Diabetic rats in long-term display an augmented nociceptive response to chemical, mechanical, and thermal stimuli. Furthermore, hyperalgesia is one of the major symptoms of diabetic neuropathy in some patients. Considering the antidiabetic potential of chard, this study was carried out to evaluate the possible analgesic effect of chard-mixed food intake in male streptozotocin-induced diabetic r...

BACKGROUND Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute monophasic demyelinating neuropathy characterized by progressive motor weakness of limbs with areflexia. AIM To study the clinical pattern and outcome of children with Guillain-Barre syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS It was a cross-sectional study conducted in a pediatric unit of tertiary care hospital over a period of 18 months. We assesse...

OBJECTIVE To measure the frequency, persistence, isoform specificity, and clinical correlates of neurofascin antibodies in patients with peripheral neuropathies. METHODS We studied cohorts of patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) or chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) (n = 59), genetic neuropathy (n = 111), and idiopathic neuropathy (n = 43) for immunoglobulin (Ig) ...

Purpose To report a case of bilateral central retinal artery occlusion with both anterior and posterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Observations A 65-year-old Caucasian woman presented with acute respiratory distress syndrome and septic shock. After treatment with vasopressors and prolonged prone positioning, she was noted to be bilaterally completely blind on hospitalization day 12. Evaluatio...

how to cite this article: talebian a, goudarzi rm, mohammadzadeh m , mirzadeh as. vincristine-induced cranial neuropathy. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):66-68.   abstract vincristine (vcr) is a vinca alkaloid that is used for treatment of many malignancies. the vinca alkaloids are neurotoxic, usually causing a peripheral neuropathy, but cranial neuropathies are rare as side effects.  de...