Myoclonus and tremor in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a multichannel electromyography analysis.

Background: Information regarding involuntary movements in chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy (CIDP) is gradually increasing. Our goal is to identify the types of involuntary movements in CIDP.

Methods: All patients who were followed with the diagnosis of CIDP were invited for clinical and electrophysiological evaluations.

Neuropathic Pain Frequency in Neurology Outpatients: A Multicenter Study.

Introduction: Neuropathic pain is common, but the frequency of misdiagnosis and irrational treatment is high. The aim of this study is to evaluate the rate of neuropathic pain in neurology outpatient clinics by using valid and reliable scales and review the treatments of patients.

Methods: The study was conducted for 3 months in eleven tertiary health care facilities.

Silk fiber-based composite nanofiber tissue scaffold produced with electrospinning method.

Wound dressings are one of the most rapidly expanding areas in medical textiles. In recent years, a large number of functional wound dressing has been developed. The aims of these products are to speed up the wound healing process and to provide maximum comfort for patients.

Electrophysiological investigation for autonomic dysfunction in patients with myasthenia gravis: A prospective study.

Background And Purpose: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission. Autonomic dysfunction is not a commonly known association with MG. We conducted this study to evaluate autonomic functions in MG & subgroups and to investigate the effects of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors.

Revisiting the complex architecture of ALS in Turkey: Expanding genotypes, shared phenotypes, molecular networks, and a public variant database.

The last decade has proven that amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is clinically and genetically heterogeneous, and that the genetic component in sporadic cases might be stronger than expected. This study investigates 1,200 patients to revisit ALS in the ethnically heterogeneous yet inbred Turkish population. Familial ALS (fALS) accounts for 20% of our cases.

Oxidative stress and apoptosis in electromagnetic waves exposed Zebrafish embryos and protective effects of conductive nonwoven fabric.

The amount of technological products including television, radio transmitters, and mobile phone that have entered our daily life has increased in recent years. But these devices may cause adverse effects on human health. Electromagnetic shielding fabrics may limit and inhibit electromagnetic waves.

Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Its Variants: Clinical Course and Prognostic Factors.

Introduction: We aimed to analyze the frequency, clinical characteristics, medical treatment options and final functional status of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and its variants in a population from a tertiary hospital setting.

Methods: All medical records of patients with acute inflammatory polyneuropathy between the years of 1998-2013 were retrospectively screened. Demographic, clinical and laboratory information, treatment options and the rate of recovery of the patients were gathered.

Does isotretinoin cause depression and anxiety in acne patients?

Acne is the most common skin disease, and isotretinoin is the most powerful drug among the various drugs used for its treatment. A causal relationship has not yet been established between isotretinoin use and depression. The aim of this study is to research the effect of isotretinoin treatment on depression in a group of patients undergoing isotretinoin therapy.

Three novel mutations in 20 patients with hereditary spastic paraparesis.

Hereditary spastic paraparesis (HSP) constitutes both genetic and clinically heterogeneous group of upper motor neuron diseases. Half of the individuals with autosomal dominant (AD) HSP have mutations in SPAST, ATL1, and REEP1 genes. This study was conducted to elucidate the genetic etiology of patients with the pure type AD-HSP diagnosis.

Genetic heterogeneity within the HLA region in three distinct clinical subgroups of myasthenia gravis.

This study aims to investigate genetic susceptibility to early-onset and late-onset anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody positive myasthenia gravis (EOMG and LOMG) and anti-muscle specific kinase antibody positive MG (MuSK-MG) at genome-wide level in a single population. Using a custom-designed array and imputing additional variants and the classical HLA alleles in 398 patients, we detected distinct associations. In EOMG, rs113519545 in the HLA class I region (OR=5.

The distinct genetic pattern of ALS in Turkey and novel mutations.

The frequency of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) mutations has been extensively investigated in several populations; however, a systematic analysis in Turkish cases has not been reported so far. In this study, we screened 477 ALS patients for mutations, including 116 familial ALS patients from 82 families and 361 sporadic ALS (sALS) cases. Patients were genotyped for C9orf72 (18.

Auditory evoked blink reflex in peripheral facial paresis.

Purpose: The auditory blink reflex (ABR) is a teleceptive reflex consisting of an early brief muscle contraction of the orbicularis oculi in response to sound stimuli. Constriction of the orbicularis oculi in response to auditory stimulation is accepted as a part of the startle reaction. The blink reflex and ABR might share a final common pathway, consisting of facial nerve nuclei and the facial nerve and may have common premotor neurons.

Hypercholesterolemia as one of the risk factors of intracerebral hemorrhage.

Stroke is still a major cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, although better stratification and treatment modalities are being developed. As compared to ischemic stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) possesses many unknown data and lacks guidelines for better prophylaxis. In this study, we aimed to investigate patients with ICH hospitalized in our neurology department within 5 years in terms of risk stratification.

Hydrothermal liquefaction of cornelian cherry stones for bio-oil production.

Hydrothermal liquefaction of cornelian cherry stones, fruit processing wastes, was performed at 200, 250 and 300°C with residence times of 0, 15, and 30min. The highest total bio-oil yield was obtained at both 250 and 300°C for the shortest residence time (0min) and found to be 28wt.%.

Acute peripheral facial palsy: is there a trigeminal nerve involvement?

The aim of this study was to investigate trigeminal nerve involvement in patients with peripheral facial palsy. In total, 25 patients with facial nerve palsy and 19 controls were tested by electrophysiological methods regarding their facial and trigeminal nerve functions within 1 month after disease onset. The presence of an abnormal blink reflex was determined in patients with peripheral facial palsy by comparing paralytic and non-paralytic sides (12.

Effects of ultrasonic energy on dyeing of polyamide (microfibre)/Lycra blends.

Although ultrasonic energy is widely used cleaning and degreasing of parts and assemblies in automotive and other industries, the use of ultrasonic energy in an industrial scale for textile washing is very new. This is due to the complexity of controlling the combination of chemical and mechanical effects, whereas with degreasing of machine parts only the mechanical effects is applied. The use of ultrasonic energy in dyeing PA/Lycra fabrics with reactive dyes has been studied spectrophotometrically in this work.

Effects of ultrasonic energy on the wash fastness of reactive dyes.

The field of ultrasonic is still making strides towards perfection, but already many applications of ultrasonic energy have been found in science and technology. There is also a field called sonochemistry where ultrasonic energy is used to create some chemical and mechanical effects on matter immersed or solved in liquids. It was presumed that ultrasonic textile washing could be a competitive alternative to conventional textile washing techniques; and as such the following experiments were conducted.