Molecular laboratory tools for rapid diagnostics of systemic infections, and in clinical epidemiological practice

The aims of a clinical microbiology laboratory are rapid demonstration of pathogens from clinical samples and providing a dependable base for managing infections. Three cases are discussed with aspects of rapid clinical...

Historical-anthropological insights on epilepsy from hippocrates to positivism

The history of epilepsy appears to be mainly a progressive detachment from gods. Hippocratic medicine, for its part, stands out as the first technique (techne) able of unfettering men from the divine by explaining illnes...

Dental health behaviour of adolescents and their parents II

The aim of the second part of our study is similar to that of the first part: our main target is to get a picture about the adolescents’ and their parents’ self-qualification concerning the status of their teeth and also...

Niedrożność przewodu pokarmowego spowodowana rakiem neuroendokrynnym okrężnicy – opis przypadku

Freeman-Sheldon syndrome

Freeman-Sheldon is a rare and underdiagnosed distal arthrogryposis syndrome. It is the most severe form and despite the striking contractures of the orofacial muscles (resulting in down-slanting palpebral fissures, promi...