Migraine, Helicobacter pylori, and oxidative stress.

Background: The aim of this study was to ascertain whether oxidative stress is a causative factor of migraine attacks for Helicobacter pylori-infected migraineurs.

Materials And Methods: A total of 35 consecutive migraine patients without aura who came to gastroenterology polyclinic with various complaints and diagnosed H. pylori infection were included in the study group and compared with a group of 29 patients (control group) without migraine and H.

Is Helicobacter pylori infection a risk factor for migraine? A case-control study.

Background: The relation between Helicobacter pylori and Migraine and usefulness of the eradication treatment on headache is controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor for migraine and whether the eradication of the bacterium can reduce frequency, duration and severity of clinical attacks of the disease.

Methods: A total 70 consecutive patients with migraine with aura and without aura who came to Gastroenterology polyclinic with various complaints were enrolled in the study and compared with a group of 60 matched controls.

Association between mitral annular calcification and stroke.

It remains controversial as to whether mitral annular calcification (MAC) is an independent predictor of stroke. The aim of this study was to investigate whether there is an association between the presence of MAC and stroke or whether MAC is one of the predictive factors of carotid atheroma and therefore is a secondary risk for stroke. Fifty-six patients who had MAC demonstrated by echocardiography underwent carotid artery duplex sonography and computed brain tomography with various causes were enrolled in the study.

Axonal neuropathy and hearing loss associated with alpha interferon treatment in chronic hepatitis B: a case report.

The effect of interferon alpha in chronic viral hepatitis and common side effects are well known, but axonal polyneuropathy and hearing loss have been rarely reported. A 58-year-old woman was administered interferon alpha-2a (9 MU/3 times a week) and lamividin (100 mg daily) with the diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B. At the fifth month of the treatment gait disturbance and tinnitus developed.

An atypic herpes encephalitis with Wallenberg's lateral medullary syndrome and CD receptors deficiency.

Herpes simplex encephalitis is a rare complication of Herpes virus infections. Innate immune mechanisms are the first line of defence encountered by invading infectious agents. A 41-year-old man was admitted to the neurology department with the complaints of fever, headache, vertigo, tinnitus and ataxia.