We present a 33-year-old patient who developed high grade fever after returning from his 3-week journey in the south of Africa. He presented with 3 ulcers involving his left ankle…

The authors present the fundamen­tals and some recent data on the human visal pathway obtained by the new imaging tech­niques of the cerebral cortex and non-inva­sive electrophysiological and other methods.…

Patient satisfaction is an important aim pursued by medical care. It is determined by the quality of communication, interpersonal rela­tionships and delivery of services. The way the patient feels about…

This article presents the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive (ADAS-Cog) for the measurement of disease progression and the patient's response to drug treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Previous scales had only limited…

This paper presents primary percuta­neous transluminal coronary angioplasty used for mechanical recanalization of an infarct-related occluded coronary artery in acute myocardial in­farction. Various forms of the procedure, its ad­vantages, disadvantages,…

Clinical features of optic neuritis in adults differ from those in children, who often pre­sent with atypical clinical manifestations and results of some investigations. This makes the diagnosis of optic…

Degeneration off the articular cartilage and osteoarthritis of the hip joint are most often idiopathic (primary osteoarthritis). In patients with known pathogenesis (secondary osteoarthrtis), the disease is most commonly due to mechanical bone deformation,…