Neurological Complications and Syndromes

OBJECTIVES: To compare the clinical, laboratory, and imaging features of patients with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes evaluated at 2 academic centers, compare subgroups, and investigate treatment effects. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. SETTING: Massachusetts General Hospital (n = 84) or Cleveland Clin…

• MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and clinical features of migraine and related headache types in France. METHODS: The authors recruited a population of subjects with headache representative of the national population using a stratified sampling method. They screened 10,585 subjects aged 15 and older who were rep…

Background Everolimus permits reduced calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) exposure, but the efficacy and safety outcomes of this treatment after kidney transplant require confirmation. Methods In a multicenter noninferiority trial, we randomized 2037 de novo kidney transplant recipients to receive, in combination with inducti…

• HÜSEYİN KOÇAK

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of venlafaxine in the prophylaxis of migraine. BACKGROUND: The efficacy of venlafaxine, which is selectively effective on the serotonergic and noradrenergic mechanisms, on various headaches and chronic pain syndromes has been demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the fi…

• RİAN DİŞÇİ

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of venlafaxine in the prophylaxis of migraine. BACKGROUND: The efficacy of venlafaxine, which is selectively effective on the serotonergic and noradrenergic mechanisms, on various headaches and chronic pain syndromes has been demonstrated. To our knowledge, this is the fi…

• BAŞAK YÜCEL

INTRODUCTION: Headache is the most prevalent neurological manifestation in adults and one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. In children and adolescents, headaches are arguably responsible for a remarkable impact on physical and psychological issues, yet high-quality evidence is scarce. MATERIAL AND METHOD…

• DİLARA ONAN

Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndromes (RCVS) and primary angiitis of the central nervous system (PACNS) are invariably considered in the differential diagnosis of new cerebral arteriopathies. However, prompt and accurate diagnosis remains challenging. Here we compared the features of 159 RCVS to 47 PACNS pati…

• MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Migraine is a common disabling conditions which, globally, affects 15.2% of the population. It is the second cause of health loss in terms of years lived with disability, the first among women. Despite being so common, it is poorly recognised and too often undertreated. Specialty centres and neurol…

• DİLARA ONAN

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Objective To develop a method to distinguish reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) from other large/medium-vessel intracranial arteriopathies. Methods We identified consecutive patients from our institutional databases admitted in 2013–2017 with newly diagnosed RCVS (n = 30) or non-RCVS arteriopathy (n…

• MEHMET AKİF TOPÇUOĞLU

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the efficacy of greater occipital nerve (GON) blockade at chronic migraine (CM) treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with CM were randomly divided into two groups of 42. GON blockade was administered four times (once per week) with saline in group A or bupivacaine in group B. After…

• NURTEN İNAN

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to assess the efficacy of greater occipital nerve (GON) blockade at chronic migraine (CM) treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with CM were randomly divided into two groups of 42. GON blockade was administered four times (once per week) with saline in group A or bupivacaine in group B. After…

• HAKAN LEVENT GÜL