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Samir Belal
Affiliation : National Institute of Neurology Mongi-Ben Hamida · Faculté de médecine de Tunis · Tunis El Manar University
- 99Publications (affiliation in Tunisia)
- 141Total publications
- 3032Citations
- 28h-index
Research profile
Samir Belal has 99 indexed publications (1992–2026). Their work appears mainly in “Revue Neurologique”, “Neurology” and “Human Molecular Genetics”. Their most cited article, “The gene encoding gigaxonin, a new member of the cytoskeletal BTB/kelch repeat family, is mutated in giant axonal neuropathy” (2000), has been cited 408 times. 3 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in France, Germany, United States.
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- Hereditary Neurological Disorders
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
Publications (99)
- High risk of hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia in myasthenia gravis patients with type I IFN autoantibodies
- High risk of hypoxemic COVID-19 pneumonia in myasthenia gravis patients with type I IFN autoantibodies
- Increased IL-22 in cerebrospinal fluid of neuro-behçet’s disease patients
- B Cells Specific CpG Induces High IL-10 and IL-6 Expression In Vitro in Neuro-Behçet’s Disease
- Increased T-bet/GATA-3 and ROR-γt /Foxp3 Ratios in Cerebrospinal Fluid as Potential Criteria for Definite Neuro-Behçet’s Disease
- Atypical anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis associated with varicella zoster virus infection
- Missing apolipoprotein E ɛ4 allele associated with nonamnestic Alzheimer’s disease in a Tunisian population
- Association between H2 haplotype of microtubule associated protein tau gene (deletion / insertion) with Alzheimer Disease in Tunisian patients
- Les manifestations neurologiques associées à la maladie cœliaque
- Extending brainstem and capsule-thalamic lesions in a patient with parenchymal neuro-Behçet disease
- Myasthenia gravis and COVID‐19: A case series and comparison with literature
- Impacts of Iron Metabolism Dysregulation on Alzheimer’s Disease
- Differential Gene Expression Patterns in Blood and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-Behçet Disease
- Acquired pial arteriovenous fistula secondary to cerebral cortical vein thrombosis: A case report and review of the literature
- Neuromyelitis optica and concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report
- Post-abortum Anti-N-Methyl-D-aspartate encephalitis mimicking herpetic encephalitis: a case report and literature review
- Corpus callosum lesion as the main clinical and radiological expression of Neurobehçet: A case report
- Discriminative expression of CD39 and CD73 in Cerebrospinal fluid of patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Neuro-Behçet’s disease
- Refractory epilepsy in PSEN 1 mutation (I83T)
- Primary Spinal Hydatidosis Revealed by Spinal Cord Compression
- Radiculopathie et malformation de la veine cave inférieure : un lien improbable
- Le spectre de la neuromyélite optique : caractéristiques épidémiologiques et cliniques d’une série Tunisienne
- Intérêt de la biopsie musculaire dans le diagnostic du Syndrome myasthénique de Lambert-Eaton : à propos de deux cas
- Les troubles neurologiques par carence en vitamine B12 : à propos de 17 cas
- Mouvements athétosiques révélant une myélopathie cervico-arthrosique
- Le syndrome de Rasmussen à début tardif : à propos d’un cas
- Maladie cœliaque et sclérose en plaques : association ou diagnostic différentiel ?
- Syndrome de Dorfman–Chanarin : à propos d’un cas
- Late-onset Rasmussen encephalitis: Diagnosis Difficulty (P5.6-054)
- IL-6 increase in CSF as additional diagnostic criteria for definite neuro-behcet disease
- CD39/CD73 Implication In Neuro-immunological Inflammatory Disorders (P2.2-084)
- Acute transverse myelitis revealing primary biliary cirrhosis (P1.2-052)
- Cerebrospinal fluid IL-10 as an early stage discriminative marker between multiple sclerosis and neuro-Behçet disease
- Neuromyélitie optique (NMO) et spectre NMO (SNMO) : caractéristiques cliniques, radiologiques et évolutives d’une série Tunisienne
- Caractéristiques cliniques ; électrophysiologiques et évolutives des formes atypiques de l’ataxie héréditaire de Friedreich : à propos sept cas
- Étude comparative entre les ataxies de type AOA1 et AOA2 : à propos d’une cohorte tunisienne
- Syndrome de Parinaud aigu : à propos d’un cas
- Teinte isolée du XII par thrombose de l’artère pharyngienne supérieure
- Variation dans le plasma des biométaux et leurs transporteurs dans les démences
- Gastrointestinal Dysfunction and Neuropathologic Correlations in Parkinson Disease
- Emergence de la NMO à Ac anti-aquaporine positifs en Tunisie : 3 observations et formes trompeuses
- Étude du LCR dans les neuro-Behçet en Tunisie
- Le système nerveux entérique : second cerveau et marqueur de la synucléinopathie diffuse au cours de la maladie de Parkinson idiopathique
- Extensive myelitis revealing common variable immunodeficiency
- Toward a New Biomarker of Parkinson’s Disease by Study of Alpha Synuclein on Upper Enteric System by Endoscopy (I1.014)
- Assessment of T Cell Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors and Cytokines Expression in Multiple Slcerosis and Neuro-Behçet Disease Patients (P5.342)
- Early Identification of Interferon-beta Responders by Assessment of T Cell Lineage-Specific Transcription Factors and Cytokines Expression in Multiple Sclerosis (P5.350)
- Association between ACE polymorphism, cognitive phenotype and APOE E4 allele in a Tunisian population with Alzheimer disease
- Les critères prédictifs d’une épilepsie pharmacorésistante chez l’enfant
- Parkinsonism and Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Fortuitous Association or a Shared Immunopathogenesis?
- Novel presenilin 1 mutation (p.I83T) in Tunisian family with early-onset Alzheimer's disease
- Early psychiatrics symptoms in familial Alzheimer’s disease with presenilin 1 mutation (I83T)
- Association study of apolipoprotein E promoter polymorphism (−427 T/C) and Alzheimer's disease in a Tunisian population
- Neurobehçet : diagnostic différentiel de méningo-encéphalite aiguë
- Index de Link au cours de la sclérose en plaques : intérêt pronostique dans l’évolution du handicap ?
- Ataxie avec ophtalmoplégie : syndrome de Miller-Fisher avec négativité des anticorps anti-GQ 1b
- Predictive factors of rapid clinical disability progression in remittent recurrent forms of Tunisian multiple sclerosis
- Depression in multiple sclerosis
- Démence du sujet jeune : neurolupus mimant une démence à corps de Lewy
- Les atteintes neurologiques inhabituelles révélatrices du syndrome de Gougerot-Sjögren : cinq cas
- Surgical palliative care in Lennox–Gastaut syndrome
- Les conséquences cognitives et comportementales de l’épilepsie partielle pharmacorésistante symptomatique de l’enfant corrélation clinico-radiologique : à propos d’une série hospitalière
- L’EDSS et le bilan neuropsychologique : critères prédictifs d’une évolution bénigne de la sclérose en plaques ?
- Chirurgie des dysplasies corticales focales épileptogènes : étude d’une série hospitalière
- Syndrome d’Eagle : une cause méconnue de trouble de la déglutition
- Atteinte neurologique centrale inaugurant un syndrome de Gougerot Sjögren primitif
- Profil cognitif après intoxication professionnelle aux solvants organiques
- Profil clinique et évolutif des SEP à début tardif : étude d’une cohorte hospitalière
- L’âge de début de l’épilepsie et sévérité clinique au cours des malformations du développement cortical mythe ou réalité ?
- Démences curables : étude d’une série hospitalière et revue de la littérature
- Atrophie du corps calleux : paramètre radiologique prédictif de progression de l’handicap au cours de la sclérose en plaques ?
- Tunisian hereditary spastic paraplegias: clinical variability supported by genetic heterogeneity
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia With Mental Impairment and Thin Corpus Callosum in Tunisia
- Paralysie du regard latéral et scoliose progressive : à propos de 4 familles tunisiennes
- Phenotypic Features and Genetic Findings in Sacsin-Related Autosomal Recessive Ataxia in Tunisia
- Autosomal recessive parkinsonism linked to parkin gene in a Tunisian family. Clinical, genetic and pathological study
- Serum Vitamin E and Lipid-adjusted Vitamin E Assessment in Friedreich Ataxia Phenotype Patients and Unaffected Family Members
- Effect of vitamin E supplementation in patients with ataxia with vitamin E deficiency
- Genetic analysis of early onset cerebellar ataxia with retained tendon reflexes in four Tunisian families
- The gene encoding gigaxonin, a new member of the cytoskeletal BTB/kelch repeat family, is mutated in giant axonal neuropathy
- Linkage to chromosome 13q11-12 of an autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia in a Tunisian family
- Clinical and genetic study of familial Parkinson’s disease in Tunisia
- Giant axonal neuropathy locus refinement to a < 590 kb critical interval
- Intrafamilial phenotypic variability of Hallervorden–Spätz syndrome in a Tunisian family
- De Novo Expansion of Intermediate Alleles in Spinocerebellar Ataxia 7
- Electrophysiological and nerve biopsy: comparative study in Friedreich's ataxia and Friedreich's ataxia phenotype with vitamin E deficiency
- Atypical ataxia telangiectasia with early childhood lower motor neuron degeneration: a clinicopathological observation in three siblings
- Molecular and Clinical Correlations in Spinocerebellar Ataxia 2: A Study of 32 Families
- Homozygosity mapping of giant axonal neuropathy gene to chromosome 16q24.1
- Friedreich's ataxia with isolated vitamin E deficiency: a neuropathological study of a Tunisian patient
- Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2C: Clinical aspects
- Localization of the Schwartz–Jampel syndrome (SJS) locus to chromosome 1p34–p36.1 by homozygosity mapping
- Friedreich's ataxia-vitamin E responsive type. The chromosome 8 locus.
- Linkage of ‘pure’ autosomal recessive familial spastic paraplegia to chromosome 8 markers and evidence of genetic locus heterogeneity
- Clinical and genetic analysis of a Tunisian family with autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type 1linked to the SCA2 locus
- Clinical and pathological study of three Tunisian siblings with L-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria
- Friedreich's ataxia phenotype not linked to chromosome 9 and associated with selective autosomal recessive vitamin E deficiency in two inbred Tunisian families
- Familial encephalopathy and l ‐2‐hydroxyglutaric aciduria
- Study of large inbred Friedreich ataxia families reveals a recombination between D9S15 and the disease locus.
Publication venues
- Revue Neurologique × 38
- Neurology × 10
- Human Molecular Genetics × 4
- Cytokine × 3
- Journal of Neural Transmission × 2
- Journal of the Neurological Sciences × 2
Publications per year
- 20262
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- 20227
- 20217
- 20206
- 20199
- 20185
- 20172
- 20168
- 201510
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Hôpital Charles-Nicolle · Inserm · Institut Pasteur de Tunis · Hôpital La Rabta · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Co-authors’ countries : France · Germany · United States
Co-authors
- Samia Ben Sassi
- Nadia Ali
- Saloua Fray
- Fayçal Hentati
- Zakaria Saied
- Fatma Nabli
- Cyrine Jeridi
- Majdi Kchaou
- Fayçel Hentati
- M. Ben Hamida
- Mariem Kchaou
- Afef Achouri-Rassas
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