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Mouna Ben Djebara

Professor of Neurology, Razi Hospital, Tunis-El Manar University
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[HTML][HTML] Repetitive behaviours in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: tics, compulsions, or both?

Y Worbe, L Mallet, JL Golmard, C Béhar, F Durif… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Repetitive behaviours (RB) in patients with Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS)
are frequent. However, a controversy persists whether they are manifestations of …

The COMT Val158Met polymorphism affects the response to entacapone in Parkinson's disease: A randomized crossover clinical trial

…, E Roze, G Meliksetyan, M Ben Djebara… - Annals of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Objective In Parkinson disease (PD), the selective C‐O‐methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor
entacapone prolongs the effect of levodopa on motor symptoms (ON time) by increasing its …

Characterization of recessive Parkinson disease in a large multicenter study

…, H Hanagasi, B Bilgic, M Ben Djebara… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Studies of the phenotype and population distribution of rare genetic forms of parkinsonism
are required, now that gene‐targeting approaches for Parkinson disease have reached the …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics, onset, and evolution of neurological symptoms in patients with COVID-19

…, S Mrabet, S Dhaouadi, M Ben Djebara… - Neurological …, 2021 - Springer
Background A wide range of neurological manifestations has been described in COVID-19.
Methods In this nationwide retrospective observational study, patients in Tunisia diagnosed …

LRRK2 G2019S Parkinson's disease with more benign phenotype than idiopathic

…, S Lesage, O Hdiji, M Ben Djebara… - Acta Neurologica …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The LRRK2‐G2019S mutation is the most common cause of Parkinson's disease
(PD) in North Africa. G2019S‐PD has been described as similar to idiopathic with minor …

Segmental progression of early untreated Parkinson's disease: a novel approach to clinical rating

WMM Schüpbach, JC Corvol, V Czernecki… - Journal of Neurology …, 2010 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To assess the ability of potentially neuroprotective compounds to slow the
progression of Parkinson’s disease (PD), sensitive rating scales are needed to detect clinically …

[HTML][HTML] Using KASP technique to screen LRRK2 G2019S mutation in a large Tunisian cohort

Z Landoulsi, S Benromdhan, M Ben Djebara… - BMC Medical …, 2017 - Springer
Background In North African populations, G2019S mutation in LRRK2 gene, encoding for the
leucine-rich repeat kinase 2, is the most prevalent mutation linked to familial and sporadic …

Aripiprazole: a treatment for severe coprolalia in “refractory” Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

M Ben Djebara, Y Worbe, M Schüpbach… - … : official journal of the …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Coprolalia is one of the most distressing symptoms in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. We
report on a 28‐year‐old man with severe coprolalia at the forefront of symptoms, which had a …

Clinical and genetic study of Tunisian families with genetic generalized epilepsy: contribution of CACNA1H and MAST4 genes

Z Landoulsi, F Laatar, E Noé, S Mrabet, M Ben Djebara… - neurogenetics, 2018 - Springer
Genetic generalized epilepsies (GGE) (childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), juvenile myoclonic
epilepsy (JME) and epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS)) are mainly …

[HTML][HTML] Bipolar disorder and multiple sclerosis: a case series

Y Sidhom, M Ben Djebara, Y Hizem, I Abdelkefi… - Behavioural …, 2014 - hindawi.com
Background. The prevalence of psychiatric disturbance for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS)
is higher than that observed in other chronic health conditions. We report three cases of …