Alcohol consumption is wide spread all over the world. Although alcohol causes severe medical and socio-economical problems, in low doses it may prevent or regress the evolution of many diseases and increase life expectation. ...

Nervous system involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is recognized for over 100 years. American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR) 1997 classification of SLE, include neuropsychiatric (NP) manifestations ...

According to a study which included 85 patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy from hepatic cirrhosis of different origin, was made a conclusion that pathology appears in men cases, 50-60 years old, more often with ...

The study comprised 75 patients with systemic scleroderma and aimed at assessing the frequency of some co-morbidities and their correlation with the patients’ age and disease duration. The obtained results showed an increased ...

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe, microbial infection of endocardial surfаce, occuring on intact native heart valves, parts of a valve prothesis or on reconstructed native heart valves; establishes structural failure ...

Duplex-Doppler ultrasonography is the most commonly used imaging method, that can be included in the initial diagnostic evaluation of cirrhotic patients. Perfoming color Doppler ultrasonography in patients with viral ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology involving the sacroiliac joints and the axial skeleton, frequently being associated with significant extraskeletal features. Ocular disease, ...

Joint lesions in diabetes produce chronic arthritis and bone tissue damage with significant medical and social costs and an increased rate of morbidity and mortality. The central role in development of joint lesions is ...

Right-sided infective endocarditis (RS IE) is considered to be the isolated lesion of the tricuspid valve and/or the pulmonary valve. RS IE develops only in 5 - 10% cases, affecting most frequently the young men. Although ...

Obstetrical antiphospholipid syndrome (OAPS) - is characterized by recurrent arterial and/or venous thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity, manifested by early or late losses and increase of aCL level. The clinical features ...