neurological manifestation may complicate takayasu arteritis (ta). a 23-year-old girl with sudden onset of vision loss was admitted to hospital. her brain mri showed abnormal t2-signal hyperintensity and visual evoked potential revealed prolonged p100 latency. consequently, optic neuritis was diagnosed. a review on history of dizziness, falling, and weak pulses of upper extremities led to more ...

background: anti-phospholipids syndrome (aps) is considered a non inflammatory auto-immune disease with a significant thrombophilic risk with varied clinical manifestations. the purpose of the current study was to investigate the frequency of thrombotic and non-thrombotic events in patients with aps. methods: in this retrospective study, 102 definite aps subjects were recruited (2007-2011) at a...

oxidative stress (os), which has been implicated in pathogenesis of many acute and chronic diseases, plays an important role in diverse neurological disorders including depression and anxiety. os is caused by a large amount of reactive oxygen species or impaired enzymatic or non-enzymatic defense against it. os has been suggested to contribute to etiology of mentioned disorders. this review int...

infective endocarditis can complicate with ischemic stroke. neurological complications develop in 20-40% of all patients with infective endocarditis. these are mainly due to vegetation embolism.this report represents a case of 30 years old female patient who presented with features of heart failure new york heart association (nyha) class iv with infective endocarditis and left hemiparesis. on e...