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S Ozekmekçi

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PubMed2006

Features associated with the development of hallucinations in Parkinson's disease.

OBJECTIVE: To identify features related to the development of hallucinations in Parkinson's disease (PD). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Seventy PD patients with hallucinations (group 1) and 60 PD patients without hallucinations (group 2) were evaluated for disease severity, presence of motor complications, rapid eye movement (REM) behavior disorder (RBD), and antiparkinsonian drug profile. The ages at the emergence of hallucinations and duration of disease in group 1 were matched with the ages at the last visit of those in group 2. RESULTS: Disease severity and presence of motor complications were similar in both groups. RBD was more frequently encountered among hallucinators than among non-hallucinators (P = 0.007). The mean duration and daily doses of levodopa and other dopaminergic drugs did not differ in both groups; however, the usage of anticholinergics and amantadine were significantly more frequent in group 2, unexpectedly. CONCLUSIONS: The presence of RBD was significantly more common in hallucinators; however, severity of PD, duration and daily doses of dopaminergic drugs were not associated with the emergence of hallucinations.

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PubMed2004

Central nervous system infection due to Penicillium chrysogenum.

Penicillium chrysogenum was isolated from three subsequent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) specimens of a 73-year-old male patient without immunological compromise. The isolated was tested against five antifungal agents according to the NCCLS M38-P macrodilution method. MICs were determined as follows: amphotericin B (AMB), 2 microg ml(-1); fluconazole (FLZ), 8 microg ml(-1); itraconazole (ITZ), 1 microg ml(-1); flucytosine (5FC), 0.125 microg ml(-1); and terbinafine (TRB), 0.06 microg ml(-1). The patient has been cured with FLZ.

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PubMed1999

Extrapyramidal type rigidity in rheumatoid arthritis.

OBJECTIVES: We had noted cogwheel rigidity in a number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Based on this finding, we aimed to investigate formally the presence of rigidity and cogwheeling in RA patients. Our secondary aim was to survey the co-existence of RA and Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS: A total of 87 consecutive patients with a diagnosis of RA, 78 patients with PD and 67 otherwise healthy patients attending a dedicated headache clinic participated in the study. RESULTS: Rigidity was observed in 24% of RA, 60% of PD and 2% of headache patients. The frequency among the RA patients was significantly higher compared to that of patients with headache (chi 2 = 15.2; P = 0.00009). The frequency of PD among the RA patients was 2/87 (2.3%), while the frequency of RA among the PD patients was 6/78 (7.7%). CONCLUSION: Rigidity can be observed in approximately a quarter of patients with RA.

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PubMed1998

Posthemiplegic focal limb dystonia: a report of two cases.

Posthemiplegic focal limb or hemidystonias are rare movement disorders usually due to vascular lesions of the contralateral basal ganglia. The pathogenesis of posthemiplegic dystonia is unknown and its management is usually difficult. In this paper, we report two patients who suffered from a single limb dystonia and hemidystonia, respectively. In the latter patient, hemidystonia developed due to an ischaemic cerebrovascular accident 2 or 3 months after the recovery of hemiplegia. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans showed evidence of contralateral putamen and thalamus infarcts.

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