Subclinical celiac disease with cerebellar ataxiaTugba Tunc
Ministry of Health, Ankara Research and Training Hospital Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
Acta Neurol Belg 104:84-6. 2004
..Gastrointestinal signs and malabsorption were not found in this patient. We suggested that celiac disease should be taken into consideration in differential diagnosis of patients with cerebellar ataxia with unknown etiology...
- Subclinical neurological involvement in Behçet's disease
Tugba Tunc
Department of Neurology, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey
Neurol India 54:408-11. 2006
..Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology characterized by recurrent oral and genital aphthous ulcers and uveitis. Behçet's disease can affect the central nervous system...
- Predisposing factors of restless legs syndrome in pregnancy
Tugba Tunc
Department of Neurology, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey
Mov Disord 22:627-31. 2007
..In summary, in this study, lower hemoglobin levels and supplementation deficits of iron and vitamins were found be the risk factors for restless legs syndrome in pregnancy...
- Differences in improvement between patients with idiopathic versus neurovascular hemifacial spasm after botulinum toxin treatment
Tugba Tunc
Department of Neurology, Ministry of Research, Ankara Training Hospital, 066 Cebeci, Ankara, Turkey
J Clin Neurosci 15:253-6. 2008
..In conclusion, patients with idiopathic hemifacial spasm experienced a greater improvement after treatment with botulinum toxin than did patients with neurovascular hemifacial spasm...
- Aseptic leptomeningitis in systemic lupus erythematosus. A case report
Ozlem Coskun
Ministry of Health, Department of Neurology, Ankara Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Med Princ Pract 13:51-3. 2004
..Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with leptomeningeal involvement is a rare condition. We report a case in a 17-year-old woman...
- A preliminary study: validity and reliability of Turkish translation of migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire in Turkish patients with chronic tension type headache
Umit Gedikoglu
Department of Neurology, Ministry of Health Ankara Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Neurosci 116:1337-45. 2006
..We found that cronbach's alpha 0.82 and had good reliability. Our findings suggest that the MIDAS questionnaire that was originally designed for patients with migraine may be used in patients with chronic tension type headache...
- Intravenous theophylline decreases post-dural puncture headaches
Ufuk Ergun
Department of Neurology, Ministry of Health, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Nilgün Sok 4 3, Farabi, Cankaya, 06550 Ankara, Turkey
J Clin Neurosci 15:1102-4. 2008
..It may be attempted in PDPH patients before invasive techniques are used. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on the effect of intravenous infusion of theophylline compared with a placebo in the treatment of PDPH...
- Leukoaraiosis in stroke patients
Ozlem Coskun
The Ministry of Health Ankara Hospital, Department of Neurology, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Neurosci 113:915-22. 2003
..We showed that LA is related to hypertension but not related to age, diabetes mellitus, or cardiac disease in our patient population...
