Abstract: Journal of Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (JBCPS), all the go by ‘BCPS Journal’, is the official organ of BCPS inclusive of academic, extra-academic and officialmatters. The journal started its journey in August 1983, now in the fourth decades is embedded in the fanfare of Golden Jubilee of BCPS. It commensurate with the […]
Abstract: A rare clinical presentation arterial Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is described in a young school-girl. TOS causing distal; disease is a rare cause of artery to- artery embolic stroke. Brain-stem ischemic stroke is a result of compromise to the posterior circulation. This is often due to antegrade embolism from the heart or proximal vessels. […]
Introduction: Alzheimer’s (AD) disease is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder manifested by cognitive and memory deterioration, progressive impairment of activities of daily living and a variety ofneuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances1.This incurable, degenerative, and terminal disease was first described by German psychiatrist andneuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him2. Alzheimer’s disease […]
Abstract:Background: Epidemiologic studies have identified hyper-homocysteinemia as apossible risk factor for atherosclerosis. The aim of my study was based on evaluation ofrelationship between homocysteinemia with carotid artery stenosis in ischemic strokepatients. Methods and materials: It was a prospective observational study conducted inthe Department of Neurology, Sir Salimullah Medical College & Mitford hospital, Dhaka.Thirty six consecutive […]