Modifiable risk factors for dementia in Indonesia: Results from STRiDE project [2023] - 321KB
by Fasihah Irfani Fitri, Nicolas Farina, Yuda Turana, Imelda Theresia, Tara Puspitarini Sani, Ika Suswanti, Sube Banerjee
Background & Objective: Indonesia’s ageing population and increasing number of people living with dementia poses significant challenge to the health system. Better understanding of factors related t...

Assessment of atrial electromechanical delay and echocardiographic parameters in patients with multiple sclerosis [2023] - 394KB
by Derya ÖZDOĞRU, Fatma Özge SALKIN, Elif Banu SÖKER, Onur Kadir UYSAL
Objective: Data on cardiovascular dysfunction is limited in the previous literature on patients with multiple sclerosis. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the cardiovascular parameters in multiple ...

Relationship of personality traits with stigmatization, depression, and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis [2023] - 326KB
by Kubra Yeni, Murat Terzi
Background & Objective: Personality traits are associated with mental health and quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of this study was to determine personality traits in ...

Clinical exome sequencing reveals an important role for clinical diagnosis of intellectual disability with definition of seven novel variants [2023] - 1,329KB
by Sinem Yalcintepe, Isik Gorker, Leyla Bozatli, Hazal Sezginer Guler, Drenushe Zhuri, Selma Demir, Emine Ikbal Atli, Engin Atli, Damla Eker, Hakan Gurkan
Intellectual disability can be defined as a significantly below-average general mental function, accompanied by environmental adaptation and behavioural deterioration. Patient files of 87 children wit...

Evaluation of inpatients neurology consultations in the department of gynecology, obstetrics, and reproductive medicine of a tertiary hospital in Turkey [2023] - 477KB
by Dilek Agircan, Murat Cekic, Hacer Uyanıkoglu, Tulin Gesoglu Demir, Ozlem Ethemoglu
Background & Objective: It is important to be aware of hormonal changes in neurological disease in neurology training. We aimed to investigate the most common disorders which resulted in the clinician...

Mechanical thrombectomy for acute left middle cerebral artery occlusion in a patient with mirror- image dextrocardia [2023] - 993KB
by Xianmin Wang, Chao Jiang, Danni Chen, Xiaobo Li
Mirror-image dextrocardia is a physiological variant in which the heart is located in a mirror position to the right of the position of the normal human heart. Mirror-image dextrocardia combined with ...

A rare epilepsy phenotype in Gabriele-de Vries syndrome: A new case and literature review [2023] - 1,332KB
by Hyewon Woo, Won Seop Kim, Jon Soo Kim
Gabriele-de Vries syndrome (GADEVS) is an extremely rare genetic syndrome characterized by mild-to-profound intellectual disability/developmental delay and a wide spectrum of clinical features. Herein...

Centronuclear myopathy with a novel variant (p.Asp646Tyr) in the DNM2 gene exhibits mild clinical manifestations: A case report [2023] - 1,038KB
by Youngho Kim, Mi Hee Kwack, Jong-Mok Lee
Centronuclear myopathy (CNM) is one of the congenital myopathies characterized by centrally located nuclei in the muscle fibers. Currently, more than 30 pathogenic variants in the dynamin 2 (DNM2) gen...

Mitochondrial DNA 3252A>G mutation presenting as MERRF/MELAS overlapping syndrome: A case report [2023] - 1,572KB
by Yin Yin Tan, Ting Yoong Tee, Farn Ye Chew, Huey Tean Kok, Nor Haizura binti Abd Rani, Lock Hock Ngu, Shanthi Viswanathan
We report a case of 25 years old male presented with a complex phenotype of myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF) and mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke- like epis...

Parsonage-Turner syndrome after COVID-19 vaccination: A case report [2023] - 351KB
by Şule Deveci
Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is one of the rare peripheral neuropathies that causes sudden and severe pain followed by sensory defect, loss of muscle strength and atrophy in the upper extremities. ...