Effects of attachment styles, childhood traumas, and alexithymia in Turkish patients with epilepsy and functional seizures.

Introduction: In this cross-sectional study, we used self-report scales to compare childhood traumas, attachment styles, and alexithymia among patients with functional seizures (FS) to patients with epilepsy and healthy controls. We also investigated risk factors associated with FS.

Material And Methods: A total of 44 patients with epilepsy, 14 patients with FS, and 25 healthy controls were included.

Acute polyneuropathies after bariatric surgery: does immunity play a role? Case series and literature review.

The incidence of bariatric surgery (BS) is on the rise, and the prevalence of complications associated with this procedure has also increased. The most common neurologic complications of BS are peripheral neuropathy and encephalopathy. In this study, we presented the clinical and electrophysiological courses of five patients with acute-subacute axonal polyneuropathy after BS.

Clinical-epidemiological and radiological characteristics of stroke patients: A multicentre study.

Introduction And Aim: Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults and the second most common cause of death, at a rate of 11.8% worldwide. The purpose of this study was to examine the aetiological, demographic, and clinical characteristics of patients admitted to hospital because of acute strokes.

Assessment of the relation between the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and severity of ischemic stroke in a large cohort.

Aim Of Study: The NLR is a simple and inexpensive parameter that is useful as a marker of subclinical inflammation. The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with acute cerebral ischemia at the time of initial evaluation in the emergency department.

Patients And Methods: The study was designed as a multicentre cross-sectional study of acute ischemic stroke patients.

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: Etiological factors, Clinical Features, and Prognosis.

Introduction: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) occurs due to increased intracranial pressure (ICP), is most commonly encountered in obese women, and may lead to loss of vision. This study aimed to determine the demographic features, clinical signs and symptoms, and radiological findings of patients with IIH, and to investigate the factors associated with the prognosis.

Methods: Patients with IIH who were examined and followed-up between January 1992-January 2012 in the Neuro-ophthalmology Unit were retrospectively evaluated.