Publications by authors named "Mohammed Abdoh Rafai"
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- Othello syndrome is a type of psychosis where individuals wrongly believe their partner is cheating, often tied to psychiatric or neurological issues, including strokes.
- A case study details a 50-year-old woman with no prior psychiatric history who developed these delusions after a bi-thalamic stroke, resulting in severe aggressive behavior.
- The condition underscores the link between strokes and psychiatric symptoms, particularly in the right hemisphere, which can disrupt emotional regulation and lead to dangerous misunderstandings of a partner’s behavior.
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- Drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) affects about one-third of people with epilepsy, and a study conducted in Morocco found a DRE prevalence of 29.4% among 446 participants with an average age of 25.
- The study identified key predictive factors for DRE, including single marital status, comorbidities, structural causes, pre-ictal auras, EEG abnormalities, and use of allopathic treatments.
- To address the high prevalence of DRE, the study suggests increasing awareness among people with epilepsy, improving healthcare access, and advancing epilepsy surgery options, particularly for children.
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- The study assessed the rates and factors influencing non-adherence to antiseizure medications (non-AMA) and attitudes towards epilepsy surgery (ES) among Moroccan individuals with epilepsy.
- Among 294 participants, 24.5% showed non-AMA primarily due to indifference, while 33.3% refused surgery, mainly due to fear.
- Factors like being male and having a family history of epilepsy were linked to non-AMA, whereas certain treatment types and seizure classifications predicted refusal of surgery.
Objective: To determine the estimated prevalence of anxiety, depression, and anxiety-depression syndrome (ADS) and to identify the associated factors in Moroccan people with epilepsy (PWE).
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among adult PWE (June 2021-December 2022) in the Casablanca-Settat region. PWE were interviewed by completing a questionnaire collecting sociodemographic and clinical data.
Phenotype and molecular characterization of Wilson's disease in Morocco.
Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol
May 2024
Background And Study Aims: In Morocco the prevalence of Wilson disease (WD) and the spectrum of mutations are not known. The aim of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of WD in Morocco, to evaluate the phenotype among a large cohort of WD patients, and to characterize ATP7B variants in a subgroup of WD patients.
Patients And Methods: We collected data from 226 patients admitted to five university hospital centers in Morocco between 2008 and 2020.
Background: This study aims to assess knowledge, practices and attitudes of the general Moroccan population towards epilepsy and to highlight predictive factors.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Casablanca-Settat Moroccan region. A questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic data and item answers from 400 people with epilepsy (PWE) and without epilepsy caregivers on dependent variables: knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards epilepsy.
Objective: In Morocco, there was a lack of data related to the epidemiology of epilepsy. This data serves as a useful basis for the development of any national intervention or action program against epilepsy in Morocco. Through this study, we aimed to estimate the active and lifetime prevalence of epilepsy in Morocco.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established procedure that provides long-term symptom control of the third most common movement disorder: dystonia. In this study, we aim to report the experience of Ibn Rochd University Hospital in the treatment of dystonia using DBS of the globus pallidus internus, which represents an exceptional challenge for a developing country such as Morocco.
Methods: Since 2013, we selected five eligible candidates for DBS surgery at the university hospital Ibn Rochd.
Introduction: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD) and hyposmia are common in synucleinopathies and they tend to occur in connection to the prodromal development of these disorders. In this study, we sought to determine the prevalence of RBD and hyposmia and the timeline of their occurrence in a large cohort of Moroccan patients.
Methods: We recruited 774 consecutive patients with synucleinopathy and tauopathy at Ibn Rochd University Hospital of Casablanca.
Introduction: Covid-19 can involve persistence of nonspecific symptoms and sequelae that last weeks to months after initial recovery, but the definition of this situation is lacking. Thus, the aim of our study is to estimate the prevalence, symptoms, and signs extending beyond the acute phase of Covid-19 compared to the general population not infected with the virus and to assess the factors influencing the occurrence of these symptoms in developing countries like Morocco.
Patients And Methods: This study recruited 118 healthcare workers who endured the Covid-19 infection and 118 matched controls that had never experienced it.
Introduction: intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rTPA) is an approved treatment for acute ischaemic stroke (AIS). However, its use remains low. We aimed to assess the eligibility of thrombolysis for our patients with AIS before implementing this treatment method in our teaching hospital.
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.
Introduction: Neurological manifestations in Gougerot-Sjogren syndrome (GSS) are valued differently. This is essentially the achievement of the peripheral nervous system.
Methods: We report 9 cases of neurological manifestation revealing primitive Gougerot-Sjogren syndrome collected over a period of 8 years (1997-2004).
Introduction: Malignant non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a lymphoid proliferation. Peripheral neuropathies are observed in only 2-8% of cases.
Case: We report a case in which cauda equina syndrome in a 29-year-old man led to the diagnosis of a painless non-Hodgkin lymphoma of the spine.