The Department of Neurology treats a wide range of neurological conditions such as recurring headaches, epilepsy, stroke, CNS infections, demyelinating diseases, neuromuscular disorders, neuro degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease, as well as evaluations of dizziness, back pain, neck pain and other common neurological disorders.
The neurology department is one of the main reference centres for neurological cases in Dubai.
Clinical Neurophysiology Services
The clinical neurophysiology unit covers a wide range of services including:
- Electroencephalography
- EEG video monitoring
- Nerve conduction studies
- Electromyography
- Repetitive nerve stimulation
- Visually evoked potentials
- Brainstem auditory evoked potentials
- Somatosensory evoked potentials
Special studies for neuromuscular disorders
Muscle and nerve biopsies are currently performed in our hospital and processed in our reference laboratory in Germany for:
- Enzyme histochemistry and routine histology
- Immuno cytochemistry
- Electron microscopy
Molecular genetic studies are available through our reference laboratories.
