Research conducted at Ege University, Department of Neurology has updated our knowledge about vascular disease

Data detailed in "Dysarthria due to supratentorial and infratentorial ischemic stroke: a diffusion-weighted imaging study" have been presented. "Dysarthria characterized by slurring with imprecise articulation without evidence of aphasia is a frequent symptom in the acute phase of cerebral ischemia, although there is little knowledge on its anatomic specificity and spectrum of associated clinical characteristics regarding diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). An investigation of 101 consecutive patients with sudden-onset dysarthria due to a single or multiple lesions on DWI, corresponding to 8.7% of 1,160 patients with ischemic stroke, was made," investigators in Izmir, Turkey report.

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