Brainstem reflexes in neuro-Behcet disease

Akinci, Yasemin; ASAN, FURKAN; Sohtaoglu, Melis; TÜTÜNCÜ, MELİH; UYGUNOĞLU, UĞUR; SAİP, SABAHATTİN; GÜNDÜZ, AYŞEGÜL; KIZILTAN, Meral

doi:10.1016/j.neucli.2019.08.001

Brainstem reflexes in neuro-Behcet disease

Akinci Y., ASAN F., Sohtaoglu M., TÜTÜNCÜ M., UYGUNOĞLU U., SAİP S., ...Daha Fazla

NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE CLINIQUE-CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, cilt.49, sa.5, ss.381-384, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 49 Sayı: 5
Basım Tarihi: 2019
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.neucli.2019.08.001
Dergi Adı: NEUROPHYSIOLOGIE CLINIQUE-CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.381-384
İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpaşa Adresli: Evet

Özet

We hypothesized that brainstem responses may allow detection of functional brainstem changes in patients with neuro-Behcet Disease (NBD). Thus, we recorded electrically-induced blink reflex (eBR), auditory blink reflex (aBR) and electrically-induced masseter inhibitory reflex (eMIR) in 16 patients with NBD. However, these neurophysiological tests proved to have a poor overall sensitivity compared to neuroimaging for the diagnosis of brainstem lesions. They also showed low sensitivity for the differential diagnosis of focal pontine lesion versus diffuse brainstem disease in NBD. (C) 2019 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.