A medical student trapped behind the Berlin Wall, 1961.

Life in science

i was born in 1936 in Berlin, germany. i attended the collège Français Berlin, a historical school where all the classes are taught in French. although living in east Berlin, i studied medicine at the Free university of Berlin, located in west Berlin, from which i graduated in 1961. in 1959, i started working on my doctoral thesis, which i defended in 1962, at the institute of hygiene of the un...

The Motility of the Small Intestine.

The Prognosis of Crohn's Disease of the Small Intestine.

Nanomaterial Containing Wall Paints Can Increase Radon Concentration in Houses Located in Radon Prone Areas

Background: Nowadays, extensive technological advancements have made it possible to use nanopaints which show exciting properties. In IR Iran excessive radon levels (up to 3700 Bq m–3) have been reported in homes located in radon prone areas. Over the past decades, concerns have been raised about the risk posed by resi- dential radon exposure.Objective: This study aims at investigating the ef...

Traumatic Perforation of a Pacemaker Generator into the Abdominal Cavity

We report a case of a pacemaker generator of an epicardial system migrated into the abdominal cavity due to a traffic accident and its subsequent retrieval with a laparoscopic technique in an adult patient. The retrieval of the dislocated pacemaker proceeded without any incident. The pacemaker generator was placed in a parasternal subpectoral pocket on the left chest wall, which makes another p...