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Ghulam Akbar

Publications (3)

Simultaneous Occurrence of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Embolic Stroke

Ghulam Akbar, Ronald Pachon, Hasan Al Azzawi, Naureen Jessani, Kebir Bedran, Naeem Abbas, Katherine Abella, Mohammed A. Islam, Ravindra Patel & Mark Niemiera · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) due to spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is rare. Further, concurrent ACS with a cerebrovascular accident is improbable, but possible. We report a case of a young man, with a history of Hodgkin’s lymphoma treated with a combination of che...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6516

HIV Infection Itself may be a Cause of Hypokalemic Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis without Hypergammaglobulinemia

Ghulam Akbar, Ji-An Feng, Naeem Abbas, Sampath Thiruveedi, Geoffrey S. Teehan & Umber Burhan · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2013

Distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA) is seen in the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) population in the setting of hypergammaglobulinemia and antiretroviral agents, whereas isolated HIV infection is rarely reported to be associated with dR...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/6650

Guillain Barre Syndrome: A Rare Presentation Mimicking Acute Stroke

Naeem Abbas, Saddam Aldabag, Ghulam Akbar, Mohammad Hossain, Hasan Al-Azzawi, Gretchen Boling & Abdalla Yousif · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2014

Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute neuromuscular weakness and paralysis associated with areflexia and often spontaneous recovery, but carries the potential risk of respiratory depression owing to muscle weakness. Worldwide, 1 to 3 cases/100,000 are reported. The syndrome i...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2014/7226