A 39-year-old female patient with Sjögren syndrome and deterioration of her general<br /> clinical condition<br />
Journal Title: Αρχεία Ελληνικής Ιατρικής - Year 2006, Vol 23, Issue 6
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Authors and Affiliations
D. CHRISTIDIS, Z. METAFRATZI, A. ZIKOU, S. DIMOU, M. ELISAF
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. The clinical experience in the University Hospital of Patras
OBJECTIVE In the past decade percutaneous endoscopic gastroscopy (PEG) has displaced surgical gastrostomy as the method of choice for long-term enteral nutrition. The aim of this study was to present clinical experience...
Coinfection with hepatitis E virus and Salmonella typhi
A case is reported of coinfection with two infections rare in Greece, typhoid fever and hepatitis E. A 32 year-old man was admitted with high temperature, chills, diarrhoea and jaundice. He had arrived in Greece one week...
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia as an early manifestation of Wegener's granulomatosis
The case is presented of a 72 year-old man with a two month history of autoimmune hemolytic anemia who was admitted for investigation of fever, productive cough, malaise and weakness of the lower limbs. Chest computed to...
The correlation of rhinitis with asthmatic symptoms in children
The co-morbidity of rhinitis with asthma symptomatology in children gives rise to the "one disease of the airways" theory, for which three explicatory pathophysiological mechanisms have been proposed. Although the diseas...
Acute hepatitis as a manifestation of Cushing's disease
Clinical manifestations of the pituitary dependent endogenous hypercortisolism syndrome (Cushing’s disease) are related to both the degree and the duration of hypercortisolism. In acute onset severe hypercortisolism (cha...