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In this article we present a pacient who has been admited to a Department of otorhinolaryngology and cervicofacial surgery at General Hospital in Celje, after external otitis with retroauricular abscess has been found in an outpatient department. It is interesting that his clinical status does not correlate with intraoperative findings and computer tomography scanning results.

It has been shown that in Slovenia the percentage of referrals to specialists is relatively high compared to other European countries. At the same time, the referral quality is low. This paper analyses reasons for referral. Some suggestions are provided on how to reduce the num­ber of referrals and how to improve their quality. The former task turns out to

This article reviews most systems and approaches for delivery of protein drugs and therapeutic genes into the body. Issues in drug delivery are becoming more important as more potent and specific drugs become available, with knowledge about diseases available from the human genome project. To achieve optimal therapeutic efficacy, drug delivery systems should be customized and very innovative. Novel systems

The author presents embryological development of the musculoskeletal system and the skin. Although they are basically both mesodermal in origin, the article emphasises the ectoder­mal origin of head bones, certain small smooth muscles and skin epidermis, with accent on the segmental origin of musculoskeletal regions. Development of the dermis and epidermal adnexes is clearly explained. For better understanding, some clinical

Airway inflammation is fundamental to the persistence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The hypothesis that induced sputum cell counts and mediators could help discriminate between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was tested. Cell counts and the concentration of ECP and PMN elastase were measured in indu­ced sputum and serum of 21 healthy subjects, 17 patients with asthma

Optic nerve head topography analysis using the Heidelberg retina tomograph I (HRT) and the Retinal thickness analyzer (RTA) is important in the early diagnosis and follow up of glau­coma. The aims of our research were to obtain our own database for optic disc topography parameters in normal eyes using HRT and RTA, and assess reproducibility of measurements and clinical agreement

The aim of the study is to identify psychosocial risk factors among adolescents with epilepsy and compare them with those among healthy peers. We will also search for gender differences within studied group. The study sample consisted of 68 adolescents (34 males and 34 females) who are treated for epilepsy in Neurology department of Paediatric clinic Ljubljana. The age of