Mohammad Reza Motamed
Department of Neurology, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
[ 1 ] - A Mitochondrial Disorder in a Middle Age Iranian Patient: Report of a Rare Case
Introduction: Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) can involve multiple systems and cause stroke-like episodes and status epilepticus. Case Presentation: A 48-year-old female with history of early fatigability, migraine-type headaches, and bilateral sensory-neural hearing loss presented 3 episodes of serial seizures. On admission she was affected by W...
[ 2 ] - Unusual Recovery of Aphasia in a Polyglot Iranian Patient after Ischemic Stroke
Introduction: Aphasia is a language disorder resulting from a lesion in the cerebral cortex. In this case report, we present a polyglot patient who recovered from aphasia by speaking his newly active learned language Case Report: A 69 years old male referred with acute onset right hemiparesis and global aphasia. After imaging, he treated with 75 mg r-TPA (0.9 mg/kg). After the fourth day of ...
[ 3 ] - Developing the Persian version of the homophone meaning generation test
Background: Finding the right word is a necessity in communication, and its evaluation has always been a challenging clinical issue, suggesting the need for valid and reliable measurements. The Homophone Meaning Generation Test (HMGT) can measure the ability to switch between verbal concepts, which is required in word retrieval. The purpose of this study was to adapt and validate the Persian ve...
[ 4 ] - X-ray radiation and the risk of multiple sclerosis: Do the site and dose of exposure matter?
Background: The sporadic cases of radiation-activated multiple sclerosis (MS) has been previously described, with a few studies focused on the relationship between radiation and the risk of MS. The aim of our study was to evaluate the association between history of X-ray radiation and MS. Methods : This case-control study was conducted on 150 individuals including 65 MS patients and 85 age-...
[ 5 ] - Safety and feasibility of intravenous thrombolytic therapy in Iranian patients with acute ischemic stroke
Background: Thrombolytic therapy is the only approved treatment for acute cerebral ischemia. The hemorrhagic transformation is the greatest complication of this treatment, which may occur after recanalization of occluded artery. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with clinical improvement and worsening in patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous th...
[ 6 ] - Serum uric acid level in acute stroke patients
Background: The role of uric acid as a risk factor for vascular disease and acute stroke is controversial and there is little information about it. In this study, we determined serum uric acid levels in patients with acute stroke and assessed its relationship with cerebrovascular risk factors. Methods: In this cross sectional study, we assessed patients with acute stroke who were admitted in F...
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