Zusammenfassung In der Psychiatrie kommt es aufgrund fortschreitenden medizinischen Diagnostik zunehmend zur Vorstellung von Patienten mit genetischen Befunden, als Beispiele seien hier genannt und kurz beschrieben: die TLK2-Mutation (Tousled-Like-Kinase-2), Morbus Canavan, familiäre Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit (CJK), das Prader-Willi-Syndrom (Mikrodeletionssyndrom am Chromosom 15) Pätau-Syndro...

The occurrence of the nephrotic syndrome during mycosis fungoide is very unusual. We report a rare case of mycosis fungoide revealed by hydrops related to nephrotic syndrom in a 37-year old male patient. He has been admitted to intensive care unit because of a breathing distress and a hydrophobs. Whole body computed tomography scan revealed bilateral axillary, cervical lymph nodes, tumoral infi...

60 consecutive patients (mean age: 80,7 yrs; s.d.: 6,1 yrs; range 70-94 yrs) referred to a geriatric medicine department with syncope or dizziness were proposectively compared with 40 age and sex matched controls. A battery of non-invasive investigations including tilt-test, glycemia, 12 lead ecg., eeg, 24 hour ambulatory ecg recording,. M--mode echocardiogram and cervical Doppler velocimetry w...

This study examines the timeliness of write-downs taken by U.S. financial institutions during the financial crisis of 2007-2008. The timeliness of write-downs is measured by benchmarking the quarterly accounting write-down schedule with the devaluation schedule implied by credit indices such as the ABX. The results show that accounting write-downs are less timely than the devaluations implied b...