Das Sjögren-Syndrom

Das Hepatopulmonale Syndrom

Epileptischer Anfall - akute Erblindung: Das posteriore reversible enzephalopathische Syndrom: Zwei Fallberichte

Sjögren Sensory Neuronopathy (Sjögren Ganglionopathy)

Primary Sjögren syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease mainly affecting the exocrine glands causing a sicca syndrome. Neurological manifestations are rarely seen in SS although they are debilitating. Peripheral neuropathies namely sensory axonal neuropathy and painful small fiber neuropathy are the most frequent neurological manifestations. Sensory neuronopathy (SN) is less frequently seen alth...

Rachel Carson Syndrom

For years some ecologists have been convinced that pesticides are contributing to a decline in amphibian species around the globe. From an apparent epidemic of deformed frogs in Minnesota to the near disappearance of yellow-legged frogs from California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains, pesticides have been considered prime suspects. This suspicion is no doubt rooted in the belief by the ecological com...

Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren and Sjögren-Larsson syndrome

Karl Gustaf Torsten Sjögren (1896-1974), (Figure 1), a Swedish psychiatrist and geneticist, was a pioneer of modern Swedish psychiatry.1-4 Sjögren studied medicine at the University of Uppsala.1 From 1932 to 1935, he was Head Physician and Director of Lillehagen Hospital in Gothenburg, and between 19351945, he was physician-in-chief at the psychiatric department of Sahlgrenska Hospital in Gothe...