The comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and other DSM-III-R axis II personality disorders.

Objective: This study examines the comorbidity of DSM-III-R borderline personality disorder and the other axis II personality disorders. The extent and direction of overlap provides a measure of the clarity of its diagnostic boundaries and descriptive validity.

Method: In 110 outpatients without concurrent major axis I conditions, axis II diagnoses were assessed in semistructured format and all DSM-III-R personality disorder criteria were rated.

[Differentiation of hematuria by phase contrast microscopy studies of urine erythrocytes].

The results of phase-contrast microscopic investigations of urinary erythrocytes in 300 patients (120 patients with bioptical verified glomerulonephritis, 54 patients suffering from interstitial nephritis, 56 patients with urinary tract diseases and 70 healthy probands) are discussed. The portion of glomerular erythrocytes is dependent on diuresis, renal function and activity of glomerulonephritis. This non-invasive procedure is quick and easy practicable and its results are reliable (sensitivity and specifity of more than 90%).

Abuse of the child and anxiety in the adult.

We report on the early development and family background of 20 patients admitted to an anxiety disorders clinic serving a disadvantaged population. Sixteen of these 20 patients had been abused or neglected. Nineteen had a diagnosis of at least one personality disorder.

Boxing injuries: neurologic, radiologic, and neuropsychologic evaluation.

Boxing is an endeavor that may have to be re-evaluated in the coming years as to whether it should be designated as a sport. It is the only "sport" in which victory is determined by the amount of physical damage done to the opponent. We have presented the largest number of professional and amateur boxers (58) evaluated by various modern diagnostic modalities and have unequivocally demonstrated the deleterious effects of boxing upon the brain.

Brain damage in modern boxers.

Eighteen former and active boxers underwent neurological examination, EEG, computed tomographic scan of the brain, and neuropsychological testing. Eighty-seven percent of the professional boxers had definite evidence of brain damage. All the boxers had abnormal results on at least one of the neuropsychological tests.