Chemistry Techniques, Analytical

Screening neonatale esteso

Malni I, Candela E, Baldo F, Assirelli V, Daniotti M, Procopio E, Ruoppolo M, Pession A.

2023/9 — pag. 563-567 — DOI

Newborn screening is a test performed in the first days of life through which, just with some blood drops, it is possible to identify 49 conditions, including cystic fibrosis, congenital hypothyroidism, and numerous inborn errors of metabolism. The i...

Farmaci antiepilettici, vitamina D e mineralizzazione ossea: le evidenze e le azioni

Troisi A, Lama C, Iacono A, Ricciardelli P, Marchetti F

2021/4 — pag. 258-260 — DOI

The possible negative effects of antiepileptic drugs on bone metabolism with the consequent possible risks have been discussed in the literature for more than 30 years. Two reviews of the literature attempted to answer the following clinical question...

Farmaci antiepilettici, vitamina D e mineralizzazione ossea: le evidenze e le azioni

Troisi A, Lama C, Iacono A, Ricciardelli P, Marchetti F

2021/4 — pag. 124-128 — DOI

The possible negative effects of antiepileptic drugs on bone metabolism with the consequent possible risks have been discussed in the literature for more than 30 years. Two reviews of the literature attempted to answer the following clinical question...

Leucociti: più alti che bassi

D.U. De Rose, R. Badolato

2018/7 — pag. 435-439

Leukocytosis is a common finding in children evaluation. In order to highlight the underlying cause, it is necessary to investigate which leukocyte subset is involved. Usually, leukocytosis is observed in children with infectious diseases. However,...

Infezioni respiratorie severe e immunodeficienze primitive: un raro caso clinico

F. De Maddi, F. Antonelli, R. Sottile, M. Iafusco

2015/7 — pag. 465-467

The hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by elevated serum IgM levels and low to undetectable levels of serum IgG, IgA. These patients characteristically present with recurrent pulmonary infections and recurrent di...

Infezioni respiratorie severe e immunodeficienze primitive: un raro caso clinico

F. De Maddi, F. Antonelli, R. Sottile, M. Iafusco

2015/7

The hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by elevated serum IgM levels and low to undetectable levels of serum IgG, IgA. These patients characteristically present with recurrent pulmonary infections and recurrent di...

Le macchie di Giorgia

D. Viggiano

2015/2

Reticolociti: un parametro poco conosciuto e troppo poco utilizzato

U. Ramenghi, G. Ansaldi, M. Davitto, A. Mondino, C. Olivieri, R. Mazzone

2012/10 — pag. 649-651

The paper describes the usefulness of reticulocyte count in the diagnosis and management of anaemia. Reticulocytes are immature red cells that do not have the nucleus, but hold residual extranuclear RNA. In traditional morphologic examination, reti...

La picnocitosi infantile: una causa rara ma non infrequente di anemia emolitica neonatale severa

A.M. Aurino, R. Di Concilio, G. d’Urzo, M. Amendolara, C. Romano, G. Attianese, S. Mauriello, C. Di Filippo, G. Amendola

2011/3 — pag. 191-192

The diagnosis and treatment of six patients with infantile pyknocytosis are reported. The clinical course and the diagnostic work-up are shown. All the patients necessitated therapy: phototherapy in five patients and one red blood cell transfusion...

Screening neonatale metabolico allargatoIn arrivo una nuova realtà per la pediatria

I. Bruno, A. Ventura, A. Burlina

2010/7 — pag. 429-433

Newborn expanded screening is slowly starting in Italy. The programme will screen some rare, most metabolic, diseases that could be managed and treated better if diagnosed in the first days of life. The program has been adopted in many countries in...

Lo studio funzionale della corteccia cerebrale mediante la topografia ottica nel neonato

A. Clarici, S. Bembich, L. Travan, C. Oretti, C. Vecchiet, M. Bava, P. Brovedani, E. Neri, S. Massaccesi, T. Farroni, S. Demarini

2010/1 — pag. 41-46

Optical topography is a non-invasive functional brain imaging technique, which uses light in the near infra-red spectrum and allows to detect hemodynamic changes in the cerebral cortex. Specifically, it measures relative changes in oxygenated, de-o...

Osteoporosi nel bambino e nell'adolescente

G.I. Baroncelli, S. Bertelloni, F. Vierucci

2008/9 — pag. 563-569

Osteoporosis may affect children and adolescents with various disorders. Diagnosis is based on an accurate history and clinical examination in addition to radiologic and densitometric evaluation. Densitometric techniques have a key role in the diagno...

Nella fabbrica delle immagini: la risonanza magnetica

L. Dalla Palma

2007/7 — pag. 429-443

maging techniques such as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance or NMR, Positron Emission Tomography or PET, Single Photon Emission Tomography or SPECT and Magnetic Resonance Spectrography or MRS have contributed to understand the mechanisms of the different fo...

Progresso

F. Panizon

1997/2 — pag. 75-76