Gallbladder perforation can appear as an acute perforation followed by biliary peritonitis, as subacute perforation with the formation of a pericholecystic abscess, or as a chronic con­dition leading to cholecysto-enteric…

The annual and cumulative radiation exposure of the non-professional Slovene population is 21% greater than that world-wide, and so is the risk of stochastic effects. During a lifetime of 70…

The demand for outpatient surgery and office-case anesthesia is increasing for medical, tech­nological and economic reasons. Ophtalmic day-case surgery and anesthesia have developed over the past ten years. Careful selection…

In developed countries, also in Slovenia − cerebrovascular diseases are the third most com­mon cause for death, and are on the top of the list of diseases that cause disablement. Epidemiological…

The cerebral cortex represents a relatively small part of the central nervous system. It con­tains a prodigious number of cells that lead our behaviour. In a general way, the central…

The notochord and para-axial mesoderm induce the overlying ectoderm to differentiate into the neural plate. Formation of the neural tube begins in the fourth week, when the walls of the…

Exercise intolerance, a key symptom of chronic heart failure, has been linked to peripheral derangements, and marked endothelial dysfunction (i. e. the inability of endothelium to medi­ate a proper vasodilatatory…

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a Gram negative diplococcus the cause of sexually transmitted dis­ease gonorrhea. It is transmitted through a promiscuous intercourse, from infected mother to the newborn and from one…