We present a patient suffering from focal epilepsy manifested by frequent epileptic 
attacks resistant to anticonvulsant drugs since early childhood. Because of unsuccessful drug 
treatment, high seizure frequency and positive…

Differential diagnosis of asthma in infants and toddlers is not easy to establish. The paper
 presents a girl with asthma who aspirated a foreign body, which was misinterpreted as deterioration
…

The paper gives a historical review of
 the discovery and further studies of Helicobacter pylori. This bacteria causes chronic antral
gastritis, as well as duodenal and gastric ulcer 
disease found in…

The development of echocardiography and Doppler-echocardiography has provided a major advance in the noninvasive assessment of tricuspid valve disease. Echocardiography is the most sensitive and specific 
method for evaluation of…

Painful heel in younger patients, especially sportsmen, is commonly due to local reasons. A good knowledge of regional anatomy and
biomechanics of the foot and ankle is a prerequisite for correct…

The authors describe various anatomic and physiological changes occurring during 
pregnancy, which should be considered when
making diagnosis and planning proper treatment of acute abdomen in pregnant women. After surveying acute…

Asthma is the commonest chronic
 illness and one of the most dangerous diseases 
in childhood. Paradoxically, it is often recognized late, and the treatment is frequently incorrect or inadequate. The…

By using the voltage-clamp method we 
can record the end-plate current which reflects
 changes in the conductance of the subsynaptic
membrane during neuromuscular transmission. The classic (plain) voltage-clamp method shows 
some…

The paper presents the voltage-clamp
 method used for measuring electrical current
 passing the cell membrane and for calculating 
its conductance. The basic principles of this 
technique are described, as well…

Isolated perfused Langendorff rat 
hearts were used for comparing effects of the
 calcium antagonist verapamil on the following 
two models of heart injury: local ischemia (ligature of the anterior interventricular…

We studied 30 patients with stroke within the first 21 days of the onset of the symptoms by determining their plasma adrenaline and noradrenalin levels, their neurological status and the…