Autonomic dysfunction in patients with COVID‑19.

Purpose: Autonomic dysfunction in patients with viral infections has been described before. In this study, we aimed to evaluate autonomic functions in patients with the coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVİD-19).

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we compared 112 patients who had recovered from COVID-19 and 106 healthy controls.

Autoimmune encephalitis and paraneoplastic syndromes in Turkey: a multi-centre study.

Background: Autoimmune encephalitis (AIE) and paraneoplastic syndromes (PNS) are both rare groups of neurological diseases that are difficult to diagnose.

Aim: We aimed to determine the common and distinct aspects of these two aetiologies of encephalitis as well as the characteristics of our patient group.

Methods: We respectively analysed the records of the patients including symptoms, demographic features, neurological examination, cranial-magnetic-resonance-imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG) findings, cerebrospinal fluid results (CSF) findings.

Endocan: A Novel Predictor of Endothelial Dysfunction in Silent Brain Infarction.

Silent brain infarction (SBI) has been considered as a subclinical risk factor for symptomatic possible future stroke. We investigated the association between serum inflammatory markers and SBI. Patients (n = 54) diagnosed with SBI as the study group and 52 individuals as the control group were included in this study.