Survey of Neonates in Pomerania (SniP): a population based analysis of the mothers' quality of life after delivery with special relations to their social integration.

Objectives: Women's overall quality of life prior to delivery and the changes expected by the mothers within the near future have been analyzed addressing items like employment, finances, housing and relationships to family, friends and neighbours.

Methods: Population based women were asked to answer a questionnaire (Survey of Neonates in Pomerania - SNIP) during their stay at the hospital after delivery. The area studied is North-East Germany.

Morbus Wilson: Case report of a two-year-old child as first manifestation.

Morbus Wilson, or Wilson's disease, is a genetic disease of copper metabolism. Usually the disease is detected when the first clinical symptoms appear, generally not before 5 years of age. This case report shows that the disease can be detected much earlier if abnormal laboratory findings in the patient's history prompt further investigations.