Peripheric smell regions in patients with temporal and frontal lobe epilepsies: An MRI evaluation.

Objectives: We investigated peripheric smell regions of olfactory bulb (OB) volume and olfactory sulcus (OS) depth in temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy patients by cranial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods: In this retrospective study, cranial MRI images of 150 adult patients were included. Group 1 was consisted of 50 adult patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).

First Admission Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio May Indicate Acute Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke.

Objectives: Our study aimed to determine the relationship between serum periostin levels, and the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) with ischemic stroke subtypes, clinical stroke scales, and acute prognosis in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Materials And Methods: Forty-two ischemic stroke patients and 39 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers were included in our study. Demographic characteristics including age and gender were recorded.

Detecting pain severity with full cup test in painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to test the utility and validity of the full cup test (FCT) to assess the severity of pain in subjects with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (PDPN).

Methods: Subjects with diabetic PDPN were enrolled for this prospective, cross-sectional study. Other causes of PDPN and subjects with cognitive impairment were excluded.

Why do multiple sclerosis and migraine coexist?

Background: Migraine coexistence, which is high in multiple sclerosis (MS), is reported. To better understand the etiology of the coexistence of MS and migraine and the outcomes of this relationship, the vitamin D, vitamin D-binding protein (VITDBP), vitamin D receptor (VITDR), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), total antioxidant status (TAS), total oxidant status (TOS), and Oxidative Stress Index (OSI) values were examined in patients with the coexistence of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) and migraine.

Methods: This study was conducted between January 1, 2019, and July 25, 2019, at the neurology and biochemistry clinics of two different tertiary hospitals simultaneously.

Endothelial and Autonomic Functions in Patients with Migraine.

Objective: It has been shown that patients with migraine have endothelial dysfunction. Migraine patients with aura, especially, have more clinical manifestations of autonomic nervous system dysfunction. We aimed to evaluate the endothelial and autonomic functions in migraine patients during both migraine headache attack and headache-free periods.

Comorbid fibromyalgia in migraine patients: clinical significance and impact on daily life.

: Herein, we aimed to investigate the impact of FM in migraine patients and the specific features and discriminations of this group of migraineurs with FM according to patients without FM. : 102 consecutive migraine patients among 18-50 years old who accepted to involve in the study were included. All patients were asked to complete the following self-report questionnaires for the assessment of pain-related disability, migraine-related disability, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance and quality of life.

Is there a relationship between basilar artery tortuosity and vertigo?

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between basilar artery (BA) tortuosity, hypogenesis/agenesis of the vertebral artery (VA), and vertigo, with the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Patients And Methods: This case-control study included patients admitted to the outpatient clinics, who were aged 18-80 years, without any known systemic diseases. All patients were evaluated with a 1.

Evaluation of the Optic Nerve by Strain and Shear Wave Elastography in Patients With Migraine.

Objectives: To investigate the optic nerve's elastic properties using shear wave and strain elastography in patients with migraine compared to healthy individuals.

Methods: The migraine group consisted of 30 patients (16 with visual auras and 14 without auras) who had previously had a diagnosis of migraine. These were age and sex matched with healthy participants to form the control group.

Apelin-13: A Promising Biomarker for Multiple Sclerosis?

Objectives: Recent studies have shown that Apelin 13 may have a neuroprotective property. Therefore it can be used as a biomarker for multiple sclerosis. Our purpose to assess serum apelin-13 levels in adult patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy controls.

Evaluation of the optic nerve using strain and shear wave elastography in patients with multiple sclerosis and healthy subjects.

Aims: Our aim was to evaluate the elasticity features of the optic nerve using strain (SE) and shear wave elastography (SWE) in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in comparison with healthy subjects.

Material And Methods: One hundred and seven optic nerves from 54 MS patients and 118 optic nerves from 59 healthy subjects were examined prospectively by SE and SWE. Optic nerves were divided into three types in accordance to the elasticity designs, as follows: type 1 predominantly blue (hardest tissue); type 2 predominantly blue/green (hard tissue); and type 3 predominantly green (intermediate tissue).

The evaluation of temperament and quality of life in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Aims: To evaluate the temperament and quality of life (QoL) of patients with PCOS.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-three adult patients with PCOS and 38 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. Demographic characteristics including age, education and body mass index (BMI) were recorded.

Autonomic dysfunction in patients with essential tremor.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the autonomic function in patients with essential tremor (ET). Thirty-one adult patients with ET and 26 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. The electrophysiological evaluations of the autonomic nervous system function were performed by sympathetic skin response (SSR) and R-R interval variation (RRIV) tests.

Preoperative and post-operative sleep quality evaluation in rotator cuff tear patients.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the potential relationship between subjective sleep quality and degree of pain in patients with rotator cuff repair.

Methods: Thirty-one patients who underwent rotator cuff repair prospectively completed the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index, and the Constant and Murley shoulder scores before surgery and at 6 months after surgery. Preoperative demographic, clinical, and radiologic parameters were also evaluated.

Autonomic dysfunction in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.

Objective: To assess the autonomic system in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Materials And Methods: Thirty-seven adult patients with PCOS and 33 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. The electrophysiological assessments of the autonomic nervous system function were performed using sympathetic skin response and R-R interval variation tests.

Atypical eclampsia and postpartum status epilepticus.

Preeclampsia is an entity that may present from 20th week of gestation up to 48 hours postpartum and is associated with hypertension and proteinuria. Eclampsia is emergence of convulsions pre-eclampsia in pregnant women with signs and symptoms. Recent studies showed that in some women, preeclampsia and even eclampsia may occur without hypertension or proteinuria.