[What is your diagnosis?]S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, CHU Hôtel Dieu de France, Beyrouth Liban, France
J Neuroradiol 32:281-2. 2005
- [Vacuolar leucoencephalopathy induced by heroin: 4 cases]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, Hospital Hotel Dieu de France, Faculte de Medicine, Beyrouth, Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 158:177-82. 2002
..The pathophysiology is unknown and seems different from post-anoxic leucoencephalopathy. The disease is usually progressive leading sometimes to death, but some cases show slow recovery...
- Hemicerebellitis mimicking a tumour on MRI
Pascal Jabbour
Department of Neurosurgery, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Childs Nerv Syst 19:122-5. 2003
..DISCUSSION: It is unusual to have a unilateral cerebellitis; only two cases have been published so far. CONCLUSION: Although cerebellitis is considered to be benign and self limited, surgical intervention is sometimes mandatory...
Prediction of the survival and functional ability of severe stroke patients after ICU therapeutic interventionMoussa Riachy
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon
BMC Neurol 8:24. 2008
..This study evaluated the benefits and impact of ICU therapeutic interventions on the survival and functional ability of severe cerebrovascular accident (CVA) patients...
- [Epileptic seizures and vardenafil]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, Hopital Hotel Dieu de France, Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth, Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 162:651-2. 2006
..Epileptic seizures complicating treatment with selective inhibitors of phosphodiesterase type 5 are scarcely reported...
- [Megalencephalic leucoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts: a study of a Lebanese family and a review of the literature]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, Hotel Dieu de France, Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth, Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 161:183-91. 2005
..Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts is a rare disease with autosomal recessive inheritance...
- [Status epilepticus and gatifloxacin]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, Hopital Hotel Dieu de France, Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth, Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 163:99-101. 2007
..The epileptogenic potential of quinolones differs from one product to the other. The rare epileptic seizures induced by gatifloxacin were seen with the intravenous route...
- [Neurobrucellosis: clinical features and therapeutic responses in 15 patients]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, Hotel Dieu de France, Université Saint Joseph, Beyrouth, Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 159:1148-55. 2003
..The differential diagnosis of neurobrucellosis is wide. However, in endemic areas, the disease should be ruled out in all patients who develop unexplained neurological symptoms...
- [Tramadol-induced epileptic seizures]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, Hopital Hotel Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 159:1053-4. 2003
..Urine analysis showed only the product and its metabolites. Epileptic seizures induced by tramadol and high risk factors are described and discussed...
- Neurobrucellosis presenting with diffuse cerebral white matter lesions
Salam Koussa
Department of Neurology, , St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
Eur Neurol 50:121-3. 2003
- Leucoencephalopathy after heroin inhalation. A case with partial regression of MRI lesions
S Koussa
Division of Neurology, St Joseph University, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
J Neuroradiol 28:268-71. 2001
..It is the purpose of this report to show that clinical and MRI features can be characteristic of this leucoencephalopathy and that regression of white matter lesions can be seen after heroin withdrawal...
- Comparison between deferoxamine and deferiprone (L1) in iron-loaded thalassemia patients
A Taher
The Chronic Care Centre, The American University of Beirut Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
Eur J Haematol 67:30-4. 2001
..However, the limitations of this treatment have stimulated the design of alternative orally active iron chelators...
Cerebral dural sinus thrombosis following cisplatin chemotherapyChafic Karam
Department of Neurology, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
J Clin Neurosci 15:1274-5. 2008
..Cisplatin is a well-recognized risk factor for coagulation disorders and thrombosis, but is not known to be associated with CST. Clinicians should be aware of the potential risk for the development of CST following cisplatin therapy...
- Migration in two directions
Rita Slim
Department of Gastroenterology, Hotel Dieu de France University Hospital, Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
J Med Liban 57:271-3. 2009
..Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), the modality of choice for long-term enteral access, is generally a safe procedure but can be associated with many potential complications...
- Beta-globin gene cluster haplotypes and HbF levels are not the only modulators of sickle cell disease in Lebanon
A Inati
Hematology Unit, Chronic Care Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Eur J Haematol 70:79-83. 2003
..In addition, the high levels of HbF in patients with CAR haplotypes did not seem to ameliorate the severity of symptoms, suggesting that genetic factors other than haplotypes are the major determinants of increased HbF levels in Lebanon...
- Survival and complications of beta-thalassemia in Lebanon: a decade's experience of centralized care
K Charafeddine
American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Acta Haematol 120:112-6. 2008
..The introduction of new oral iron chelators and better iron overload quantitation methods will most likely modify this picture, and a follow-up study will examine their impact...
- Five-year trial of deferiprone chelation therapy in thalassaemia major patients
A Taher
Department of Internal Medicine, American University of Beirut, Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Acta Haematol 112:179-83. 2004
..In a minority, higher doses of deferiprone or a combination with desferrioxamine would be needed to lower liver iron below 15 mg/g...
- [Postural and kinetic tremor associated with vitamin B12 deficiency]
S Koussa
Service de Neurologie, , , Liban
Rev Neurol (Paris) 159:1173-4. 2003
..Such a presentation is rare...
- Acute paraplegia revealing an intraspinal neurenteric cyst in a child
T Rizk
Department of Neurosurgery, Hopital Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon
Childs Nerv Syst 17:754-7. 2001
..This is a unique case in regard both to its clinical presentation and to the excellent outcome after 8 days of complete paraplegia...
- Congenital brain tumor in a neonate conceived by in vitro fertilization
T Rizk
Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Hotel Dieu de France Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
Childs Nerv Syst 16:501-2. 2000
..One other case of brain tumor (medulloblastoma) is reported in a child born after assisted conception. Whether these tumors are causally related to the IVF remains obscure...
- Mapping of a new locus for autosomal recessive demyelinating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease to 19q13.1-13.3 in a large consanguineous Lebanese family: exclusion of MAG as a candidate gene
V Delague
Unite de Genetique Medicale, Faculte de Medecine, Université Saint Joseph, Paris, France
Am J Hum Genet 67:236-43. 2000
..quot; The myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) gene, located on 19q13.1 and specifically expressed in the CNS and the peripheral nervous system, was ruled out as being the gene responsible for this form of CMT...
- [Human brucellosis in Lebanon. Clinical features and therapeutic responses in 88 patients]
Aline Tohme
Service de Medecine Interne et Maladies Infectieuses, Hôtel Dieu de France HDF, Université Saint Joseph, Faculte de Medecine, Beyrouth
J Med Liban 52:149-55. 2004
..Present clinical features of brucellosis in Lebanon...
