Rivista di formazione e aggiornamento professionale del pediatra e del medico di base, fondata nel 1982. In collaborazione con l'Associazione Culturale Pediatri.
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Neonatal Screening

123 articoli — 1997-2026

RI Problemi speciali
Guida essenziale alla gestione nutrizionale nello scompenso metabolico acuto in Pediatria

Cimador V, Candela E, Pancaldi C, Biasucci G, Bortolamedi E, Ortolano R, Baronio F, Lanari M.

2026/3 — pag. 161-166 — DOI

Background - Inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) are a heterogeneous group of rare disorders in which nutritional management is the cornerstone of therapy, both in chronic and acute phases. In cases of acute metabolic decompensation, the timely imple...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Diagnosi e gestione precoce del neonato con familiarità per disordine congenito dell'immunità

Laudante U, Falco G, Ferrandino C, Romano AC, Turchetti F, Romano R, Giardino G

2026/1 — pag. 23-23 — DOI

This study examines the role of early diagnosis in managing inborn errors of immunity, which are often characterised by early onset and high mortality. By analysing data from 15 patients with a positive family history, the research evaluated the util...

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Screening genomici neonatali: opportunità e sfide etiche

De Curtis M.

2025/10 — pag. 643-645 — DOI

Neonatal screening is one of the most significant achievements in preventive medicine that enables the early detection and treatment of many rare metabolic and genetic disorders. The introduction of exome (WES) and genome (WGS) sequencing now offers ...

RI Problemi speciali
Anche il naso vuole la sua parte: quando l’odore può essere diagnostico

Candela E, Tagliaferri F, Baldo F.

2025/8 — pag. 503-506 — DOI

The distinctive body smell of a newborn or a child may be the sign of an underlying inherited metabolic disorder, and sometimes even the sole diagnostic key to identify severe genetic conditions in life or death situations (such as a coma). A quick r...

RI Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Facciamo il punto sull’anemia falciforme

Tessitore A, Cuzzubbo D, Russo G.

2025/5 — pag. 296-298 — DOI

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an increasingly relevant condition in Italy due to rising immigration from high-prevalence regions. Early diagnosis through newborn screening and comprehensive management - including hydroxyurea, antibiotic prophylaxis, t...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Un caso di FPIES in paziente alimentata con latte di formula per galattosemia

Fumagalli R, Crescitelli V, Barzaghi S, Pretese R, Lazzerotti A, Gasperini S.

2024/9 — pag. 597-600 — DOI

Soy-derived proteins are a known trigger for Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. The authors present the case of a sly onset of chronic FPIES in a newborn fed by soy-based formula. The baby’s nutrition was switched to infant formula to avoid...

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Un caso di FPIES in paziente alimentata con latte di formula per galattosemia

Fumagalli R, Crescitelli V, Barzaghi S, Pretese R, Lazzerotti A, Gasperini S

2024/9 — pag. 168-170 — DOI

Soy-derived proteins are a known trigger for Food Protein Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome. The authors present the case of a sly onset of chronic FPIES in a newborn fed by soy-based formula. The baby’s nutrition was switched to infant formula to avoid...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Anticipare il futuro (di circa otto anni) per provare a cambiarlo

Di Cataldo G, Gauci MC, Gammeri C, Dierna F, Ferrera G, Gambilonghi F, Meli C

2024/7 — pag. 141-141 — DOI

A 14-day-old infant was diagnosed with classical homocystinuria through extended newborn screening after detecting hypermethioninemia and elevated homocysteine levels. The infant exhibited feeding difficulties and poor general health. Following a low...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Una diagnosi difficile da accettare

Vrinceanu AM

2024/7 — pag. 139-139 — DOI

An 18-month-old girl presented with low weight. Her parents denied her sickle cell anaemia diagnosis, confirmed at birth and neglected in treatment. Social and legal intervention was needed to ensure disease management. The case emphasizes the import...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Colestasi neonatale e fibrosi cistica

Maggiore G.

2024/6 — pag. 116-117 — DOI

The diagnosis of cystic fibrosis was eventually made in a one-month-old infant with cholestasis. The newborn screening for cystic fibrosis had been falsely negative....

RI Il commento
Screening e comunicazione

Baronciani D.

2024/4 — pag. 249-250 — DOI

RI Aggiornamento
Difetti congeniti dell’immunità: non solo le vecchie immunodeficienze

Tommasini A, Valencic E, Naviglio S.

2024/4 — pag. 219-226 — DOI

Inborn errors of immunity are a rapidly-developing area of clinical study. Based on the description of a small set of disorders with a significant risk of infection that may be identified with a small number of lab tests, the definition has been expa...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Sferocitosi: una famiglia... tre malattie!

Ferrara D, Giordano C, Borsellino Z, Cuccia L, Ruffo GB, Corsello G.

2024/1 — pag. 54-57 — DOI

The paper describes the cases of three siblings affected by Hereditary Spherocytosis (HS). The different clinical presentations in the same family are examples of the heterogeneity of this pathology. HS is a common inherited type of haemolytic anaemi...

RI Aggiornamento
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...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Il gioco delle parti: bronchiolite e drepanocitosi

Izzo BPE, Radice C, Pelliccia V, Graziani V, Marchetti F

2023/9 — pag. 200-200 — DOI

The case of a 2-month-old Senegalese infant with severe anaemia and RSV-related bronchiolitis is described. The Authors stress the role of common infections in leading to the diagnosis of sickle cell anaemia....

RI Problemi speciali
Disordini tiroidei nel bambino e nell’adolescente con trisomia 21

Molinari S, Fossati F, Gazzarri A, Lazzerotti A, Barzaghi S, Ocello L, Grimaldi C, Nicolosi ML, Biondi A, Cattoni A.

2023/6 — pag. 374-380 — DOI

Thyroid function disorders are the most frequently detected medical complication among patients with trisomy 21, with a reported prevalence ranging from 4-8% in childhood to 50% or more in adulthood. Over 1% of newborns with Down syndrome show clinic...

EL Ricerca
Infezione congenita da citomegalovirus e ipoacusia

Gambacorta V, Orzan E, Lapenna R, Ricci G

2022/10 — pag. 195-199 — DOI

Background - Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common of congenital infections, with a prevalence of 0.3-1.2% in industrialized countries and is the most frequent non-genetic cause of permanent hearing loss in children, with an incidence ra...

RI Editoriali
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La Genetica democratica

Marchetti F.

2022/5 — pag. 279-280 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
La storia dell’atrofia muscolare spinale: questione di tempo

Sutera M, Bruno I

2022/4 — pag. 255-258 — DOI

The authors present the case of a girl diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and discuss how the new therapeutic approaches may change the prospect of life of the affected patients....

RI Problemi speciali
Diagnosi delle colestasi neonatali e infantili

Maggiore G, Della Corte C.

2022/4 — pag. 244-248 — DOI

Neonatal and infantile cholestasis (NIC) may represent the onset of a surgically correctable disease and of a genetic or metabolic disorder worthy of medical treatment. Timely recognition of NIC and identification of the underlying aetiology are para...

RI L'angolo degli specializzandi
Ipoglicemie neonatali: dal sapere al saper fare

Schiulaz I, Paviotti G.

2022/1 — pag. 47-50 — DOI

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L’omocistinuria classica in età pediatrica

Ravaglia A, Costagliola G, Spada M

2021/10 — pag. 309-313 — DOI

Classical homocystinuria is an inborn error of methionin metabolism. It is characterized by an accumulation of homocysteine, due to a deficiency of the enzyme involved in its metabolism, namely cystathionine beta synthase. If not treated, the increas...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Le masse surrenaliche nella sindrome di Beckwith-Wiedemann: un algoritmo diagnostico

Borraccetti N, Bruno I, Lambertini AG, Casadio L, Radice C, Donati I, Piccinini G, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/5 — pag. 333-334 — DOI

Children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWs) have an increased risk of developing embryonic tumours during the first few years of life. Predisposition to the development of tumours is closely related to molecular subtype and therefore the cancer s...

EL Il punto su
Le masse surrenaliche nella sindrome di Beckwith-Wiedemann: un algoritmo diagnostico

Borraccetti N, Bruno I, Lambertini AG, Casadio L, Radice C, Donati I, Piccinini G, Minguzzi MT, Marchetti F

2021/5 — pag. 150-153 — DOI

Children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWs) have an increased risk of developing embryonic tumours during the first few years of life. Predisposition to the development of tumours is closely related to molecular subtype and therefore the cancer s...

RI Problemi speciali
L’inquadramento delle ipoacusie in epoca neonatale e pediatrica

A. Feresin, M. Bevacqua, G. Del Piero, P. Staffa, E. Barbi, E. Orzan

2020/8 — pag. 505-511 — DOI

Conductive, mild-moderate hearing impairment in children is a very frequent condition after newborn hearing screening that easily leads to misdiagnosis. Conductive hearing impairment needs an accurate differential diagnosis to avoid inadequate treatm...

RI Il graffio
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L’Europa al tempo del coronavirus

2020/3 — pag. 147

RI Problemi speciali
AAA tiroide cercasi

A. Trombetta, G. Tamaro, F. Alberti, G. Tornese

2019/9 — pag. 573-576

The paper presents the case of a newborn with congenital hypothyroidism and iatrogenic hyperthyroidism after replacement treatment at proper dosage was started. Laboratory findings suggested the diagnosis of ectopic thyroid gland that was confirmed...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Galattosemia e lieto fine: importanza dello screening neonatale allargato

L. Pecoraro, E. Rigotti, A. Dianin, G. Gugelmo, G. Rodella, I. Monge, E. Tadiotto, M. Clemente, A. Bordugo

2019/1 — pag. 12-12

RI Editoriali
La fibrosi cistica nel 2017

B.M. Assael

2017/2 — pag. 75-77

RI Pediatria flash
Glutarico-aciduria di tipo 1

V. Carrato

2017/1 — pag. 44-46

RI Casi indimenticabili
Persone dietro lo screening... per la fibrosi cistica

G. Boschi

2016/9 — pag. 596-598

RI Casi indimenticabili
Il gene del G6PD, le varianti cliniche e... la minestrina della nonna

M.L. Tortorella, F. Colonna, L. Fanti

2016/8 — pag. 526-528

RI Il commento
L’ipoacusia: dalla diagnosi alla presa in carico

E. Orzan

2016/7 — pag. 458

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Screening e sorveglianza dell’ipoacusia in Friuli Venezia Giulia

M. Gregori

2016/6

EL Casi indimenticabili
Un colpo d’occhio… siculo

M.C. Lia, I. Giuseppin, A. Tonetto, P.G. Flora

2015/7

RI Casi indimenticabili
La concessione del telefono, ossia una mamma testarda, una pediatra ostinata

M.G. Stabile

2015/1 — pag. 50-52

RI Pagine elettroniche
Diagnosi di malattia di Pompe nel neonato

C. Amador, M. Sacchini, E. Agostini, E. Procopio, E. Laudani, P. Fiorini

2014/6 — pag. 397-399

Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive storage disorder caused by a deficiency in the enzyme α-glucosidase, resulting in intralysosomal glycogen accumulation in skeletal and cardiac muscle. The classic infantile form is characterized by progres...

RI Aggiornamento
Ipoacusia infantile permanente

E. Orzan, E. Ciciriello, R. Marchi, F. Ruta, F. Ceschin, C. Marchese, C. Falzone, G. Canteri, P. Bolzonello

2014/6 — pag. 361-368

Newborn hearing screening programmes, voluntarily carried out or regulated by regional norms, have developed themselves into a standardized health organization system in several Italian regions in a few years. Hospital-based programmes are generall...

EL Caso contributivo
Diagnosi di malattia di Pompe nel neonato

C. Amador, M. Sacchini, E. Agostini, E. Procopio, E. Laudani, P. Fiorini

2014/6

Pompe disease is an autosomal recessive storage disorder caused by a deficiency in the enzyme α-glucosidase, resulting in intralysosomal glycogen accumulation in skeletal and cardiac muscle. The classic infantile form is characterized by progres...

RI Casi indimenticabili
La fibrosi cistica al tempo dello screening

F. Marchetti, G. Vieni, F. Pugliese, I. Venturi, V. Poletti, M. Ambroni, F. Battistini

2014/1 — pag. 49-51

RI Domande e risposte
Screening uditivo Vaccino anti-meningococcico di tipo B

2013/8 — pag. 532

RI Aggiornamento
La mucopolisaccaridosi di tipo I: l’importanza di una diagnosi precoce ai fini dei recenti progressi terapeutici

G. Andria, M. Caniglia, M. Castorina, G.V. Coppa, M. Di Rocco, C. Dionisi Vici, O. Gabrielli, E. Lanino, C. Messina, F. Papadia, R. Parini, A. Rovelli, M. Scarpa, M. Sibilio, M. Spada

2012/6 — pag. 361-370

The present contribution proposes a monograph on Mucopolysaccharidosis type I for the paediatrician. Mucopolysaccharidosis I is one of the most frequent forms of lysosomal storage diseases and is characterized by a wide range of clinical presentati...

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Le patologie della tiroide nell’infanzia e nell’adolescenza

F. Chiarelli, S. Agostinelli

2012/3 — pag. 157-167

Thyroid diseases are the most common endocrinopathies in childhood and adolescence. Congenital hypothyroidism affects infants from birth. The neurocognitive outcome of these patients has been much improved with the newborn screening programmes. Aut...

RI Problemi speciali
Il deficit di glucosio-6-fosfato deidrogenasi

M. Bramuzzo, S. Lega, I. Bruno

2011/10 — pag. 648-652

Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked inherited disorder and it is the most common enzymatic defect in the world. G6PD is an enzyme involved in the genesis of NADPH which preserves the cells from oxidative stress. G6PD de...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Uno screening traditore

I. Giuseppin

2011/9

RI Pediatria flash
Trucchi del mestiere in oftalmologia

2011/7 — pag. 462-463

RI Pediatria flash
I difetti di ossidazione degli acidi grassi

2010/8 — pag. 527-528

RI Pediatria flash
La fenilchetonuria

2010/7 — pag. 461-462

RI Aggiornamento
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...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Atresia delle vie biliari: quali insidie per il pediatra?

R. Iorio, A.M. Salzano, F. Cirillo, G. Vallone

2009/4 — pag. 224-231

Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common pediatric cause of cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease and indication for liver transplantation. The clinical presentation is characterized by jaundice with yellow or dark urine and pale stools, which eventually...

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Il riflesso rosso nel neonato, nel lattante e nel bambino

G. Bartolozzi

2009/1

RI Linee guida
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Il test del sudore

A CURA DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA FIBROSI CISTICA

2007/8 — pag. 512-516

The quantitative measurement of sweat electrolytes following stimulation by pilocarpine iontophoresis remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of both classical, atypical forms of CF and the so called CF related diseases also in the genomic era. I...

EL Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Accesso libero
Le Raccomandazioni italiane sul Test del Sudore

A cura della Società Italiana Fibrosi Cistica

2007/7

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Il Neuroblastoma (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2007/7

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
Accesso libero
Screening per la displasia evolutiva dell'ancaImpatto sull'outcome diagnostico e terapeutico su una popolazione di 6152 bambini

E. Mazzoleni, F. Braga, R. Pelizzari

2007/1

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Ricerca
Screening per la displasia evolutiva dell’anca

E. Mazzoleni, F. Braga, R. Pelizzari

2007/1 — pag. 51-53

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) is the most important congenital deformity with regard to its incidence, functional and aesthetical consequences and treatment difficulties. The objective of our study was to evaluate a population-based scr...

RI Aggiornamento
La dimissione del neonato fisiologico. Dalla revisione del problema a un possibile protocollo

Riccardo Davanzo, Cristina Brondello, Roberto Cerchio

2006/9 — pag. 562-569

In the last decades worldwide, the length of hospital stay for newborns and their mothers after childbirth has dramatically shortened mainly due to economical reasons. This choice may imply some risks for the newborn. The present article highlights t...

RI Focus
Quello che un pediatra deve sapere sulla fibrosi cistica

G. Magazzù e collaboratori

2006/3 — pag. 155-173

The medical care of the patient with CF is ideally carried out with the joint efforts of the CF Center specialists and the patient’s primary care physician (PCP). The implementation of a nation-wide neonatal screening may represent a unique opportuni...

RI Focus
Screening e malattia celiaca

T. Not

2005/7 — pag. 449-455

From the clinical and the epidemiological point of view, celiac disease may represent an appropriate disease model to apply a population based screening strategy. In the literature, the use of human tTG antibodies is described as an efficient scree...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Sindrome adreno-genitale congenita da deficit di 21-idrossilasi

A. Balsamo, A. Cicognani

2005/5 — pag. 293-301

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) refers to a group of inherited disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis. More than 90% of CAH is due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OH-D), found in 1:10.000 to 1:15.000 live births as classical form and detected i...

EL Seminari degli specializzandi
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L'ipotiroidismo dalla nascita in poi

I. Berti, I. Giuseppin, R. Meneghetti

2005/3

RI ABC
Il test del sudore

V. Kiren, L. Travan, E. Barth

2004/9 — pag. 573-577

RI Problemi correnti
La promozione dello sviluppo neonatale e infantile: l’approccio Brazelton

G. Rapisardi, A. Davidson

2003/3 — pag. 171-176

The Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale (NBAS) is a standardised tool to assess term newborn babies and young infants, based on the observation of the spontaneous behaviour of the baby and of his/her interaction with the caretaker. The tool is ai...

RI Aggiornamento
Il deficit di alfa1-antitripsina in età pediatrica

L. Giglio, I. Berti, C. Trevisiol

2003/3 — pag. 155-161

Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is an autosomal recessive disease, with more than 70 genetic variants, and a frequency which varies from 1:1000 to 1:5000, depending on genetic epidemiology and screening methods. The AATD involves primarily th...

RI Editoriali
La legge inversa dell’evidenza

G. Tamburlini

2003/1 — pag. 7-8

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
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Lo screening uditivo neonatale: un'esperienza a misura di Nido

M. C. Alberelli, L. Pavanello, E. Orzan.

2002/5

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Dalla clinica alla genetica: il percorso di una famiglia in un caso di sindrome di Rett

2002/5 — pag. 325-326

Report of a case of Rett’s syndrome: the family refused the diagnosis of Rett’s syndrome. Instead, it accepted the diagnosis of mercury neurotoxicity and the relevant treatment. Finally, it accepted the final molecular diagnosis posed by in si...

RI Pagine elettroniche
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Lo screening uditivo neonatale: una esperienza a misura di Nido

2002/5 — pag. 325-326

Report of an otoacoustic emissions screening carried out at a nursery. The cost calculated for each case of deep hearing loss identified at birth ranges from 1200 to 2400 Italian euro....

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Elettrocardiogramma gratis nel primo mese di vita, ovvero: il Ministro non legge M&B

F. Panizon

2000/8 — pag. 483

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
Etica per il pediatra

F. Panizon

1999/9 — pag. 535-536

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
L’ipotiroidismo congenito

G. Tonini, M. Lazzerini

1999/8 — pag. 481-488

The incidence of Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism (PCH) is about 1:2000. Most cases are due to a dysgenetic/ectopic thyroid. Only in a small minority of cases a defect in the iodine metabolism is present. Congenital hypothyroidism secondary to a d...

RI Organizzazione sanitaria
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I tre paradossi della dimissione precoce

D. Baronciani, R. Bellu’, R. Zanini

1999/3 — pag. 181-183

The evidence on the health consequences of early newborn discharge are reviewed. Most of the studies on early discharge are aimed at showing that early discharge is safe and that no serious negative side effects are produced, rather than showing an...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Fibrolipomatosi precalcaneale congenita:una curiosità che deve essere riconosciuta a prima vista

M. Cutrone

1999/1

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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Fibrosi cistica: dal gene alla pratica

L. Giglio, D. Faraguna

1999/1 — pag. 21-25

The identification of CF gene prompted several advances in the understanding of the disease, as well as practical improvements in the diagnosis. New perspectives are also open with respect to screening programs and therapeutic implications. At pres...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
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La displasia evolutiva dell’anca

G. Atti, P. Farina, P. Varni

1998/7 — pag. 431-438

Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) describes a wide range of hip abnormalities, from a shallow acetabulum to a dislocated hip. The abnormality can be present at birth but also occur at later stages. Without therapy, patients with completel...

RI Screening: luci e ombre
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L’ipoacusia neurosensoriale

D. Baronciani, A. Del Prete

1998/5 — pag. 327-329

RI Screening: luci e ombre
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Appunti per una nuova rubrica

D. Baronciani

1998/2 — pag. 109-112

RI Prevenzione
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A proposito dello screening uditivo

S. Chiappe

1997/3 — pag. 180-182

Although a screening approach is widely accepted as the method of choice for early detection of hearing loss in infants, in spite of recurring proposals of new methods, the “ideal” procedure has not yet been found. Thus, only limited success has...