Acute cholangitis is a serious complication occurring in patients with extrahepatic obstruction of the biliary tract, most commonly due to common bilr duct stones. Mortality rates associated with this complication…

Marfan's syndrome, which is a fairly uncommon disease in Slovenia, is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern and can involve connective tissue in the following three systems: cardiovascular system, skeleton…

Warts are benign infectious epitheliomas induced by the human wart virus. The paper describes the most common cutaneous manifestations, which include plantar warts, caused by human papillomavirus 1, common warts,…

In this paper the author presents the classification of affective disorders, proceeds with the importance of basic genetic research, bit does not refer to the epidemiological studies. Different methods of…

Anatomy and physiology of nervous structures involved in temperature and pain perception, as well as single sensations, receptive structures and afferent nerve fibers are defined. Peripheral nerves and spinal cord…

Positron emission tomography is a noninvasive research technique used in medicine to measure the three-dimensional distribution of the biologically active substances, marked with a positron emitter in the living body.…

Lumbar disc degeneration is the most common cause of low back pain. The author describes the pathogenetic factors and clinical diagnosis of this disorder. A thorough physical examination can determine…

The number of household pets is constantly increasing. In Slovenia, there are between 140000 and 150000 dogs and about three to four times as many cats. The number of birds,…

Oxygen free radicals are obligatory side product of the aerobic cell metabolism. In the first part of the paper their main characteristics and formation paths as well as the reactions…

Acute complications of diabetes are life-treatening conditions requiring immediate medical assistance. Although they are responsible for a rather small proportion of deaths in diabetic patients, the mortality rates associated with…

Fibrinolytic response to venous occlusion is used to asses efficiency of fibrinolytic system. All factors that might influence fibrinolytic response are not known. The venous occlusion was preformed twice within…

We studied 44 patients receiving venom immunotherapy. Among the patients who suffered insect sting during the immunotherapy period, the number of subjects responding only by local reaction (60%) or mild…