen… - Stroke, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose— The purpose of this study was to evaluate the mortality rates
associated with cerebral venous–sinus thrombosis in a large national sample. Methods— A …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis associated with COVID-19: a case series and literature review

…, R Zand, E Hooshmandi, A Borhani-Haghighi - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Since the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic, several cases of cerebral venous
sinus thrombosis (CVST) have been reported in SARS-CoV-2 infected individuals. Methods …

Management of stroke as described by Ibn Sina (Avicenna) in the Canon of Medicine

…, H Yarmohammadi, A Borhani-Haghighi - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is caused by a disturbance of the blood supply to
the brain and an accruing loss of brain function. The first recorded observations were in 2455 …

Does serotonin augmentation have any effect on cognition and activities of daily living in Alzheimer's dementia?: a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial

A Mowla, M Mosavinasab, H Haghshenas… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Recent studies suggest that cholinergic dysfunction does not provide a complete
account of age-related cognitive deficits, and other neuronal systems like monoaminergic …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital mortality associated with stroke in southern Iran

A Borhani-Haghighi, R Safari, ST Heydari… - Iranian journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Unlike the western hemisphere, information about stroke epidemiology in
southern Iran is scarce. The aim of this study was to determine the main epidemiological …