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February 05, 2013; 80 (6) Global Perspectives

Neurology in Pakistan: Growing burden, low on priority, and a hope to keep alive

Mohammad Wasay, Ismail A. Khatri
First published February 4, 2013, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182815403
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Neurology is one of the most underrecognized and underappreciated specialties in Pakistan.1 The beginnings of clinical and academic neurology in Pakistan can be traced to the 1960s when 3 neurology departments were established in 2 major cities of Pakistan: 2 in Karachi and 1 in Lahore.2,3 One of the 2 departments in Karachi was a combined neurology and psychiatry department.2

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