Turk J Med Sci
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The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mostly manifests with fever, shortness of breath, and cough, has also been found to cause some neurological symptoms, such as anosmia and ageusia. The aim of the study was to present the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of patients with anosmia-hyposmia symptoms and to discuss potential mechanisms in light of these findings. ⋯ This study revealed that there is a relationship between anosmia and MRI findings. Larger studies can enlighten the pathophysiological mechanism and shed light on both diagnosis and new treatments.
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) enables antibody diversity in B lymphocytes. It may also have an effect on MDS pathogenesis by causing somatic mutations and by inducing epigenetic changes in myeloid cells. This study aimed to compare AID expression of MDS patients with healthy controls, of MDS patients in different risk groups, and of MDS patients according to their treatment. ⋯ AID expression is increased in the peripheral blood of MDS patients compared to healthy controls. However, AID expression is not significantly different in “lower risk” and “higher risk” subgroups and in patients treated with hypomethylating agents. Increased AID expression may be an early step in MDS pathogenesis.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of vitamin D on the disease prognosis and biochemical parameters in patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). ⋯ As a result, it is thought that vitamin D supplementation may have a positive effect on the disease prognosis of mild OSAS.
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Obesity is one of the main public health issues in many countries including Turkey. The aim of the study is to test cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and validity of QOLOD rating scale in the Turkish language. ⋯ Finding shows that the Turkish version of QOLOD rating scale had sufficient validity and reliability for Turkish population, had strong psychometric characteristics.
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This study objected to compare the measurements of corpus callosum substructures of adolescents with migraine and healthy adolescents. ⋯ The results of this study firstly demonstrated that CC splenium and genu widths were smaller in adolescents with migraine when compared to healthy adolescents. Our findings may contribute to enlighten migraine pathophysiology.