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Seizures associated with quetiapine treatmentOkan Dogu
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Ann Pharmacother 37:1224-7. 2003..To report a case of seizures in a patient with Alzheimer disease, who was receiving quetiapine for psychoses...
A consanguineous Turkish family with early-onset Parkinson's disease and an exon 4 parkin deletionOkan Dogu
Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Mov Disord 19:812-6. 2004..To explore the importance of parkin in those of Turkish ancestry, we studied familial cases from that country, and identified a consanguineous family with early-onset Parkinson's disease due to a homozygous mutation in parkin...
Prevalence of essential tremor: door-to-door neurologic exams in Mersin Province, TurkeyO Dogu
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Turkey
Neurology 61:1804-6. 2003..There were 89 ET cases (prevalence = 4.0%, 95% CI = 3.2 to 4.8%). The prevalence of ET may be higher than previously estimated. This is important when defining the extent of the health care problem...
Ultrasound-guided versus 'blind' intraparotid injections of botulinum toxin-A for the treatment of sialorrhoea in patients with Parkinson's diseaseOkan Dogu
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Tip Fakultesi Hastanesi, Noroloji Anabilim Dali, Zeytinlibahce Cad, Mersin Universitesi, 33070 Mersin, Turkey
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 106:93-6. 2004..To investigate the efficacy and safety of intraparotid botulinum toxin-A (BTX-A) injections into parotid gland using ultrasound-guided versus nonguided techniques for the treatment of sialorrhoea in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD)...
Clinical characteristics of essential tremor in Mersin, Turkey--a population-based door-to-door studyOkan Dogu
Dept of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin Universitesi Hastanesi Noroloji AD, Zeytinlibahce Cad, 33070 Mersin, Turkey
J Neurol 252:570-4. 2005..To describe the clinical features of essential tremor (ET) in a population...
Unexpectedly low prevalence and unusual characteristics of RLS in Mersin, TurkeyS Sevim
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Turkey
Neurology 61:1562-9. 2003..To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and clinical presentation of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in a Turkish population...
Correlation of anxiety and depression symptoms in patients with restless legs syndrome: a population based surveyS Sevim
Department of Neurology, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 75:226-30. 2004..We aimed to investigate the interaction between anxiety/depression and RLS in a population based survey...
Long-term effectiveness of steroid injections and splinting in mild and moderate carpal tunnel syndromeS Sevim
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Noroloji Anabilim Dali, 33070 Mersin, Turkey
Neurol Sci 25:48-52. 2004..Proximal and distal injections of steroids were ineffective on the basis of both clinical symptoms and electrophysiologic findings...
Reduced body mass index in patients with essential tremor: a population-based study in the province of Mersin, TurkeyOkan Dogu
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Arch Neurol 61:386-9. 2004..It is important for physicians to be aware of the potential for a low BMI in their ET patients so that nutrition can be addressed as part of the treatment plan...
Genetic bases and phenotypes of autosomal recessive Parkinson disease in a Turkish populationE Lohmann
Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Turkey
Eur J Neurol 19:769-75. 2012..To evaluate the phenotype and the frequencies of mutations in PRKN, DJ1 and PINK1 genes in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) in Turkey...
Elevated blood lead concentrations in essential tremor: a case-control study in Mersin, TurkeyOkan Dogu
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Environ Health Perspect 115:1564-8. 2007..A recent study in New York City found blood lead concentrations to be elevated in ET cases compared with matched controls. Chronic exposure to lead produces cerebellar damage, and this could predispose individuals to develop ET...
Abnormal MRI in a patient with 'headache with neurological deficits and CSF lymphocytosis (HaNDL)'A Yilmaz
Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey
Cephalalgia 30:615-9. 2010..The findings in our case suggest that hemiplegic migraine and HaNDL syndrome may share a common pathophysiological pathway resulting in similar imaging findings and neurological symptoms...
Botulinum toxin-A therapy for palmar and plantar hyperhidrosisSerhan Sevim
Department of Neurology, Mersin University, Faculty of Medicine, Mersin, Turkey
Acta Neurol Belg 102:167-70. 2002..Injections were otherwise tolerated well by the patients. In this trial Btx-A injection is found to be an effective and safe method of treatment for palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis...
Defining the ends of Parkin exon 4 deletions in two different families with Parkinson's diseaseJordi Clarimon
Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 133:120-3. 2005..In addition to demonstrating that disease in these families is not caused by a single founder mutation, these data show that there is no common fragile site between these mutational events...
Unaltered alpha-synuclein blood levels in juvenile Parkinsonism with a parkin exon 4 deletionDavid W Miller
Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 35, Rm 1A 100, 35 Convent Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Neurosci Lett 374:189-91. 2005..We find there is not and discuss this result in terms of the putative relationships between alpha-synuclein and parkin...
Does age of onset in essential tremor have a bimodal distribution? Data from a tertiary referral setting and a population-based studyElan D Louis
GH Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Neuroepidemiology 29:208-12. 2007..Some data suggest a bimodal distribution and other data 1 late-life peak. We studied age of ET onset in 2 distinct settings: a population-based study and a tertiary referral center...
