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Ali M Alawieh, MD PhD

Neurosurgery Resident, Emory University
Verified email at emory.edu
Cited by 3224

Factors affecting post-stroke motor recovery: implications on neurotherapy after brain injury

A Alawieh, J Zhao, W Feng - Behavioural brain research, 2018 - Elsevier
Neurological disorders are a major cause of chronic disability globally among which stroke
is a leading cause of chronic disability. The advances in the medical management of stroke …

[HTML][HTML] Complement in the homeostatic and ischemic brain

A Alawieh, A Elvington, S Tomlinson - Frontiers in immunology, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The complement system is a component of the immune system involved in both recognition
and response to pathogens, and it is implicated in an increasing number of homeostatic and …

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in stroke: a systematic review of literature in pre-clinical and clinical research

H Zheng, B Zhang, PY Chhatbar, Y Dong… - Cell …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Exogenous stem cell therapy (SCT) has been recognized recently as a promising
neuroregenerative strategy to augment recovery in stroke survivors. Mesenchymal stem …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting leishmaniasis in the time of war: the Syrian conflict and the Lebanese outbreak

A Alawieh, U Musharrafieh, A Jaber, A Berry… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease, endemic in many worldwide foci
including the Middle East. Several outbreaks have occurred in the Middle East over the past …

Identifying the role of complement in triggering neuroinflammation after traumatic brain injury

A Alawieh, EF Langley, S Weber… - Journal of …, 2018 - Soc Neuroscience
The complement system is implicated in promoting acute secondary injury after traumatic
brain injury (TBI), but its role in chronic post-traumatic neuropathology remains unclear …

Targeted complement inhibition salvages stressed neurons and inhibits neuroinflammation after stroke in mice

A Alawieh, EF Langley, S Tomlinson - Science translational medicine, 2018 - science.org
Ischemic stroke results from the interruption of blood flow to the brain resulting in long-term
motor and cognitive neurological deficits, and it is a leading cause of death and disability …

Blood pressure and outcome after mechanical thrombectomy with successful revascularization: a multicenter study

M Anadani, MY Orabi, A Alawieh, N Goyal… - Stroke, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Successful reperfusion can be achieved in more than two-thirds
of patients treated with mechanical thrombectomy. Therefore, it is important to understand …

Impact of procedure time on outcomes of thrombectomy for stroke

A Alawieh, J Vargas, KM Fargen, EF Langley… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background: Endovascular thrombectomy (ET) for acute ischemic stroke is the current
standard of care. Although successful ET has high efficacy in improving functional outcomes …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of serum UCH-L1 and GFAP in acute stroke patients

C Ren, F Kobeissy, A Alawieh, N Li, N Li, K Zibara… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
A rapid and reliable diagnostic test to distinguish ischemic from hemorrhagic stroke in
patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms is essential to optimize management and …

Outcomes of endovascular thrombectomy in the elderly: a 'real-world'multicenter study

A Alawieh, RM Starke, AR Chatterjee, A Turk… - Journal of …, 2019 - jnis.bmj.com
Background The efficacy of endovascular thrombectomy (ET) for acute ischemic stroke (AIS)
in octogenarians is still controversial. Objective To evaluate, using a large multicenter cohort …