HONEGGER (Emmanuel), René Hetzel (1902-1972)

Professeur René HEN

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) display a delayed onset of antidepressant action of several weeks. Past work demonstrated evidence that the 5-HT4 receptor may be a direct target for treating depression and a new hope for fast acting antidepressant treatment. However, the 5-HT4 hypothesis still needs to be validated in models of anxiety/depression. We decided to investigate wheth...

Anton V Emmanuel

Real-life experience to improve endoscopy outcomes: optimising teamwork and metrics The degree of patient co-morbidity is well recognised as significant contributor to the outcome of patients presenting with an upper gastrointestinal bleed (UGIB). In this edition of Frontline Gastroenterology Taha et al have published a single centre series of 2669 patients over 15 years which confirms the impr...

Basil Hetzel: vanquishing iodine deficiency disorders.

www.thelancet.com Vol 381 March 2, 2013 717 The story of Basil Hetzel’s fi ght against iodine defi ciency begins in 1964, in the highland villages of Papua New Guinea. A medical scientist with an interest in thyroid disorders, Hetzel had been invited by the country’s Public Health Department to investigate the goitre and cretinism that was prevalent in the mountain communities. Witnessing the s...

F . Pfeiffer , Ulm W . D . Hetzel , Ulm

1972 , Volume , Issue Nov-1972

It makes swept insertion and return loss measurements simultaneously, overa wide frequency range. TO THE MICROWAVE ENGINEER, an instru ment that measures insertion and return loss simultaneously, over a broad band, would be as useful as is the voltmeter to other electronic special ists, provided it is made practical in several im portant ways. • Its measurements must really refer to the micro...