Thanks to the quality of his combining knowledge in two different sciences, Dr Janez Bleiweis, the medical doctor and veterinarian, made himself valued in various spheres of life of the…

Basic principles of conservative and operative treatment of congenital clubfoot are presented. Redressing therapy with casting is started on the first day after the birth. Varus, adductus and supination components…

The care and therapy of the skin, which is mechanically, postoperativelly or per­manently converted, is based on the primary dermatotherapeutical principles. The contempo­rary adjustment of therapeutic substances to the skin…

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant disease in women. It is alarming that in most countries and including Slovenia the number of women afflicted by and dying of this…

Measurements of total chorionic gonadotropin, free estradiol and alpha-fetoprotein levels in the serum of pregnant women permit identification of a combined risk for con­genital malformations of the foetus. In Down…

The mouth is the door through which a variety of microorganisms can enter the ali­mentary and respiratory systems. Normally, infection of the oral cavity is prevented by the mucosal barrier…

Senile plaques and neurofibrillary tan­gles diagnostically define Alzheimer's disease. Together with dementia they constitute the orig­inal description of this disease, which was formed almost a century ago. But the role…

The basic knee biomechanics for clin­icians is described. On the one hand, the knee functions in the range of considerable laxity, but, on the other, it should maintain adequate stabilities.…

The invention of computed tomogra­phy (CT) afforded a safe, non-invasive tool for examining the intracranial contents. It has soon become the most frequently used neuroradiological method. Thanks to its well…

We studied 31 healthy volunteers with a normal menstrual cycle, who were divided according to their age into a group of younger women and a group of premenopausal women. During…

Diffuse interstitial lung diseases, in the strict sense, are immunologically mediated inflam­mations accounting for up to 5% of all pulmonary diseases, while diffuse interstitial lung diseases in the broader sense…

The author describes a modified oper­ative technique for treating spastic equinovarus deformity, the aim of the modification being to prevent secondary deformity, which may devel­op after the initial operation. The…

We studied the incidence of intraar- ticular injury in acutely injured stable knee with hemarthrosis. Our prospective study included 50 consecutive patients presenting at the Accidents and Emergency Centre, Ljubljana…

The genus Candida includes over 100 species, most of which are not human par­asites. Infections with Candida albicans account for 90% of all infections caused by fungi of the genus…

The main features of functional anato­my, physiology, pathophysiology and coronary angiography are presented and the clinical importance of coronary artery collaterals in pa­tients with ischemic heart disease is discussed. Coronary…

Infection with certain types of human papillomaviruses is intimately linked with benign and malignant squamous epithelial cell lesions of the lower genital tract in both sexes. This rela­tionship can be…

The aim of the study was to find out whether hypertensive reaction induced by exer­cise test, as well as the patient's body weight and heart rate can predict the development…

Somatosensory evoked potentials have been used in paediatrics in Slovenia for many years. In our study we measured the somatosensory evoked potentials on stimulation of the median nerve. The normal…

Non-invasive ultrasound methods have been increasingly used for detecting morpho­logical and functional changes in the arterial wall, indicating the beginning of atherosclerotic process. Early detection of atherosclerosis is of utmost…

Immune interventions were introduced in the treatment of human cancer about 100 years ago. Thanks to the development of mon­oclonal antibodies and molecular gene tech­nology during the past 15 years,…

After describing the main characteristics of the desease, the author presents several cases of discitis in order to illustrate the difficult diagnosis due to the misleading clinical picture. The desease…

Since schizophrenia is perhaps the most debilitating mental illness, it is important to know the prognosis factors. It has long been believed that outcome of schizophrenia is almost inevitably poor.…

The relationship between stressful emotions and sudden cardiac death is sup­ported not only by anecdotal reports, but also by experimental, epidemiologic and clinical data. Links between emotional stress, neural control…

Infective endocarditis is a disease with protean manifestations. The diagnosis is based mainly on the typical clinical signs and on a few laboratory parameters. The clinical and epide­miological aspects of…