MARCH-APRIL 2012, VOLUME 29, No 2

CONTENTS

37th panhellenic medical congress

The doctor as a man of letters
F. Pavlatos
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reviews

Healing environment and evidence-based design (EBD):
The international experience and the case of Greece
E. Sklavou, I. Tzouvadakis
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Definitions and causative factors of psychological violence
in the workplace and their role in the risk assessment of mobbing
D. Toukas, M. Delichas, A. Karageorgiou
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Long-term exposure to environmental tobacco smoke:
Assessment and contributing factors
M. Misailidi, A.D. Flouris
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Novel therapies for diabetes mellitus
A.K. Papazafiropoulou, M.S. Kardara, S.I. Pappas
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original papers

Research of quality of life in students of programmes
of postgraduate studies in Public Health
Μ. Velana, Α. Barbouni, Κ. Merakou, C. Koutis, T. Kremastinou
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A preliminary report on phospholipase A2 acidic 1 precursors
for the detection of antibody coated platelets
S. Soogarun, P. Sangvanich, S. Chanprasert, Y. Suwanwong,
D. Nanthakomol, A. Palasuwan, V. Wiwanitkit, S. Sangsuthum

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An audit of end-stage renal disease in a tertiary care hospital
M.A. Tashkandy, Z.J. Gazzaz, K.O. Dhafar, O. Maimini, H.A. Shaker, M.U. Farooq
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The effect of anesthesia on the neuroendocrine response
after median subumbilical incision
Experimental study in pigs
G. Papakitsos, A. Kapsali, T. Papakitsou, L. Papadimitriou, I. Donda, S. Stergiopoulos, D. Perrea
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case report

Intestinal obstruction in a Spigelian hernia with a concomitant jejunal diverticulum
Κ. Paschos, Κ. Mpoulas, Χ. Vrakas
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special articles

Patient adherence to therapy for hepatitis C
E. Patelarou, H. Brokalaki, I. Elefsiniotis, S. Dourakis
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Hospital mergers in Europe: The experience of Greece and future prospects
K. Tsavalias, O. Siskou, L. Liaropoulos
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applied medical research

"Case-control" studies
P. Galanis
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history of medicine

Favism. A brief history from the "abstain from beans" of Pythagoras to the present
J. Meletis
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continuing medical education

Medical Imaging Quiz – Case 23
M. Kelogrigoris, K. Stathopoulos, N. Sidiropoulou, P. Filippousis, L. Thanos
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Medical Imaging Quiz – Case 24
K. Arkoudi, S. Mylona, A. Anagnostara, N. Roppa-Lepida
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Acid-Base Balance-Electrolyte Quiz – Case 24
M. Elisaf, G. Miltiadous
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Electrocardiogram Quiz – Case 4
E. Petrou, V. Karali, I. Kakoulidis, P. Mantzouratou, A. Mitropoulou, G. Boutos, D. Mantzouratos
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Vascular Diseases Quiz – Case 19
S. Lioudaki, E. Psathas, M. Doulaptsis, A. Katsargyris, C. Klonaris
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