Karl F Masuhr

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Do you have new experience with Typus melancholicus (TM) considered as an indicator to prevent the development of depressive episodes?

The review of the literature shows, that in spite of being a concept that comes from the middle of the last century (Hubertus Tellenbach, 1914-1994), Typus melancholicus (TM) continues to be...

10 March 2015 2,053 12 View

The use of ASS for primary prevention of cerebrovascular disease does not reduce the risk of brain infarction - without any exception?

The use of acetylsalicylic acid (ASS) is the standard therapy for secondary prevention following atherotrombotic brain infarction or myocardial infarction. Due to the...

16 October 2014 8,849 10 View

Can neuropathic pain be distinguished from non-neuropathic pain?

I'm writing a paper: The neuropathic pain - diagnosis, therapy and prevention, and would be very glad to understand the real difference between somatic nociceptive and neuropathic pain. Who can...

02 August 2014 6,990 25 View

How do you classify the subjective body symptoms? Can they replace the "Somatoform Disorders" category?

Since negative bodily sensations, as subjective phenomena, can be observed by listening to the patients’ descriptions, systematic attention to the sensations means a distinct re-evaluation of our...

09 September 2013 7,209 13 View

Pretending to be dead is common both to animals and to man. Can you give me an example for feigning death according to your experience or literature?

Two basic types of reactions were designated by Ernst Kretschmer as "biological radicals": “Totstellreflex” (feigning death) and “Bewegungssturm” (motion storm), published in 1923: "Hysterie,...

28 June 2013 1,906 11 View

Sinus venous thrombosis (SVT) as post-abortion complication is seldom reported . What is your experience?

Postpartal cerebral sinus venous thrombosis shows a relatively high prevalence. However, pregnancies with spontaneous or medical abortions, having a remarkable risk for SVT, too, are not often...

28 June 2013 9,707 1 View

What is in your opinion the best therapeutic strategy in Whipple’s Disease?

More than 100 years after its first description, the diagnosis and treatment of Whipple's disease is still a subject of controversy (Schneider, T. et al. : Whipple's disease: new aspects of...

25 June 2013 2,456 5 View

What is your experience with FBSS concerning low back pain and radiculopathy?

1/3 of patients with cervical/lumbar radicolopathy show a FBSS („failed back surgery syndrome“). What is your experience with "postdiskektomie"- or "postnukleotomie-Syndromes" in neurosurgery and...

12 June 2013 9,948 15 View