Neurological and metabolic disorders

PURPOSE: To evaluate acute stroke with conventional, multisection diffusion-weighted (DW), and hemodynamically weighted (HW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The three MR imaging techniques were performed in 11 patients within 10 hours of the onset of acute hemiparesis. The volume of DW and HW a…

PURPOSE: To evaluate acute stroke with conventional, multisection diffusion-weighted (DW), and hemodynamically weighted (HW) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The three MR imaging techniques were performed in 11 patients within 10 hours of the onset of acute hemiparesis. The volume of DW and HW a…

• UFUK CAN

OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical, laboratory, and imaging features of patients with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes evaluated at 2 academic centers, compare subgroups, and investigate treatment effects. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: Massachusetts General Hospital (n = 84) or Cleveland Clin…

• MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU

The major form of glycohemoglobin is hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). The HbA1c fraction is abnormally elevated in chronic hyperglycemic diabetic patients and correlates positively with glycemic control. Previous studies suggest that iron deficiency anemia (IDA) affects the levels of HbA1c. The aim of this study was to determi…

• ERKAN ÇOBAN

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: We sought to evaluate demographic features, risk factors, clinical profiles, and behavioral abnormalities in patients with caudate lesion, either with infarct or with hemorrhage involving the caudate nucleus. METHODS: We studied all patients with acute caudate stroke confirmed by CT or MRI who…

• DURSUN EMRE KUMRAL

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The clinical features of thalamic hemorrhage in terms of localization are of great interest in many studies. To better understand the relationship between the localization of thalamic hemorrhage and clinical features. we evaluated the characteristics of patients with four different topographic…

• DURSUN EMRE KUMRAL

Heroin addiction has been associated with impaired neuronal connectivity and cognitive deficits. One mechanism that potentially explains these findings is alterations in white matter connectivity secondary to chronic opiate use. However, few studies have quantitavely examined white matter deficits in opiate addiction…

• İBRAHİM EMRE BORA

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• SERTAÇ ARSLANOĞLU

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To compare hemorrhagic and nonhemorrhagic reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes (RCVS) with a view to understand mechanisms. METHODS: This single-center retrospective study included 162 patients with RCVS. Clinical, brain imaging, and angiography data were analyzed. RESULTS: The mean a…

• MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU

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• MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) perturbs the crosstalk with others organs, with the interaction between the kidneys and the heart having been studied most intensively. However, a growing body of data indicates that there is an association between kidney dysfunction and disorders of the central nervous system. In epidemio…

• GAYE HAFEZ

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The purposes of this study were to evaluate and review the risk factors and clinical features of patients with posterior circulation stroke involving mesencephalon and neighboring structures and to describe the clinical syndromes according to the mesencephalic arterial territory involved. METHO…

• DURSUN EMRE KUMRAL
• HADİYE ŞİRİN