Tarek Asaad
Ain Shams University
17 Papers
103 Citations
Tarek Asaad is an academic researcher from Ain Shams University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Slow-wave sleep. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 17 publications.
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Papers
Melatonin and Sleep-Related Problems in Children With Intractable Epilepsy
Hamed A. El-Khayat,Sahar M A Hassanein,Hoda Y. Tomoum,Iman A. Abd-Elhamid,Tarek Asaad,Amany S. Elwakkad +5 more
TL;DR: Melatonin use in patients with intractable seizures was associated with improvement of both many sleep-related phenomena and the severity of seizures, and there was also significant reduction in seizure severity.
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Sleep EEG findings in ICD-10 borderline personality disorder in Egypt
TL;DR: The great similarity in EEG sleep profile between borderline personality disorder patients and patients with major depression suggests a common biological origin for both conditions, with the difference being 'quantitative' rather than 'qualitative'.
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Sleep problems in ankylosing spondylitis: Polysomnographic pattern and disease related variables
Ola Abdulaziez,Tarek Asaad +1 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that multiple factors are associated with PSG sleep disturbances including disease activity, fatigue and quality of life, particularly in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.
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Sleep Profile in Patients With Chronic Opioid Abuse: A Polysomnographic Evaluation in an Egyptian Sample
TL;DR: Patients with opioid dependence suffer from sleep disturbances that continue for a period of time, even after discontinuation of the abuse drug, and no significant correlation was found between sleep profile and various abuse variables such as duration of abuse and type of opioids.
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Correlates of psychiatric co-morbidity in a sample of Egyptian patients with bipolar disorder
Tarek Asaad,Tarek Okasha,Hisham Ramy,Mohamed Fekry,Nivert Zaki,Hanan Azzam,Menan A. Rabie,Soheir Elghoneimy,Marwa Sultan,Hani Hamed,Osama Refaat,Iman Shorab,Mahmoud Elhabiby,Tamer Elgweily,Hanan El-Shinnawy,Mohamed A. Nasr,Heba Fathy,Marwa A. Meguid,Doaa Nader,Doha El-Serafi,Dalia Enaba,Dina Ibrahim,Marwa El-Missiry,Nesreen Mohsen,Sherin Ahmed +24 more
TL;DR: Substance abuse followed by anxiety disorders was found to be the most common psychiatric comorbidity among bipolar patients in Cairo, Egypt, and family history of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse as well as current psychotic features were highly correlated with comorbridity.
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