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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Adrenal Cortex Hormones

256 articoli — 1997-2026

RI Domande e risposte
Desametasone, dosaggio massimo

2026/2 — pag. 124 — DOI

RI Problemi speciali
La pitiriasi lichenoide in età pediatrica

Zago A, Mazzola S, Calligaris L, Berti I.

2026/2 — pag. 91-96 — DOI

Pityriasis lichenoides is a spectrum of dermatologic inflammatory conditions with an acute or chronic course. The characteristic lesions are multiple erythematous macules that evolve in inflammatory papules presenting at different evolutive stages, w...

EL Caso contributivo
Cardiopatia ipertrofica ostruttiva transitoria indotta da steroide: un caso oltre l'età neonatale

La Malfa G, Barbera G, Saia GF, Cardillo M, Scardino G, Sanfilippo MF, Comparato C

2026/2 — pag. 30-34 — DOI

Steroid-induced hypertrophic cardiopathy is a rare and transient condition, predominantly described in neonates receiving corticosteroid therapy for respiratory diseases. Although several case reports exist in literature, this clinical entity is poor...

RI Domande e risposte
Rinite allergica e trattamento farmacologico

2026/1 — pag. 59 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
Lesione anulare sulla punta del naso

Abbenante D, Bertolla D, Tabanelli M.

2026/1 — pag. 55-56 — DOI

A 7-year-old girl presented with an itchy annular lesion on the tip of her nose, characterized by raised edges and central clearing, which did not respond to topical corticosteroids. Mycological examination diagnosed tinea faciei caused by the fun...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
L’uso degli antibiotici, corticosteroidi e psicofarmaci in età pediatrica: riflessioni e azioni

Marchetti F.

2025/10 — pag. 646-650 — DOI

The 2024 OSMED Report on medication use in Italy highlights significant trends in paediatric prescriptions, with 50.9% of children under 18 receiving at least one prescription. Notably, there has been an increase in the use of antibiotics and inhaled...

RI Aggiornamento
La bronchite eosinofila

Longo G, Badina L, Berti I, Maschio M, Amaddeo A.

2025/8 — pag. 489-498 — DOI

Eosinophilic bronchitis is a clinical entity characterized by bronchial eosinophilic inflammation that clinically manifests only with chronic, essentially dry cough. Just like asthma, it responds well to inhaled corticosteroid therapy, but it differs...

RI Lettere
La bronchite eosinofila: la riconosci se la conosci

Thiebat E, Longo G.

2025/8 — pag. 488 — DOI

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una Kawasaki che mima una Guillain-Barré

Miotto D

2025/8 — pag. 220-221 — DOI

A 19-month-old boy presented with gait instability and lower limb weakness, initially suggestive of Guillain-Barré syndrome or transverse myelitis. Clinical features including fever, rash, conjunctivitis, sterile pyuria and elevated inflammation mark...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Quanti danni questi eosinofili!

Cannas M, Malaventura C

2025/8 — pag. 218-219 — DOI

A 15-year-old boy presented with abdominal pain, weight loss, ascites and marked eosinophilia. Work-up excluded infectious, autoimmune and neoplastic causes, leading to the diagnosis of hypereosinophilic syndrome with transmural panenteric involvemen...

RI Casi contributivi
Le diverse “facce” del parvovirus B19

Bloise S, Iacono A, Bruno I, Buffon S, Lasala V, Cocchi E, Marchetti F.

2025/4 — pag. 257-258 — DOI

Parvovirus B19 (B19V) is classically known as the etiologic agent of Fifth disease, typically characterised by mild symptoms (as fever, myalgias and headache), confluent erythema on the cheeks (“slapped cheeks”) and subsequent symmetrical reticulated...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Cardite subclinica e corea di Syndenham

De Pra S

2025/4 — pag. 96-96 — DOI

An 11-year-old boy presented with orofacial pain and involuntary movements. Elevated ASO titer and echocardiography showing mitral insufficiency led to the diagnosis of rheumatic fever with Sydenham’s chorea and subclinical carditis. Treatment with s...

RI Dermo mail
Psoriasi Psoriasi in placche

2025/3 — pag. 191 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Corticosteroidi topici nel trattamento della fimosi

Traunero A, Scarpa MG, Tornese G.

2025/2 — pag. 91-96 — DOI

Phimosis is the complete or partial inability to retract the foreskin over the glans. Usually, it is a physiological condition, present from birth, and in the majority of cases resolves with variable timing during growth. Pathological phimosis occurs...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Lupus eritematoso sistemico a esordio con embolia polmonare

La Cognata D, Ferrigno M, Nannola C, La Loggia N, Di Nora A, Smilari P, Timpanaro T

2025/2 — pag. 55-56 — DOI

A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized with persistent fever lasting 40 days, accompanied by fatigue, loss of appetite and muscle pain. After initial antibiotic treatment proved ineffective, further investigations revealed pulmonary embolism and cardiac...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Colecistite acuta da EBV

Favaretto E.

2025/1 — pag. 52-55 — DOI

The paper describes a rare instance of acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) in a 7-year-old boy caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Initially, he was suspected to have appendicitis, but subsequently imaging and laboratory tests revealed ACC...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Colecistite acuta da EBV

Favaretto E

2025/1 — pag. 21-22 — DOI

The paper describes a rare instance of acute acalculous cholecystitis (ACC) in a 7-year-old boy caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Initially, he was suspected to have appendicitis, but subsequently imaging and laboratory tests revealed ACC...

RI Domande e risposte
Asma e adolescenti: trattamento di fondo

2024/7 — pag. 471 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
Crisi celiaca: una complicanza rara e insidiosa della celiachia

Barca M, Boccia M, Improta M, Discepolo V

2024/4 — pag. 59-63 — DOI

Coeliac Crisis is an urgent and potentially fatal complication of Coeliac Disease (CeD), which is most frequent in early childhood. The crisis may occur at onset or develop in CeD patients with poor compliance to the gluten-free diet (GFD). Stress, s...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA)

Galeone MA, Riccio S, Marzuillo P, Guarino S, Errico ME, Villani S.

2024/3 — pag. 188 — DOI

The case of a 1-year-old boy affected by Pityriasis Lichenoides et Varioliformis Acuta (PLEVA) is described....

RI Pagine elettroniche
Paralisi periferica bilaterale del VII nervo cranico da infezione da virus di Epstein-Barr

Evasi V, Mariani E, Roncareggi S, Paredi M, Valsecchi N.

2023/10 — pag. 664-666 — DOI

Following a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection, a 4-year-old boy develops bilateral peripheral 7th cranial nerve palsy. Ruled out the other causes of bilateral facial palsy (first of all borreliosis), the cause of the paralysis is recognized in the...

EL Caso contributivo
Paralisi periferica bilaterale del VII nervo cranico da infezione da virus di Epstein-Barr

Evasi V, Mariani E, Roncareggi S, Paredi M, Valsecchi N

2023/10 — pag. 209-212 — DOI

Following a primary Epstein-Barr virus infection, a 4-year-old boy develops bilateral peripheral 7th cranial nerve palsy. Ruled out the other causes of bilateral facial palsy (first of all borreliosis), the cause of the paralysis is recognized in the...

EL Casi indimenticabili
"È intelligente ma non si applica": quando è solo una questione di anticorpi

Carnazzo SM, Balconara D, Caruso F, Ruggieri M, Falsaperla R

2023/9 — pag. 194-197 — DOI

A diagnosis of steroid responsive encephalitis associated to autoimmune thyroiditis (Hashimoto encephalitis) was eventually made in a child with complex tics and decline of school performance....

RI Dermo mail
Accesso libero
Porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

2023/7 — pag. 470 — DOI

RI Percorsi clinici
Una “vistosa” vasculite con edema, che riguarda gli arti e il viso e risparmia il tronco

Marchetti F, Izzo BPE, Scaioli M, Graziani V, Turlà G, Mambelli L.

2023/5 — pag. 301-305 — DOI

Acute haemorrhagic oedema of infancy (AHEI) is a small vessel vasculitis that affects boys between 4 months and 2 years. It presents with a characteristic purpuric skin rash but with marked bruising and “typical” localizations in auricles and is ofte...

RI Focus
Disordini demielinizzanti nel bambino e nell’adolescente: ADEM, neurite ottica e MOGAD

Dal Bo S, Ruscelli M, Cenni P, Piscaglia MG, D’Eliseo D, Marchetti F.

2023/4 — pag. 231-236 — DOI

The paper describes the case of a 4-year-old girl who presented with an episode of ADEM and, 8 years later, multiple relapses associated with optic neuritis. The patient resulted positive to anti-MOG antibodies. About a third of patients with an ADEM...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Esperienza clinica nella gestione delle bronchioliti in un reparto di Pediatria: graduale adeguamento alle linee guida

Spalice S, Occhiati L, Acampora E, Rosanio FM, Coppola D, Cozzolino T, Tarallo L

2023/3 — pag. 51-51 — DOI

Following the analysis of 69 cases, the author concludes that the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to bronchiolitis is still far from the international guidelines....

EL Caso contributivo
Le bolle che non ti aspetti: un raro caso di pemfigo volgare in età pediatrica

Benelli E, Demarin GC, Corneli P, Gatti A, Martelossi S

2023/2 — pag. 21-24 — DOI

A healthy 15-year-old boy in full well-being presents with multiple ulcerative lesions with an erosive appearance at the level of the oral cavity and the nasal mucosa. Two months after the onset, vesicular lesions also appear on the skin. As pemphigu...

RI Domande e risposte
Tosse secca persistente Asma e spirometria

2022/10 — pag. 659 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Il dupilumab nell’esofagite eosinofila: una nuova frontiera?

Mainetti M, Troisi A, Turlà G, Fontijn S, Rametta G, Buzzi A, Mussetto A, Marchetti F.

2022/9 — pag. 583-587 — DOI

Eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, immune-mediated or antigen-mediated oe-sophageal disease. Therapeutic first-line options currently available for EoE are elimina-tion diets, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) and steroids. The ultimate goal o...

RI Domande e risposte
PFAPA che ritorna Crescita staturo-ponderale

2022/7 — pag. 467 — DOI

RI Ricerca
Due anni di MIS-C: peculiarità cliniche e orizzonti terapeutici

Mambelli L, Uva A, Iacono A, Del Vecchio L, Bianchedi I, Nuzzo A, Malta B, Marchetti F.

2022/5 — pag. 299-306 — DOI

Introduction - MIS-C is the most relevant complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection and has an incidence of 1 case / 2,200 children and adolescents with previous infection. The clinical picture is characterized by a multiorgan involvement and an insuffici...

RI Dermo mail
Eczema costituzionale Onicomadesi

2022/1 — pag. 64 — DOI

EL Caso contributivo
Sindrome DRESS: da un caso clinico particolare alla rivisitazione della patologia

Manieri S, De Gregorio F, Mirauda MP, Colangelo C, Tagliente M, Abate R, Romaniello L, Lapolla R, Salvatore D

2022/1 — pag. 10-16 — DOI

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a severe multiorgan hypersensitivity reaction mostly caused by several eliciting drugs in patients with a genetic predisposition. Anti-convulsants are the main drugs involved b...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Trattamento corticosteroideo versus terapia convenzionale nella corea reumatica

Favaretto E, Gortani G, Simonini G

2021/10 — pag. 316-316 — DOI

The present retrospective observational study on thirty children with Sydenham chorea shows that steroid treatment seems to be more effective than symptomatic treatment in both clinical remission and clinical improvement of symptoms....

RI Aggiornamento
Pericarditi acute e ricorrenti in Pediatria

Della Paolera S, Favaretto E, Bobbo M, Barbi E, Gortani G

2021/7 — pag. 425-431 — DOI

Chest pain in children and adolescents is rarely associated with an underlying heart disease. How-ever, when it does occur, pericarditis is the most common cause. Most cases are of unknown origin (idiopathic) and mild. Up to 15-35% of paediatric pati...

RI Speciale
Asma e allergologia

Longo G, Badina L

2021/26 — pag. 2 — DOI

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Tutto quello che il pediatra dovrebbe sapere sul mepolizumab

Prisco A, Carlone G, Maschio M, Badina L, Barbi E

2021/6 — pag. 374-378 — DOI

Mepolizumab, a monoclonal antibody blocking IL-5, is efficacious in the treatment of severe lung diseases sharing eosinophilic inflammation pattern. The paper describes two cases in which the drug was used with excellent results. The first involved a...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Interessamento genitale della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

Tovaglieri N, Amariti R, Loiacono F, De Giacomo C

2021/3 — pag. 196-199 — DOI

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a paediatric vasculitis, affecting several organs. Purpura is typically found on posterior surface of lower limbs and is more often associated with joint, abdominal and kidney involvement. The paper reports a case of...

EL Caso contributivo
Interessamento genitale della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

Tovaglieri N, Amariti R, Loiacono F, De Giacomo C

2021/3 — pag. 73-74 — DOI

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a paediatric vasculitis, affecting several organs. Purpura is typically found on posterior surface of lower limbs and is more often associated with joint, abdominal and kidney involvement. The paper reports a case o...

RI L'angolo degli specializzandi
Sindrome nefrosica: raccomandazioni terapeutiche oltre le linee guida SINePe

E. Conversano, A.M.C. Galimberti, M. Bevacqua

2020/9 — pag. 591-595 — DOI

RI Problemi speciali
La granulomatosi eosinofilica con poliangioite: dalla pelle al cuore

M. Pavan, A. Agrusti, A. Trombetta, S. Pastore, A. Tommasini, V. Moressa, F. Marchetti, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2020/9 — pag. 569-574 — DOI

Background - Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis, formerly known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, is an extremely rare systemic vasculitis in the paediatric population. The hallmarks of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis are a long his...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una corea al 30%

E. Conversano, G. Gortani

2020/9 — pag. 238-238 — DOI

RI Casi indimenticabili
NAPA: Non-Atopic Persistent Asthma

L. Levantino

2020/8 — pag. 531-532 — DOI

RI Dermo mail
Psoriasi Lichen striato

2020/7 — pag. 469 — DOI

EL Casi indimenticabili
Sembrava una Kawasaki, era una panarterite nodosa

J. Trombatore, R. Gallizzi

2020/3 — pag. 58-58

RI Domande e risposte
Naso sempre chiuso, disturbi somatoformi

2020/2 — pag. 131

EL Casi indimenticabili
Occhio.... al cortisone

P. Pecile

2020/2 — pag. 30-30

EL Casi indimenticabili
Io ballo da solo: la corea reumatica

I. Giuseppin, M. Torresin

2020/1 — pag. 10-11

RI Consensus
La sindrome nefrosica in età pediatrica

Consensus della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2019/9 — pag. 577-588

In Italy are not guidelines for the management of idiopathic nephrotic syndrome (NS) in paediatric age. The choice of a treatment with steroids has always been based on the clinical experience of each centre. The present Consensus of the Italian Paed...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Una celiachia con invaginazioni intestinali ricorrenti

M. Mainetti, V. Graziani, C. Radice, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, F. Marchetti

2019/6 — pag. 391-392

The paper presents the case of a 22-month-old child with an acute onset of coeliac disease and recurrent intussusception. A prevalence of around 1% of intestinal intussusception in children with a new diagnosis of coeliac disease is described in the ...

EL Caso contributivo
Una celiachia con invaginazioni intestinali ricorrenti

M. Mainetti, V. Graziani, C. Radice, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, F. Marchetti

2019/6 — pag. 119-122

The paper presents the case of a 22-month-old child with an acute onset of coeliac disease and recurrent intussusception. A prevalence of around 1% of intestinal intussusception in children with a new diagnosis of coeliac disease is described in the ...

RI Aggiornamento
Anafilassi: miti, fatti e controversie

G. Vieni, M.R. Genovese, L. Biserna, G. Graziani, I. Berti, F. Marchetti

2019/3 — pag. 154-160

Anaphylaxis is a condition that produces great anxiety throughout the scientific community and that often causes a significant impairment of the quality of life of patients and their families. The present article critically reports all the (false) ...

RI Problemi speciali
Sindrome TINU: dall’occhio al rene andata e ritorno

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, G. Gortani, S. Pastore, S. Pensiero, M. Pennesi, A. Filpo, E. Valletta, A. Ventura

2019/2 — pag. 103-107

TINU stands for TubuloInterstitial Nephritis and Uveitis syndrome. The effective incidence of the disease is unknown, but it probably still remains largely underestimated. This can be explained by the frequent existence of a time-gap between the oc...

RI Ricerca
La bronchiolite: aderenza alle linee guida

M. Rezzuto, C. Russo, C. Mandato, D. De Brasi, F. Savoia, P. Siani

2018/10 — pag. 641-646

Background - Bronchiolitis is the most common infection of the lower respiratory tract during the first year of life. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) guidelines and the Italian Society of Paediatrics (SIP) Consensus underline that the diagno...

RI Domande e risposte
Asma prescolare Fenotipi e trattamento

2018/9 — pag. 597

RI Aggiornamento
Corea reumatica: tre “C” che dicono tutto

F. Baldo, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2018/5 — pag. 295-300

Although Sydenham’s chorea is an uncommon manifestation of rheumatic fever, it is still the most frequent cause of chorea in children. It is characterized by the sudden appearance of involuntary and disturbing movements of the upper and lower body,...

RI Editoriali
Il cortisone nel viral wheezing dell’età prescolare

G. Longo

2018/2 — pag. 76-77

RI Problemi speciali
Eritema nodoso: uno, nessuno, centomila

L. Cortellazzo Wiel, G. Ventura, I. Berti, M. Bramuzzo, E. Da Dalt, M. Londero, A. Ventura

2017/10 — pag. 637-640

Erythema nodosum is a relatively common form of panniculitis in children. The diagnosis is clinical, based upon the presence of painful erithematous nodules or plaques. Tuberculosis should be always suspected (“one”) but other infective or immunolo...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Uno strano ballo… da corea reumatica

V. Di Ruscio

2017/10

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Quando la rettocolite ulcerosa diventa una sfida per il medico

G.M. Sciarrabone, M. Citrano, R. Ganci, M. Violante, N. Cassata

2017/8

RI L'esperienza che insegna
Quando l’asma è “difficile”: il ruolo dell’omalizumab

G. Vieni, L. Biserna, F. Marchetti

2017/3 — pag. 177-181

The percentage of asthmatic children with severe asthma is low (< 5%). Children with severe asthma require treatment with high dose of inhaled steroids plus a second controller and/or systemic steroids to control symptoms. They can also remain unco...

RI Aggiornamento
Kawasaki facile e difficile

E. Benelli, S. Carbogno, N.S. Carucci, M. Gori, E. Marrani, M. Melis, M.C. Pellegrin

2017/3 — pag. 155-162

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis that typically affects children of 2-5 years of age and whose diagnosis and treatment are usually easy, as described in the first case report. Anyway, in spite of adequate therapy, 10-15% of patients d...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una dispnea con troppi eosinofili

M. Massaro, C. Bibalo

2017/3

EL Casi indimenticabili
Le ondate della psoriasi guttata

F. Bandera

2017/3

EL Caso contributivo
Kawasaki disease shock syndrome: una rara modalità di presentazione della malattia

N. Sardi, C. Galletto, L. Besenzon

2017/3

Kawasaki disease shock syndrome is a rare and severe condition related to Kawasaki disease (KD), frequently difficult to diagnose, defined as the presence of any of the following conditions: systolic hypotension (< -2 SD blood pressure defined for ag...

RI L'angolo degli specializzandi
L’asma a 360°

A. Canuto

2016/9 — pag. 599-601

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Il trattamento della sindrome nefrosica cortico-sensibile

V. Murgia, F. Pugliese, F. Emma, G. Montini, M. Pennesi

2016/5 — pag. 297-302

Nephrotic cortico-sensitive syndrome is a chronic disease difficult to manage. Indeed, it presents a relapse risk in about 90% of cases and it may develop steroid dependence/ frequent relapse in about 50% of children. The nephrologist and the paedi...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Uso degli steroidi per via orale per un breve periodo ed eventi avversi

V. Murgia, F. Marchetti

2016/3

RI Casi indimenticabili
Una placca biancastra nella laringe

M. Parisi

2015/10 — pag. 661-662

RI ABC
Approccio pratico al bambino con paralisi periferica del nervo faciale

G. Cozzi, E. Aru, A. Velkoski, A. Skabar, E. Barbi

2015/10 — pag. 639-643

Acute peripheral facial nerve palsy in children has an incidence of 20 new cases per 100,000 children/year. The diagnosis is essentially clinical. The etiology of the condition remains unknown in most cases. Useful blood tests are full blood count ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Una broncodisplasia complicata

P. Pascolo, G. Facchina

2015/8

RI Domande e risposte
Accesso libero
Alopecia areataCollo storto in lattante;Possibile immunodeficit comune variabile

2015/6 — pag. 396

RI L'esperienza che insegna
La linfadenite di Kikuchi-Fujimoto

V. Graziani, V. Armaroli, L. Cardinale, F. Ravaioli, F. Marchetti

2015/6 — pag. 382-385

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KF), also known as histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is a rare benign condition characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, prolonged fever and other systemic manifestations without specific laboratory findings. The et...

RI Ricerca
Studio osservazionale multicentrico sulla bronchiolite nella Regione Emilia Romagna (SOMBRERO)

R. Sacchetti, N. Lugli, S. Alboresi, M. Torricelli, O. Capelli, L. Borsari, A. Ballestrazzi

2015/6 — pag. 376-381

Introduction - A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the current clinical practice in outpatient management of patients with bronchiolitis among paediatricians. The evaluation was conducted taking into account clinical, therapeutic and ...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Sembrava una banale sinusite e invece…

M. Tubaro, M. Starc

2015/3

RI Linee guida
La gestione dell’accesso asmatico acuto in Pronto Soccorso (e non solo)

G. Longo, M. Maschio, E. Panontin, F. Marchetti, G. Furcolo, F. Quarantiello

2014/9 — pag. 563-569

The management of acute asthma, as a medical emergency, must be organized in advance by providing materials and tools for an immediate and easy use, especially when the physician who runs the emergency has limited experience in children. Similarly ...

EL Protocolli di diagnosi e terapia
Accesso libero
La gestione dell’accesso asmatico acuto

G. Furcolo, F. Quarantiello

2014/9

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Alloimmunizzazione post-trasfusionale: terapia immunosoppressiva con rituximab e steroidi in una bambina affetta da drepanocitosi

E. Brivio, A. Cattoni, M. Pasetti

2014/9

RI Problemi correnti
La rinite allergica in età pediatrica

E. Benelli, A. Ventura, G. Longo

2014/4 — pag. 240-248

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is a common disease, especially among adolescents. Dust mite rhinitis usually develops at the end of preschool age and it is characterized by obstructive symptoms. AR due to pollens becomes more evident close to 10 years of a...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Sindrome di Kawasaki: l’uso dei corticosteroidi alla luce delle evidenze

V. Murgia

2014/3 — pag. 187-188

EL Casi indimenticabili
Febbri di una notte di mezza estate

A. Paladini, V. Venturoli, M. Fornaro, G. La Fauci, E. Valletta

2014/2

RI Ricerca
Accesso libero
Cheratocongiuntivite primaverile (vernal)

Gruppo di studio sulla Vernal

2013/9 — pag. 578-584

Background - Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic-recurrent type of conjunctivitis that may negatively affect the quality of life of patients. It is a rare disease that mainly affects the paediatric age group and tends to resolve in the p...

RI Aggiornamento
La sindrome di Kawasaki nel 2013: casi clinici e novità

T. Giani, G. Simonini, G. Vannucci, D. Moretti, I. Pagnini, E. Marrani, G.B. Calabri, R. Cimaz

2013/6 — pag. 359-366

Kawasaki disease is one of the most common vasculitis in childhood. The typical expression of Kawasaki disease is characterized by persistent fever for at least five days, polymorphous rash, bilateral non-exudative conjunctivitis, changes in the li...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
I corticosteroidi nelle malattie respiratorie: certezze e dubbi 60 anni dopo (Seconda parte)

F.M. de Benedictis, F. Franceschini, R. Budassi, A. Capolongo, C. Gobbi, A. Guerrieri, C. Migliori, A. Nobilini, C. Pasqualini

2012/10 — pag. 652-659

Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory drugs which are used in many pulmonary conditions, either systemically or by inhalation. Corticosteroids have a proven beneficial role in asthma, croup, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and subglottic he...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
Accesso libero
Un caso atipico di sindrome di Sweet

E. Gnoato, S. Zanconato, C. Moretti

2012/10

RI Farmacoriflessioni
I corticosteroidi nelle malattie respiratorie: certezze e dubbi 60 anni dopo (Prima parte)

F.M. de Benedictis, A. Andreozzi, R. Budassi, A. Capolongo, C. Gobbi, A. Guerrieri, C. Migliori, A. Nobilini, C. Pasqualini

2012/9 — pag. 585-588

Corticosteroids are anti-inflammatory drugs which are used in many pulmonary conditions, either systemically or by inhalation. Corticosteroids have a proven beneficial role in asthma, croup, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis and subglottic he...

RI Articolo speciale
L’anemia di Diamond-Blackfan, la mia compagna

C. Rota, F. Parizzi, N. Masera, D. Longoni, U. Ramenghi, M.E. Villa, G. Masera

2012/9 — pag. 578-582

RI Ricerca
La sindrome mononucleosica: revisione di 107 casi

C. Geraci, M. Pocecco

2012/8 — pag. 521-523

Childhood infectious mononucleosis is a benign and self-limited disease. Complications are rare but not unremarkable: 3 out of 107 patients experienced haematological complications (1 autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and 2 autoimmune thrombocytopenia)...

EL I Poster degli specializzandi
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Quasi cieco all'improvviso

Z. Pietrangiolillo, C. Venturelli, A. De Fanti, L. Cimino, I. D'Aquino, A. Crisafi, F. Monti, C. Ruberto, A. Graffagnino, L. Iughetti, S. Amarri

2012/1

EL Caso contributivo
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Un caso di emofilia acquisita

A. De Cunto, P. Pasquinelli, C. Biasioli, V. Agostini, M. Pocecco

2011/6

The case of a boy who presented with an isolated gross haematuria is reported. In the previous days he referred a muscular haematoma after a minimal trauma. Coagulation studies showed a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time (90 sec), not co...

EL Caso contributivo
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Un caso di Kawasaki “full optional”

G. Gortani, D. Dragovich, G. Di Leo, F. Marchetti

2011/4

We describe a case of severe Kawasaki disease characterized by multiorgan involvement and rapid progression of symptoms. Severe diarrhoea with hypoproteinemia, refractory hypokalaemia and incipient cardiac failure are the main features of the present...

EL Newsletter pediatrica
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Newsletter pediatrica - La sorveglianza della letteratura per il pediatraL’adenotosillectomia è un trattamento efficace nei bambini con PFAPA

Associazione Culturale Pediatri (ACP); Servizio di Epidemiologia, Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS “Burlo Garofolo”, Trieste; Centro per la Salute del Bambino (CSB)

2011/3

RI Focus
PEDIATRI & FARMACI Farmaci essenziali e attitudini prescrittive dei pediatri

A. Clavenna, M. Sequi, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, L. Merlino, M. Bonati

2010/9 — pag. 565-574

The objective of the study was to identify which drugs are considered “essential” by Italian family paediatricians based on their prescriptions. So, prescriptions reimbursed by the National Health System, involving 923,177 children ...

EL Casi indimenticabili
Ha gli occhi gonfi, ma non per una notte insonne

M. Ronconi

2010/4

RI Pediatria flash
Lo stafilococco e l'eczema nummulare

2010/1 — pag. 54

EL Quiz del mese
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Il Quiz di gennaio

D. Radzik

2010/1

EL Appunti di Terapia
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Il propranololo nel trattamento dei gravi emangiomi

G. Bartolozzi

2009/9

EL Appunti di Terapia
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La sindrome nefrosica

G. Bartolozzi

2009/8

RI Farmacoriflessioni
L'uso dei farmaci in Italia: i risultati del rapporto OsMed 2008

F. Marchetti

2009/7 — pag. 450-454

The data relative to the OsMed report on the drug prescription in Italy during 2008 are summed up in the present work. The total cost for drugs (public + private) was equal to 410 euros for each citizen, 24 billion euros, a much higher sum than the...

EL Quiz del mese
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La domanda di Febbraio

D. Radzik

2009/2

EL Casi indimenticabili
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Quando è troppo è troppo

L. Marolla

2009/2

RI Aggiornamento monografico
La porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

L. Calligaris, L. Calligaris, F. Marchetti, E. Barbi, E. da Dalt, E. Panontin, L. Lepore, A. Ventura

2009/1 — pag. 19-26

Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common vasculitic disease of childhood. HSP is a multisystem immunoglobulin A-mediated vasculitis with a self-limited course usually affecting the skin, joints, gastrointestinal tract, and kidneys. HSP occ...

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
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Terapia della dermatite atopica (Parte terza)

G. Bartolozzi

2009/1

EL Il commento
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Il trattamento del Croup, tra conformismo e pratica clinica

F. Marchetti

2008/5

RI Rubrica iconografica
Dermatologia neonatale

S. Nobile, P. Osimani, A. Zoppi, F.M. de Benedictis

2008/2 — pag. 117-118

RI Pagine elettroniche ; Caso Contributivo
Linfoadenite laterocervicale tubercolare: terapia medica, chirurgica ed effetti paradossi

G. Tornese, A. Tedeschi, D. Codrich, C. Fabris, F. Marchetti

2008/1 — pag. 51-52

We report a case of a 1-year-old girl with persistent fever and enlargement of laterocervical lymph nodes on the left side, fluctuant and with erythematous overlying skin. A positive Mantoux skin test first (induration of 20 mm in 72 hours) and t...

RI Percorsi clinici
Dermatite atopica. Da un singolo caso importanti insegnamenti

G. Paloni, R. Meneghetti, AM. Franzil, F. Marchetti, G. Longo

2008/1 — pag. 33-37

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder with immunological etiology. It is characterized by itchy, exudative lesions and a particular “dry skin”. It is a very common disease and the evidence supporting the efficacy and safety of s...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Linfoadenite laterocervicale tubercolare: terapia medica, chirurgica ed effetti paradossi

G. Tornese, A. Tedeschi, D. Codrich, C. Fabris, F. Marchetti

2008/1

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Effetto dei corticosteroidi nel trattamento della porpora di Schönlein-Henoch

G. Bartolozzi

2007/10

RI Ricerca
Profilo prescrittivo dei farmaci antiasmatici nella popolazione pediatrica della ASL di Lecco

M. Bianchi, A. Clavenna, L. Labate, A. Bortolotti, I. Fortino, G.W. Locatelli, G. Giuliani, M. Bonati

2007/10 — pag. 653-659

Antiasthmatic drugs are often prescribed for conditions different from asthma and many patients are exposed to therapy for which there is no evidence of efficacy. The aim of this study was to test whether antiasthmatic drug prescription rates refle...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Effetti a distanza della somministrazione di corticosteroidi prima della nascita

G. Bartolozzi

2007/9

RI Pagine elettroniche
Il pediatra e la resisitenza agli steroidi

N. Giurici, S. Crocco, E. Barbi

2007/8 — pag. 533

Despite the availability of new immunomodulators, steroids still represent a milestone of Inflammatory Bowed Disease (IBD) therapy. Steroid resistance in IBD is an uncommon, yet existing and epidemiologically defined event involving one fifth of th...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Valutazione dei farmaci in corso di allattamento al seno: i corticosteroidi

R. Davanzo, I. Roncoroni, L. Rubert, C. Oretti

2007/8 — pag. 527-530

The safety profile of drugs for the nursing infant and for the breastfeeding mother is a common issue for the pediatrician. Advice from current literature is not exhaustive, it varies according to different sources of information and sometimes is con...

RI Problemi non correnti
L'esofagite eosinofila

J. Bua, F. Marchetti, I. Giuseppin, M. Marani, V. Villanacci, E. Barbi, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2007/8 — pag. 500-508

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is the leading cause of dysphagia in children. Long underestimated in the past, it is nowadays reported with increasing frequency both in paediatric and adult gastroenterology. However, its natural history, its pathoge...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
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Il pediatra e la resistenza agli steroidi nella colite ulcerosaDalla clinica alle basi molecolari: riconoscerla e trattarla

N. Giurici, S. Crocco, E. Barbi

2007/8

EL Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Quando la carne non va giù

E. Ferrari

2007/8

RI Digest
Effetto dell’esposizione al traffico autostradale sullo sviluppo del polmoneUtilità dei corticosteroidi nel trattamento inizialedella malattia di Kawasaki

2007/6 — pag. 387-388

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, whereas steadily effective therapies are not available. Behavioural Therapy, even if recommended, is not always available or easily accepted by children and/or their families. We developed an intensive and...

EL Occhio all'evidenza
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Gli steroidi inalatori sono efficaci nell'attacco acuto d'asma?

D. Radzik

2007/2

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Steroidi inalatori e storia naturale dell'asma bronchiale

D. Radzik

2006/10 — pag. 656-660

Background Airway chronic inflammation and remodelling play an important role in the pathophysiology of asthma, leading to structural irreversible changes of the airways which occur already in the early school years. Objective To determine whether a...

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
8 passi dell'ACP per un cammino condiviso

L. Grandori, M. Gangemi

2006/10 — pag. 619-622

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
L’uso razionale dei corticosteroidi inalatori: il caso Italia

F. Marchetti, G. Longo

2006/10 — pag. 619-622

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Ti piace vincere facile? Ovvero, del placebo non ne posso piùImpariamo a pretendere un confronto adeguato

S. Miceli Sopo

2006/6 — pag. 372-376

Every day we read about the efficacy, both pharmacological and non, of a given treatment. The Evidence Based Medicine has taught us to appreciate the methodologic value of the studies we read, and we have learned it. However, an aspect which should ...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Il trattamento, fin dall'inizio, della malattia di Kawasaki con corticosteroidi

G. Bartolozzi

2005/10

EL Il punto su
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La bronchiolite (Parte terza)

M. Lazzerini

2005/9

RI Ricerca
Le priorità associate all’uso dei farmaci “off-label”

F. Marchetti, J. Bua, S. Demarini, et al.

2005/8 — pag. 527-531

Two thirds of the drugs prescribed for children are off-label. However, off-label is not synonymous with incorrect, since it often represents the most rational, evidence-based therapy. Existing data on the use of off-label in children are based on ...

EL Il punto su
Accesso libero
La bronchiolite (Parte seconda)

M. Lazzerini, E. Barbi

2005/7

RI Editoriali
Il buon senso, i farmaci antiasmatici, le omissioni

S. Miceli Sopo

2005/3 — pag. 144

RI Rubrica iconografica
Una pisellite

M. Pennesi, E. Biasotto, A. Saccari

2005/3 — pag. 181-182

RI Problemi correnti
Quando iniziare e quando sospendere i farmaci antiasmatici

L. Travan, I. Berti, G. Longo

2005/3 — pag. 157-163

The understanding of the chronic bronchial inflammation characterizing asthma led us to a more convinced and accurate use of inhaled corticosteroids such as long lasting therapy. Although times and ways for this treatment have been defined by sever...

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Una singola dose per bocca di desametazone nel trattamento del croup lieve

G. Bartolozzi

2005/2

RI Problemi correnti
Salbutamolo e cortisonici nell’accesso acuto d’asma

E. Barbi, et al.

2004/9 — pag. 559-565

There is wide international consensus around the treatment of acute asthma attack in children and the relevant guidelines are well known by paediatricians. However, there are still a few controversial aspects and aspects where it frequently occurs ...

EL Avanzi
Accesso libero
Fluticasone nella prevenzione nel wheezing

M. Lazzerini

2004/2

RI Farmacoriflessioni
Tacrolimus unguento

M. Lazzerini, F. Marchetti, G. Longo

2004/2 — pag. 102-107

The safety and efficacy of tacrolimus - a macrolide with immunosuppressive properties - were proven in atopic dermatitis in several trials versus placebo and in two trials versus topical steroids. The drug, as a 0.03% ointment, has been now approve...

EL Caso Clinico Interattivo
Accesso libero
Febbre e rash con segno della mano gialla: è scarlattina?

M. Lazzerini

2004/1

RI Pagine elettroniche
Varicella emorragica con polmonite in corso di terapia con steroidi inalanti

2003/7 — pag. 467

Description of a case of complicated varicella, with pneumonia and coagulation disorders....

RI Aggiornamento
Il “fischio” dalla nascita in poi: inquadramento diagnostico e prognostico delle sindromi asmatiformi

G. Longo

2003/6 — pag. 363-368

The article provides an overview of the clinical and epidemiological features of wheezing in the first years of life, with specific attention paid to prognostic aspects. Wheezing bronchitis is triggered by viral infections, Mycoplasma pneumoniae an...

RI Farmacoriflessioni
La terapia dell’otite media essudativa

F. Marchetti, E. Zocconi

2003/1 — pag. 47-51

Otitis media with effusion (OME) has a high prevalence in school age children (15%) but in only 5% its duration is longer than a year. A systematic review shows that antibiotics are effective in reducing effusion but that their effect does not main...

RI Focus
Accesso libero
FEGATO: AUTOIMMUNITÅ, TRAPIANTO, INFEZIONEEpatite autoimmune: cinquant’anni e non li dimostra!

G. Maggiore, M. Sciveres

2002/5 — pag. 291-310

Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is an uncommon disease occurring mainly in women and characterised by the morphological changes of interface hepatitis on liver biopsy, hypergammaglobulinemia, elevated serum aminotransferases, and circulating autoantibod...

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Una porpora di Schonlein-Henoch plurisintomatica

G. Bonora, C. Malorgio

2002/4

RI Controversie
Accesso libero
Il trattamento farmacologico della bronchiolite

E. Barbi, G. Cavagni

2002/4 — pag. 247-251

With regard to bronchiolitis, strong evidence of effectiveness does exist only for oxygen and hydration. There is some evidence on the effectiveness of nebulised adrenaline, but it does not significantly improve the clinical course, nor reduce the ...

RI Farmacologia clinica
Accesso libero
Bambini e farmaci: gli ultimi vent’anni, con uno sguardo al futuro

F. Marchetti

2002/4 — pag. 237-244

Over the last twenty years, several important modifications have occurred in the practice of ambulatory drug use for children. The prescribing practice in Italy, as documented by several epidemiological surveys recently carried out, is still far fr...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
La gestione del bambino con malattia di Kawasaki: un approccio basato sull’evidenza

G. Orso, R. Vitiello, G. Nocerino, L. De Seta

2002/4 — pag. 222-229

The aetiology of Kawasaki disease is unknown. The highest incidence is in children aged less than 5 years. Its typical forms are diagnosed on the basis of criteria which include, in addition to fever lasting more than 5 days, the presence of 4 addi...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Una porpora di Schoenlein-Henoch plurisintomatica

2002/4 — pag. 260-260

A case of multi-symptom Schönlein-Henoch’s purpura case which started with convulsions, and required surgery because of a torsion of the spermatic cord and steroid because of intestinal vasculitis....

RI Editoriali
Accesso libero
La bronchiolite delle controversie

F. Marchetti, G. Longo

2002/4 — pag. 211

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Benedetta e Marco: una Malattia Infiammatoria Cronica Intestinale da subito.

C. Trevisio, S. Martelossi, G. Palla, A. Ventura

2002/1

EL Pediatria per l'ospedale
Accesso libero
Malattia meningoccica (Parte seconda)

2001/8

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
L’azatioprina nel trattamento della malattia infiammatoria cronica intestinale in Pediatria

S. Minisini, S. Facchini, S. Martelossi, A. Ventura

2001/8 — pag. 545-548

28 children with IBD (mean age 14.7) received azathioprine (AZA) in addition to corticosteroids. Out of them, 17 are still receiving AZA, 11 had to discontinue the treatment because of adverse effects or other reasons. With reference to the Crohn...

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
Accesso libero
Effetto della singola dose di corticosteroidi sulla febbre della tonsillite da adenovirus

F. Panizon

2001/4

RI Focus
Accesso libero
Incidenza e storia naturale della PFAPA in Friuli-Venezia Giulia: una ricerca collaborativa dei PdF

G. Besoli e Gruppo di Studio sulla Pfapa Del Friuli-Venezia Giulia

2001/4 — pag. 234-238

Through a review of all cases seen during the last 5 years, 20 practicing paediatricians were able to identify 40 cases who satisfy the diagnostic criteria for FPAPA. Recurrence range was between 3 and 6 weeks and overall duration from 1 to 6 years...

RI Pagine elettroniche
Accesso libero
Effetto della singola dose di corticosteroidi sulla febbre nella tonsillite da Adenovirus

F. Panizon

2001/4 — pag. 259-260

In 8 consecutive patients with the clinical appearance of Adenovirus infection, a single administration of prednisone or betametasone stops the fever, in no more than 12 hours, regardless of the previous duration of the disease....

EL Contributi Originali - Ricerca
Accesso libero
Il trattamento topico con corticosteroide nei bambini con fimosi con indicazione al trattamento chirurgico è efficace, sicuro ed economico: uno studio in pediatria ambulatoriale

F. Marolla, P. Narni, C. Cives, T. Gazzotti, A. Lo Tesoriere, D. Morano, A. D’Erasmo, F. Ferro

2001/1

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Metanalisi sugli effetti degli steroidi inalanti sulla crescita dei bambini con asma

G. Bartolozzi

2000/7

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Trattare la mononucleosi?

M. Fontana

2000/6 — pag. 365-366

Symptoms are usually mild in young children, but in older children and adolescents systemic and pharingeal complains can be more severe, sometimes with significant airway obstruction. Only supportive care is usually recommended. This paper reports ...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Una lunga orticaria sfociata in una malattia sistemica

L. Lepore

2000/5 — pag. 316-318

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
I comportamenti inutili e dannosi Parte IV

G. Longo, A. Ventura

2000/1 — pag. 31-33

RI L'angolo dell'immunologo
Accesso libero
Febbri ricorrenti con alti indici di flogosi

A. Tommasini, L. Lepore

1999/8 — pag. 506-510

EL Appunti di Terapia
Accesso libero
Il fluticasone proprionato: suo ruolo nel trattamento dell'asma

G. Bartolozzi

1999/7

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
Gestione del bambino con bronchiolite: un approccio basato sull’evidenza

M. Macchiaiolo, E. Cascioli, L. Viola, PP. Mastroiacovo

1999/5 — pag. 291-298

The Authors discuss the major decision points in the case-management of bronchiolitis with an evidence-based approach. On this basis, they recommend that criteria for admissions should be restricted to at risk infants or infants with respiratory ra...

EL Protocolli in pediatria ambulatoriale
Accesso libero
CRUP

G. Longo

1999/3

RI Farmacorecensioni
Accesso libero
Montelukast

F. Marchetti

1999/2 — pag. 111-112

EL Contributi Originali - Casi contributivi
Accesso libero
Atassia cerebellare acuta: chi era costei

C. Malorgia

1998/8

RI Focus
Accesso libero
La malttia infiammatoria cronica intestinale: una esperienza “tutta d’un fiato”

G. Palla e coll.

1998/8 — pag. 523-527

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
I glucocorticoidi per via inalatoria

G. Longo

1998/6 — pag. 367-373

In spite of the progress of scientific knowledge, asthma remains an intractable disease. The target of the therapeutic strategy is therefore the greatest possible improvement of the patient’s quality of life. Inhaled glucocorticoids (IGCS) are a...

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Asma: l’autogestione

P. Bonin, R. Scala, L. Todesco, C. Beltramello

1998/1 — pag. 41-43

The Authors describe the conceptual basis and the contents of an educational project aimed at improving the quality of self-management of asthma. Good compliance to guidelines can be obtained when the relationship between the practicioner and th...

RI Specialità
Accesso libero
Il prurito atopico

E. Bonifazi

1997/9 — pag. 583-586

Atopic dermatitis is the most frequent skin disease characterized by severe itching. The treatment of atopic itching should start from the evaluation of its severity. An itching score based on the number of crises during daytime, the period of w...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Un asma che non risponde al cortisone

M.T. Calipa, M. Pocecco

1997/7 — pag. 455-459

RI Problemi correnti
Accesso libero
Una nefrosi a esordio inusuale

M. Massimetti, E. Bani

1997/6 — pag. 365-368

A case of steroid-responsive nephrotic syndrome in a six-year-old boy is described. Loss of consciousness due to hypovolemic shock was the presenting clinical picture. The epidemiological features and the main diagnostic and therapeutic problems...

RI Aggiornamento monografico
Accesso libero
Emangiomi e malformazioni vascolari

P. Dalmonte, G. Bava, N. Camassa, L. Zannini

1997/5 — pag. 293-300

Congenital vascular malformations represent a heterogeneous group of isolated or multiple abnormalities, sometimes associated with complex congenital syndromes. They rarely occur in the daily practice of vascular surgeons, are often misdiagnosed...

RI Casi indimenticabili
Accesso libero
Orticaria autoimmune

S. Martelossi, F. Longo

1997/4 — pag. 249-250