OBJECTIVE In diabetic foot ulcers, wound fluid inflammatory mediators have previously been proposed as surrogate markers for nonhealing. However, currently available wound fluid sampling techniques are not suitable for clinical practice due to low levels of exudate and a high logistical effort. The aim of this investigation was to assess 1) the technique of superficial wound swabbing for harves...

Cerebrovascular deposition of amyloid (cerebral amyloid angiopathy CAA) is most commonly recognized as a cause of spontaneous lobar intracerebral hemorrhage. On the basis of the noninvasive new MR imaging we would propose superficial cortical hemosiderosis and subarachnoid hemosiderosis as potentially useful new criteria to facilitate the diagnosis of CAA.

Different views of learning and what it means to follow rules are discussed. The activities, the language and context of expertise and knowledge have traditionally often been neglected and underestimated as something ancillary to the real knowledge which lies "beyond" such surface manifestations and viewed as at most means to learn the knowledge beyond these aspects. The primacy of these aspect...

CE Superficial necrolytic dermatitis (SND) is a rare disease that is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of dermatologic diseases. SND affects middle-aged or older dogs and is characterized by crusting and scaling of the skin. Hyperkeratosis of the footpads is often present. In dogs, the disease is most commonly associated with a hepatopathy. SND bears a striking resemblance to necro...