Publications by authors named "Anas Bennis"
The recreational use of nitrous oxide (NO), also called laughing gas, has increased significantly in recent years. In 2022, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) recognized it as one of the most prevalent psychoactive substances used in Europe. Chronic nitrous oxide (NO) exposure can lead to various clinical manifestations.
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- Recreational use of nitrous oxide (NO) can lead to serious neurological and psychological disorders, prompting the need for reliable biological markers to diagnose abuse.
- The study analyzed data from 52 chronic NO abusers to evaluate the effectiveness of total vitamin B12, homocysteine, and methylmalonic acid (MMA) in correlating with NO consumption and clinical outcomes.
- While no specific marker was found for the level of NO consumption, elevated homocysteine levels indicated recent use, and MMA showed a stronger correlation with the severity of clinical symptoms.
Cavernous haemangiomas are benign vascular malformations that can locate in the central nervous system. The epidural spinal location remains unusual. Pregnancy is known to be a precipitating factor.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) was suggested to be more frequent and have specific features among populations from Africa or North Africa. However, we could not find any large study about NMOSD in an African population in the medical literature.
Objectives: To describe the characteristics of NMOSD in a Moroccan monocenter population.