The role of β-blockers in chronic heart failure <br /> <br />

Until recently β-blockers were contraindicated for the treatment of chronic heart failure and their administration was avoided in heart failure patients. The use of β-blockers in heart failure is justified by the fact th...

Techniques for the detection of fragmented DNA

The localization of apoptotic cells, which was previously based on morphology and the detection of DNA fragmentation by biochemical or histochemical techniques, is now performed by more specific enzymatic methods for the...

Primary bone lymphoma

A case of neurosarcoidosis presenting as Guillain-Barré syndrome

Neurosarcoidosis is a rare clinical manifestation of sarcoidosis of unknown origin which often presents diagnostic problems due to a plethora of non-pathognomonic findings in spite of diagnostic and imaging evidence. The...

Assertive Community Treatment:<br /> Investigation of its application in Greek psychiatry

Assertive Community Treatment constitutes programming and an innovative practice for the treatment and care of severe psychiatric disorders within the community. Its application was introduced during the 1980s in Madison...