background: stroke is one of the leading causes of mortality and long-term morbidity. the aim of the present study was to determine the ability of baseline serum c-reactive protein (crp) and white blood cell count (wbc) values in predicting the outcome of acute ischemic stroke (ais). methods: this study consisted of patients with first ais referred to poursina hospital, rasht, iran. severity of...

background: ischemic brain strokes consisttwo‑thirdsof strokesand their complications bear a lot of disability for patient and society. in this study, we seek for effect of erythropoietin on ischemic brain stroke’s outcomes according to national institutes of health stroke scale (nihss) changes. methods: this study is a rct (randomized clinical trial). all patients with focal neurologic deficit...

context migraine is a kind of primary headache that affects 10% to 20% of people worldwide. recent studies have shown that migraines can be involved in strokes incidences, especially ischemic strokes.hence, the current study aimed to review evidence in relation to migraine and risk of stroke. evidence acquisition a literature search was done for related articles dated between 1993 and 2013 on p...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: this randomized clinical trial compared rates of stroke or transient ischemic attack recurrence or death in patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale (pfo) who received medical treatment with aspirin or warfarin. materials and methods: forty-four iranian patients with cryptogenic stroke and patent foramen ovale participat...

background and objectives: association between mycoplasma pneumoniae infection and increased risk for brain stroke has been well understood. hence, the value of serologic tests for assessing causative relationship between this infection and brain stroke seems to be high. the present study aimed to determine serum level of anti- mycoplasma pneumoniae antibodies in patients with brain stroke and ...

Background: Epidemiological research has shown that increased total homocysteine (tHcy) levels are associated with an increased risk of thromboembolic disease; however, controversy still exists over which subtype of stroke is allied to hyperhomocysteinemia. This study aimed to investigate whether elevated tHcy is an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke and to compare tHcy levels in patie...

Background: As yet migraine has been established as one of the risk factors for ischemic stroke. Some of the factors have been assessed for the explanation of this relation. Hyperhomocysteinemia is seen partly both in stroke and in migraine. This study was conducted to determine the mean plasma levels of homocysteine in ischemic stroke patients on the basis of migraine history.Methods: This cro...

Background: Previous studies show that serum level of uric acid is significantly correlated with mortality and functional outcome in patients with ischemic stroke and according to some other studies, ischemic stroke is associated with stenosis of some stenoisis of somespecific brain vessels. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of hyperuricemia and its associa...