Pathological Yawning in Patients with Acute Middle Cerebral Artery Infarction: Prognostic Significance and Association with the Infarct Location

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GÜNDOĞDU A. A., ÖZDEMİR A. Ö., ÖZKAN S.

BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.37, sa.1, ss.24-28, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 37 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2019.2019.7.49
  • Dergi Adı: BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CAB Abstracts, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.24-28
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anterior cerebral circulation, infarct location, middle cerebral artery infarction, pathological yawning, prognosis, STROKE, SYMPTOM
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Pathological yawning is a compulsive, frequent, repetitive yawning triggered by a specific reason besides fatigue or boredom. It may be related to introgenic, neurologic, psychiatric, gastrointestinal, or metabolic disorders. Moreover, it could also be seen in the course of an ischemic stroke.