Omega-3 fatty acids decreased irritability of patients with bipolar disorder in an add-on, open label studyKemal Sagduyu
University of Missouri Kansas City, 8801 West 148th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66221, USA
Nutr J 4:6. 2005
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Factors modifying drug and placebo responses in randomized trials for bipolar maniaAysegul Yildiz
Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 14:863-75. 2011
..Identifying modifying factors can support more efficient and cost-effective designs of therapeutic trials. In trials for mania, fewer sites may limit placebo response and enhance drug-placebo contrasts...
Do antidepressants induce rapid cycling? A gender-specific associationAysegul Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
J Clin Psychiatry 64:814-8. 2003
..To investigate the influence of antidepressant use and gender in the genesis of rapid-cycling bipolar illness...
- Characteristics of rapid cycling bipolar-I patients in a bipolar speciality clinic
Aysegul Yildiz
Bipolar Program, Harvard Medical School, Massachussets General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
J Affect Disord 79:247-51. 2004
..To investigate the characteristics of patients with rapid cycling bipolar illness...
- Lithium-induced alterations in nucleoside triphosphate levels in human brain: a proton-decoupled 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
Aysegul Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
Psychiatry Res 138:51-9. 2005
..The theoretical relevance of the lithium-induced alterations on brain high-energy phosphates to the lithium-induced modifications of neuroplasticity is discussed...
- Neurochemical alterations of the brain in bipolar disorder and their implications for pathophysiology: a systematic review of the in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings
Aysegul Yildiz-Yesiloglu
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 30:969-95. 2006
..To perform systematic analysis of current proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H MRS) findings in bipolar disorder (BD)...
- Review of 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis
Aysegul Yildiz-Yesiloglu
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
Psychiatry Res 147:1-25. 2006
..Lower Glx levels in depressed patients in contrast to a likely hyperglutamatergic state in bipolar disorder may implicate a different pathophysiological ground in MDD...
- Protein kinase C inhibition in the treatment of mania: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tamoxifen
Aysegul Yildiz
Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University, Huzur Mah, Saffet Baba Sok, No 27 12 PK 35320 Narlidere, Izmir, Turkey
Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:255-63. 2008
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- Combination of pharmacotherapy with electroconvulsive therapy in prevention of depressive relapse: a pilot controlled trial
Aysegul Yildiz
Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
J ECT 26:104-10. 2010
..Relapse rates after electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remain high with standard treatments. We aimed to test the efficacy of an early administered continuation pharmacotherapy (c-pharm early) strategy in prevention of post-ECT relapse...
Efficacy of antimanic treatments: meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trialsAysegul Yildiz
Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
Neuropsychopharmacology 36:375-89. 2011
..The findings support the efficacy of most clinically used antimanic treatments, but encourage more head-to-head studies and development of agents with even greater efficacy...
- In vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic examination of benzodiazepine action in humans
Aysegul Yildiz
Department of Psychiatry, Dokuz Eylul University, Mithatpasa Cad No 479, Narlidere, Izmir, Turkey
Psychiatry Res 184:162-70. 2010
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- Pharmacological management of agitation in emergency settings
A Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
Emerg Med J 20:339-46. 2003
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- Age onset of psychotic versus non-psychotic bipolar illness in men and in women
Aysegul Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
J Affect Disord 74:197-201. 2003
..To investigate the relationship between psychotic symptoms and age at onset of bipolar illness...
- 31P Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings in bipolar illness: a meta-analysis
A Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
Psychiatry Res 106:181-91. 2001
..This meta-analysis found support for trait- and possibly state-dependent abnormalities of membrane phospholipid metabolism, which may reflect a dysregulation in brain-signal transduction systems of relevance in bipolar illness...
- Investigations on mefenamic acid sustained release tablets with water-insoluble gel
S Gungor
Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Istanbul University, 34452 Beyazit, Istanbul, Turkey
Farmaco 58:397-401. 2003
..According to release studies, it can be emphasized that NaAL and CaGL can be used for design of sustained release preparation of MA...
- Immunization of renal transplant recipients with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
R Kazancioglu
Istanbul School of Medicine, Department of Nephrology, Turkey
Clin Transplant 14:61-5. 2000
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- The outcome of patients presenting with crush syndrome after the Marmara earthquake
R Kazancioglu
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul School of Medicine, Turkey
Int J Artif Organs 24:17-21. 2001
..6%. This low mortality rate suggests that the death rate from acute renal failure due to crush syndrome could be decreased by extensive follow-up...
- QT dispersion and signal-averaged electrocardiogram in hemodialysis and CAPD patients
A Yildiz
Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul School of Medicine, Turkey
Perit Dial Int 21:186-92. 2001
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- Cardiac and intestinal amyloidosis in a renal transplant recipient with familial Mediterranean fever
A Yildiz
Department of Internal Medicine and Division of Nephrology, University of Istanbul, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
J Nephrol 14:125-7. 2001
..Cardiac deposition of AA amyloid may cause clinically significant heart disease, leading to cardiovascular mortality after renal transplantation for end-stage renal disease in FMF patients...
- Immune response to Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccination in renal transplant recipients with well-functioning allografts
M S Sever
Department of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Millet Caddesi, Capa, Istanbul
Nephron 81:55-9. 1999
..On the other hand, posttranplant immunosuppression may impair immune responses and thus the efficacy of the vaccination...
- Comparison of the effects of enalapril and losartan on posttransplantation erythrocytosis in renal transplant recipients: prospective randomized study
A Yildiz
Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology BD 34390, Istanbul School of Medicine, Topkapi, Istanbul, Turkey
Transplantation 72:542-4. 2001
..The aim of this prospective randomized study was to compare the safety and efficacy of enalapril (E) and losartan (L) in the treatment of posttransplantation erythrocytosis and the effect of the ACE genotype on response to therapy...
- Outcome of living unrelated (commercial) renal transplantation
M S Sever
Department of Nephrology and Department of Surgery, Istanbul School of Medicine, Capa Istanbul, Turkey
Kidney Int 60:1477-83. 2001
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- Evaluation of salivary parameters and dental status in adult hemodialysis patients
G Bayraktar
Department of Removable Prosthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Nephrol 62:380-3. 2004
..The salivary flow rate, pH, buffering capacity and DMFT (decayed, missing and filled teeth) index of adult hemodialysis patients were compared with those of healthy controls...
- Polycythemia vera and pregnancy
T U K Dilek
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Int J Gynaecol Obstet 85:161-2. 2004
- Doxazosin, but not amlodipine decreases insulin resistance in patients with chronic renal failure: a prospective, randomized-controlled study
A Yildiz
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Clin Nephrol 58:405-10. 2002
..In conclusion, doxazosin decreases IR in patients with CRF, whereas amlodipine has no effect. This may be of advantage in the treatment of hypertension in this group of patients for preventing some long-term complication of IR...
- A cross-over, post-electroconvulsive therapy comparison of clinical recovery from rocuronium versus succinylcholine
Deniz Cihan Turkkal
Department of Anesthesiology, Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine, Inciralti, Izmir, Turkey
J Clin Anesth 20:589-93. 2008
..To evaluate the effect of the neuromuscular blocking agent, rocuronium, on clinical recovery from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) as compared with succinylcholine...
- Rates of study completion with single versus split daily dosing of antidepressants: a meta-analysis
Aysegul Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
J Affect Disord 78:157-62. 2004
..To examine the tolerability of single versus multiple daily dosing (SDD vs. MDD) of antidepressant drugs in clinical practice...
- Effect of chronic arsenic exposure from drinking waters on the QT interval and transmural dispersion of repolarization
A Yildiz
Department of Cardiology, Gazi Hospital, 1421 sok No 29 Alsancak, Izmir, Turkey
J Int Med Res 36:471-8. 2008
..Although non-corrected QT intervals were within normal limits, those subjects chronically exposed to arsenic had a slight QT prolongation and a higher prevalence of subtle repolarization abnormalities, which might be clinically relevant...
- Acute myocardial infarction in a young man caused by centipede sting
A Yildiz
Special Gazi Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Emerg Med J 23:e30. 2006
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- Effect of lithium on phosphoinositide metabolism in human brain: a proton decoupled (31)P magnetic resonance spectroscopy study
A Yildiz
Dokuz Eylul Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Izmir, Turkey
Biol Psychiatry 50:3-7. 2001
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