Predictors of short-term mortality after acute stroke in East Azerbaijan province, 2014.

Stroke is one of the important causes of death and disability in Iran. This study aimed to examine the factors influencing the short-term mortality of stroke in Northwest of Iran. Study population were all patients with confirming the diagnosis of the first-ever stroke who were hospitalized in two referral teaching hospitals from October 2013 to March 2015.

Electrodiagnostic evaluation of peripheral nervous system changes in patients with multiple sclerosis.

Background: There is supportive evidence that multiple sclerosis (MS) could potentially affect the peripheral nervous system. We assessed peripheral sensory and motor nerve involvement in patients with MS by a nerve conduction velocity test.

Methods: We studied 75 patients who had a relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive pattern.