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    Guillain-Barré Syndrome

    Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute neuromuscular paralysis characterized by rapidly progressive, symmetric progressive weakness, ascending pattern, and areflexia. Cranial nerve involvement and need of r...

    Rajeev Ojha, Gaurav Nepal in Case-based Approach to Common Neurological Disorders (2024)

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    Herpes Encephalitis

    Encephalitis is the inflammation of the brain parenchyma resulting in neurological symptoms, with infectious etiologies being common. Herpes encephalitis is the most common cause of fatal encephalitis all arou...

    Rajeev Ojha in Case-based Approach to Common Neurological Disorders (2024)

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    Japanese Encephalitis

    Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus encephalitis, which is one of the common encephalitides found in clinical practice in South Asian countries. First outbreak of JE encephalitis was repo...

    Rajeev Ojha in Case-based Approach to Common Neurological Disorders (2024)

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    Neurocysticercosis

    Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic infection of the nervous system and is caused by the ingestion of eggs of pork tapeworm (Taenia solium) by contaminated hands, food, and water. In most low-income nation...

    Anushka Adhikari, Rajeev Ojha in Case-based Approach to Common Neurological Disorders (2024)

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    Neuromuscular Emergencies from a Low- and Middle-Income Countries Perspective

    Decades of research have advanced the clinical practice, care delivery, and patient outcome for a range of neuromuscular emergencies in high-income countries. However, acute care of neuromuscular disorder in l...

    Gentle Sunder Shrestha, Gaurav Nepal, Rajeev Ojha in Emergencies in Neuromuscular Disorders (2022)

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    Safety and efficacy of interleukin-6-receptor inhibitors in the treatment of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis

    Interleukin-6-receptor inhibitors like Tocilizumab and Satralizumab are showing promising results in the treatment of Neuromyelitis Optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD). We aimed to investigate the efficacy and sa...

    Sanjeev Kharel, Suraj Shrestha, Rajeev Ojha, Neha Guragain, Rakesh Ghimire in BMC Neurology (2021)

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    Status of prehospital delay and intravenous thrombolysis in the management of acute ischemic stroke in Nepal

    Intravenous thrombolysis has been recently introduced in Nepal for the management of acute ischemic stroke. Pre-hospital delay is one of the main reasons that hinder thrombolytic therapy. The objective of this...

    Gaurav Nepal, Jayant Kumar Yadav, Babin Basnet, Tirtha Man Shrestha in BMC Neurology (2019)