Background: Migraine is a disease characterized by headache attacks. The disease is multifactorial in etiology and genetic and environmental factors play role in pathogenesis. Migraine can also be accompanied by psychiatric disorders like neurotism and obsessive compulsive disorder.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is the increased pressure with normal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) composition, not due to a secondary cause. However, the need for lumbar puncture, an invasive method in diagnosis, leads to research on noninvasive diagnostic methods. This study aims to examine the role of the size of the pituitary gland and the previously unevaluated pineal gland in radiological diagnosis in patients with IIH.
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September 2022
Objective: Abducens nerve paralysis is the most common ocular motor neuropathy. In this article, we aimed to compare the causes of isolated abducens nerve palsy in terms of demographic, clinical features, and prognosis.
Methods: Thirty-six isolated abducens nerve palsy patients were prospectively enrolled in the study.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system (CNS) characterized by demyelination and axonal degeneration. Abnormal expression of microRNAs (miRNAs) plays an important role in MS pathology. In this cohort study, differential expression of the four miRNAs (, , , and was investigated in 69 individuals, including 39 MS patients (relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), = 27; secondary progressive MS (SPMS), = 12) and 30 healthy controls.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: 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.