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APEC (esantema periflessurale asimmetrico dell’infanzia) Scabbia

2025/8 — pag. 536 — DOI

Un caso di orticaria solare in un’isola del Mediterraneo

Catania M, Saia GF, Longo G.

2024/10 — pag. 635-640 — DOI

Solar urticaria is a rare type of chronic inducible physical urticaria characterised by the immediate (within 1-3 minutes) appearance of erythematous, strongly itchy wheals, following the exposure to sunlight. The pathogenesis is unclear but it is hy...

Parotite ricorrente giovanile: inquadramento clinico e approccio diagnostico-terapeutico

Giuntoli D.G, Galletti A, Pontrandolfo M, Pastore S, Tommasini A, Orzan E, Barbi E.

2024/7 — pag. 443-449 — DOI

Juvenile recurrent parotitis is an uncommon condition characterised by recurrent episodes of parotid swelling that affects school-aged and pre-school children and shows a typical tendency to self-resolution during adolescence. To date, etiopathogenet...

Pomfi e flushing: non sempre è allergia

Foglio F.

2024/6 — pag. 397-399 — DOI

The diagnosis of isolated mastocytoma was eventually made in a 5-month-old infant who presented with hives and flushing on the face and trunk right after meals. The erroneous diagnosis of cow's milk protein allergy had been previously made....

L’otite esterna acuta: dalla diagnosi al trattamento

Lavezzo G, Pietrolati G, Iacono A, Marchetti F.

2024/5 — pag. 289-295 — DOI

Acute otitis externa (AOE) is an infection of the external auditory canal with peak incidence between 5 and 9 years of age. Predisposing factors are the summer period, water sports and duct injuries (e.g. cotton buds). The diagnosis is clinical and t...

La torsione dell'ovaio può essere subdola

Tonetto S.

2024/5 — pag. 332-334 — DOI

The case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with abdominal pain and vomiting, ultimately diagnosed with ovarian torsion, is described...

Cosa deve sapere oggi il pediatra del trattamento dell’epatite C nell’era dei nuovi farmaci antivirali?

Veraldi S, Maggiore G.

2024/5 — pag. 303-307 — DOI

The treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with the new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) has dramatically modified the natural history of the HCV-related disease, eradicating the virus in over 90% of treated patients, with negligible collatera...

Infezione da West Nile Virus

Orsi F, Bini G, Baroncelli GI, Bonuccelli A, Peroni D.

2024/4 — pag. 233-237 — DOI

West Nile Virus infection in children may usually occur as a self-limiting febrile illness or rarely as a neuroinvasive disease with possible late neurological sequelae. Therefore, the paediatrician should take into consideration this condition in fe...

Sarà veramente PFAPA?

Insalaco A, De Nardi L.

2023/10 — pag. 627-630 — DOI

PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis and cervical Adenitis) is the most common periodic fever in childhood. It is a benign self-limiting condition that may resolve spontaneously during the first years of life or within ado...

Dermatofitosi diffusa con kerion

Scaglione M, Repetto A, Maghnie M, Di Vito M, Aicardi M, Fratangeli N

2023/7 — pag. 119-124 — DOI

Tinea capitis is the most common scalp dermatophytosis and is, along with tinea corporis, one of the major skin mycoses in paediatric age. This condition is usually noninvasive and treatable with oral antifungal therapy combined with topical remedies...

La listeriosi neonatale e materno-fetale

Scarponi D, Ranalli M, Bedetti L, Miselli F, Rossi K, Iughetti L, Lugli L, Berardi A.

2023/3 — pag. 177-182 — DOI

Listeriosis is a foodborne condition associated with the ingestion of food contaminated by Listeria monocytogenes that can cause serious health consequences in neonates and pregnant women. In these groups the incidence of the disease is higher due to...

Quando la malaria tarda a farsi riconoscere: un’infezione da Plasmodium ovale

Polenzani I, Lisco L, Cozzolino M, Casolari S, Valenti S, Fontijn S, Uva A, Marchetti F.

2022/6 — pag. 381-385 — DOI

Plasmodium ovale is a cause of non-falciparum malaria infection that is endemic in tropical Western Africa. The life cycle of Plasmodium ovale includes hypnozoites, which are dormant stages in the liver. These stages can be reactivated after weeks, m...

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...

Celiachia: è l’ora dello screening di massa? Dupilumab: una parolaccia che scaccia l’asma? C come vitamina C Hurler: terapia da… urlo Stipsi cronica: poco utili le... “alternative”

2022/1 — pag. 11-12 — DOI

Lo shock settico nei primi tre mesi di vita

Crestani S, Passini E, Spaggiari V, Toffoli C, Boncompagni A, Bedetti L, Spaggiari E, Lucaccioni L, Lugli L, Roversi F, Rossi K, Iughetti L, Berardi A.

2021/9 — pag. 567-575 — DOI

Shock is a generalized tissue hypoperfusion that leads to severe cellular distress and complicates some cases of paediatric and neonatal sepsis. Although a reduction in associated sepsis mortality has been observed in the last decades, it remains one...

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 467-469 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

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...

Il craniofaringioma

Salce N, Giovannelli E, Graziani V, Cozzolino M, Mazzatenta D, Zucchelli M, Marchetti F

2021/7 — pag. 210-216 — DOI

Craniopharyngioma (CP) is a rare epithelial low-grade tumour that develops in the sellar/suprasellar region of the brain, along the craniopharyngeal duct. It has a bimodal distribution and the first peak occurs in paediatric age almost exclusively co...

Una storia che zoppica

Lambertini AG, Falcioni A, Mambell L, Farneti C, Chiaravalloti A, Foschi N, Marchetti F

2021/6 — pag. 379-382 — DOI

The paper reports the case of a 5-year-old boy who presented with Perthes’ Disease with a long and underhand history of persistent coxalgia, which later became bilateral. Therefore, the main clinical data were reviewed with a particular focus on the ...

Gestione del Covid-19 in età pediatrica: documento di consenso

Gruppo di Lavoro su Covid-19 in Pediatria della Regione Emilia-Romagna (RE-CO-PED)

2021/2 — pag. 85-101 — DOI

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by SARS-CoV-2 has rapidly spread, becoming the first pandemic of the 21st century by death toll. Children appear to be less affected than adults, with a milder clinical presentation and a significantly lower...

La prima infezione urinaria febbrile in bambini di età compresa tra 2 mesi e 3 anni

Gruppo di lavoro sulle infezioni delle vie urinarie della Società Italiana di Nefrologia Pediatrica (SINePe)

2020/8 — pag. 495-504 — DOI

The aim was to update the recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the first febrile urinary tract infection in young children, which were first published in 2012 and endorsed by the Italian Society of Paediatric Nephrology. The ...

Stroke arterioso neonatale: quello che ogni pediatra deve sapere

C. Di Lucca, G.C. Fabrizio, N.F. Cicchetti, A. Derosa, T. Faillace, F. Forte, V. Targiani, P. Appio, C. Figliuolo, M. Nardella, R. Davanzo

2020/6 — pag. 371-376

Neonatal arterial stroke is a common cause of established neurological sequelae. Although several risk factors have been identified, many questions regarding in particular its causes remain unanswered. This study reports 3 cases observed in the Mater...

Farmaci, sperimentazioni, registri, nei tempi dell’emergenza del coronavirus

M. Fontana, G. Zuin, A. Addis, F. Marchetti

2020/4 — pag. 232-236

Covid-19 is forcing medical doctors to deal with the urgent need to find clinical answers in an area where, unfortunately, there are still therapies with no evidence of efficacy and safety. In any case, they must make decisions and face the dilemma o...

Screening ecografico della lussazione congenita dell’anca? Farsi bambino, in modo “consapevole e responsabile” Espirio forzato manualmente SE IL CORONAVIRUS ARRIVA IN AMERICA. Perché è importante ricordare il 1918?

2020/3 — pag. 148-150

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...

Quale linfonodo sei? La malattia di Rosai-Dorfman in un adolescente

C. Radice, G. Marescotti, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, M.T. Minguzzi, F. Soprani, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 325-327

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old adolescent presenting with a right-sided submandibular lymph node swelling in absence of any other systemic symptoms. The histological exam documented Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD). The MRI of the head reporte...

Quale linfonodo sei? La malattia di Rosai-Dorfman in un adolescente

C. Radice, G. Marescotti, M. Serafini, G. Turlà, M.T. Minguzzi, F. Soprani, F. Marchetti

2019/5 — pag. 97-101

The paper reports the case of a 13-year-old adolescent presenting with a right-sided submandibular lymph node swelling in absence of any other systemic symptoms. The histological exam documented Rosai-Dorfman disease (RD). The MRI of the head reporte...

L’idrosadenite suppurativa nella popolazione pediatrica

B. Bossini, M. Mazzolai, A. Tommasini, S. Crovella, I. Berti, E. Barbi

2019/1 — pag. 28-32

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic and recurrent skin disease affecting apocrine gland-bearing regions. Typical lesions are nodules and abscesses that result in sinus tracts, fistulas and eventually scarring. Prepubertal onset of HS is quit...

Encefalite da Herpes virus in una lattante

A. Fumarola, P. Ricciardelli, S. Dal Bo, I. Moneta, V. Rizzo, M. Stella, P. Cenni, F. Marchetti

2018/8

The paper presents the case of an infant with HSV-1 herpetic encephalitis. The clinical symptomatology, after contact with the virus and the development of typical vesicular lesions, is characterized by involvement of the central nervous system, with...

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,...

Morbo di Crohn: 3 casi per 3 sottolineature

P. Pascolo, M. Bramuzzo, A. Ventura

2018/5 — pag. 331-334

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease diagnosed in paediatric age, especially during adolescence, in approximately one third of the cases. Pathogenesis is unknown but growing evidence suggests that immunological anomalies due to monoge...

Disordine somatico. Ovvero il bambino che non funziona Alla conquista... della West Shigella alla riscossa (almeno in Africa)? Fistole ano-rettali nel morbo di Crohn: un’arma in più? Toh, chi si rivede: l’otite Bambini che mangiano senza appetito

2017/1 — pag. 11-12

Piomiosite 2016: ancora una sfida per il pediatra

V. Moressa, S. Naviglio, S. Pastore, A. Taddio, A. Ventura

2016/8 — pag. 495-499

Pyomyositis is a subacute, deep bacterial infection of skeletal muscles. Originally described in tropical areas, mainly in malnourished and immunocompromised subjects (“tropical pyomyositis”), it has been subsequently reported with an increasing fr...

Quella strana pallina sulla guancia: un caso di mucocele orale

F. Forte

2016/8

Chetoacidosi secondaria a tireotossicosi in ragazza con diabete tipo 1 e celiachia

V. Graziani, A. Zucchini, T. Suprani, F. Currò, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2016/3 — pag. 191-194

The paper describes the case of a teenager affected by type 1 diabetes mellitus and coeliac disease who presented secondary ketoacidosis (DKA) triggered by thyrotoxicosis. She was successfully treated with beta-blocker and methimazole, in addition...

Chetoacidosi secondaria a tireotossicosi in ragazza con diabete tipo 1 e celiachia

V. Graziani, A. Zucchini, T. Suprani, F. Currò, L. Mambelli, F. Marchetti

2016/3

The paper describes the case of a teenager affected by type 1 diabetes mellitus and coeliac disease who presented sec- ondary ketoacidosis (DKA) triggered by thyrotoxicosis. She was successfully treated with beta-blocker and methimazole, in addi- tio...

Revisione OMS della classificazione e del trattamento della polmonite

V. Murgia

2015/3 — pag. 193-195

Revisione OMS della classificazione e del trattamento della polmonite

V. Murgia

2015/3

Sindrome di klinefelter:che cosa deve sapere il pediatra?

R. Cavallo, C. Santelia, G. Tornese

2015/2 — pag. 104-110

Klinefelter syndrome (KS), characterized by the presence of at least one extra X chromosome, is the most common chromosomal abnormality in males. Nevertheless, it is highly underdiagnosed (only 25% of expected diagnoses) or is diagnosed later in li...

Brutti ma buoni

A. Filpo

2015/1

Pleurite tubercolare: una diagnosi non sempre immediata

S. Nider, G. Gortani, A. Ventura

2014/10 — pag. 642-646

Tuberculous pleuritis usually presents as an acute illness with fever, cough and pleuritic chest pain. The pleural fluid is an exudate that usually shows predominant lymphocytes. Pleural fluid cultures are positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in...

Le osteocondrosi degli arti inferiori

M. Carbone

2014/3 — pag. 165-169

Osteochondrosis is a term used to describe a group of disorders that affect the growing skeleton. The exact etiology of these disorders is unknown, but genetic causes, repetitive trauma, vascular abnormalities, and mechanical factors may all play a...

La fine della questione sull’uso del cortisone nella malattia di Kawasaki?

F. Marchetti

2014/3

Il propranololo nella terapia degli emangiomi: dalle prime descrizioni aneddotiche a un documento di Consensus

Medico e Bambino

2013/10 — pag. 619-621

Neonati e Streptococco di gruppo B: come semplificarsi la vita

S. Demarini

2013/8 — pag. 483-485

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...

Il dolore acuto del bambino: dalla misurazione al trattamento, farmacologico e non

G. Facchina, M. Minute, M. Massaro, L. Calligaris, S. Schreiber, S. Norbedo, E. Barbi

2013/4 — pag. 237-242

Background - Pain is a relevant symptom reported by children who require Emergency Unit evaluation, but it is still underestimated and undertreated. Purpose - This review offers simple information about pharmacological and non-pharmacological appr...

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...

La gestione del bambino con gastroenterite acuta

M. Massaro, C. Germani, L. Calligaris, S. Schreiber, R. Bortoluzzi, L. Ronfani, E. Barbi, F. Marchetti

2012/9 — pag. 570-577

Acute gastroenteritis (AG) is a very common disease in children. It causes significant mortality in developing countries and significant economic burden to developed countries. Viruses are responsible for approximately 70% of episodes of acute gast...

Un fegato da colpo al cuore

F. Vierucci, M.E. Di Cicco, S. Ghione, F. Belcari, B. Marchi, E. Randazzo,

2012/8 — pag. 532

Una strana dermatite dell’area del pannolino: quando lavare troppo fa male

F. Savoia, G. Gaddoni, A. Patrizi, P. Sgubbi

2012/8

The case of a 3-month-old boy that was visited because of a brownish, hyperkeratotic and slightly desquamative dermatitis of the inguinal folds, perineum and perianal area is reported. The patient was healthy, asymptomatic and the remaining physi...

La terapia dell’acne

I. Berti

2012/7 — pag. 454-457

Some degree of acne vulgaris affects almost all the teenagers between 15 and 17 years old and in 20% of them it is remarkable (moderate-severe acne). It is a very frequent problem that paediatricians have often to face and for which they have to pr...

“Il cuore non si conta”: tachicardia parossistica sopraventricolare in un neonato

M. Mainetti, G. Piccinini, C. Renzelli, F. Marchetti, G. Bronzetti

2012/6 — pag. 399-400

The case of a 12-day-old boy with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is reported. SVT in newborns is a relatively rare disease with only a few cases per year at each perinatal centre. The acute treatment of a single episode of SVT has generally a...

La ricerca scientifica è veramente orientata ai fabbisogni dei pazienti? Il caso della fibrosi cistica

G. Vieni

2012/6 — pag. 347-349

"Il cuore non si conta"Tachicardia parossistica sopraventricolare in un neonato

M. Mainetti, G. Piccinini, C. Renzelli, F. Marchetti, G. Bronzetti

2012/6

The case of a 12-day-old boy with supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is reported. SVT in newborns is a relatively rare disease with only a few cases per year at each perinatal centre. The acute treatment of a single episode of SVT has generally a...

La neutropenia autoimmune primitiva del bambino

P. Farruggia, F. Tucci, M. Calvillo, F. Fioredda, C. Dufour

2012/2 — pag. 102-106

Primary autoimmune neutropenia in children is a rather unknown but not an infrequent disease: it is probable that in his career a paediatric practitioner will deal at least with one patient and it is pretty sure that a hospital paediatrician will d...

Modificazione della qualità di vita dei bambini cerebropatici affetti da GERD sottoposti a fundoplicatio gastroesofagea

F. Poropat, L. Bertok, D. Codrich, G. Pelizzo, J. Schleef

2010/7 — pag. 463-464

Objective - Many children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) have gastro- esophageal reflux disease (GERD) and a gastroesophageal fundoplication is done in the majority of these cases. Our aim was to evaluate how the Quality of Life (QoL) of impaired child...

Antipiretici e convulsioni febbrili: qualcosa di nuovo?

G. Tornese, J. Bua, G. Simeone, F. Marchetti

2009/10 — pag. 657-660

The degree of temperature reached during a febrile episode has been considered the main condition of risk for the onset of febrile seizures for many years. In theory, the administration of antipyretics, lowering the body temperature, could prevent ...

La fistola coronarica in età pediatrica

S. Caputo, F. Quarantiello, G. Vetrano, B. Villari

2009/8

Le infezioni febbrili delle vie urinarie

G. Montini, A. Ammenti, L. Cataldi, R. Chimenz, V. Fanos, A. La Manna, G. Marra, M. Materassi, P. Pecile, M. Pennesi, L. Pisanello, F. Sica, A. Toffolo

2009/6 — pag. 359-370

We present the recommendations, prepared by a working group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Nephrology, for the diagnosis, treatment, imaging protocol and use of antibiotic prophylaxis in children having their first febrile urinary tract infect...

Oncologia pediatrica: dalla diagnosi alla terapia, presente e futuro (parte seconda)

P. Paolucci, I. Mariotti, E. Bigi, S. Schiavo, C. Cano

2009/3 — pag. 156-161

The objective of treatment for more than 70% of children with cancer outlines the successful routes built up by paediatric oncologists over the latest 40 years. In addition to the evolution of diagnostic routes reported in our former article, the sec...

Trattamento della dermatite atopica nella popolazione pediatricaLo stato dell'arte (Parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2008/9

Il trattamento del testicolo ritenuto

E. Conte, F. Chiarelli

2007/9 — pag. 573-579

In August 2006 a group of specialists in testicular physiology, paediatric surgery/urology, endocrinology, pathology and anaesthesiology convened for two days in Sigtuna (Sweden) to allow preliminary conclusion of the most controversial issues in the...

La terapia del croup

F. Marchetti, P. Salierno

2007/4 — pag. 242-248

Viral croup is the most common cause of upper airway obstruction in children from 6 months to 6 years of age. Parainfluenza virus accounts for the majority of cases. More than 80% of children have mild symptoms and in approximately 60% to 95% of chil...

Corea di Sydenham: descrizione di cinque casi

E. Palumbo, M. Branchi, A. Siani, C. Malorgio, G. Nasca, G. Bonora

2007/3

Sindrome della stanchezza cronica (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2007/1

Una vecchia “conoscenza” (la faringotonsillite) e i nuovi dubbi: trattare, non trattare…

M. Bergamini e collaboratori

2006/9 — pag. 570-578

Pharyngotonsillitis is a very common reason for people to seek medical care, but whether or not to prescribe antibiotics is controversial. This review provides an overview of the studies which assessed the appropriateness of treating Group A streptoc...

La pediculosi del capo

R. Giroldini

2006/8 — pag. 505-507

Head lice are small parasitic insects adapted to living mainly on the scalp and neck hairs of their human host. They are mainly acquired by direct head-to-head contact with an infested person’s hair. Domestic animals are not vectors of lice infestati...

Specchio specchio delle mie brame...dimmi quanti pazienti dovrò arruolare?

D. Radzik

2006/7

I meccanismi della proteinuria (parte prima)

G. Bartolozzi

2006/5

Asma: la differenza linguistica tra medico e paziente complica comprensione e terapia

I. Bruno

2005/4

Gli emangiomi infantili

G. Vercellio, L. Cipolat, V. Baraldini, et al.

2005/1 — pag. 21-29

Over the last 20 years our knowledge of the peculiar characteristics of vascular malformations and hemangiomas, both from a biological and histological point of view, has significantly improved. The paper summarizes the most recent advances, drawin...

E utile la vaccinazione antinfluenzale nei bambini asmatici?A chi la difesa della salute pubblica?I crediti del diavoloNati per Leggere

2005/1 — pag. 15-18

L’impetigine

A. Lenhardt, J. Bua, F. Marchetti

2004/11 — pag. 695-698

As a rule bollous impetigo is caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Non bullous, or contagious, impetigo is also caused by Staphylococcus aureus, less frequently by its association with Streptococcus pyogenes. Controlled studies showed that topical anti...

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 ...

Corea di Sydenham

2004/8 — pag. 518-518

An 11-year-old girl presented with a rapid onset of asymmetric chorea movements. Haloperidol was effective in controlling the chorea, and antibiotics were given for secondary prevention. Sydenham’s chorea is a manifestation of rheumatic fever and...

Encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM): descrizione di un caso

C. Locatelli , C Malaventura, R Ciambra R, V Leone, M. Pocecco

2004/6

Encefalomielite acuta disseminata (ADEM)

2004/6 — pag. 400-400

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is a rare acute inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It affects children and young adults and is characterized by a wide range of multifocal neurological signs. It is usually...

Il ruolo della profilassi ambientale nella prevenzione e nel trattamento dell’asma

I. Romei, et al.

2004/4 — pag. 235-242

The Author offers an overview of allergen avoidance measures for house dust mite (HD). The main HD allergen, Der p1, is a proteolytic enzyme which has direct effects on respiratory epithelium and on immune system. There is sufficient evidence of th...

Le affezioni suppurative dello scheletro: osteomielite, artrite, discite

C. Trevisiol, I. Berti, F. Marchetti

2003/7 — pag. 431-438

Osteomyelitis and suppurative arthritis are infections not extremely common in children, but important because they can lead to severe consequences and permanent disabilities. In this article we face the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diag...

Domande e risposte

2003/5 — pag. 328-330

Studio sull’epidemiologia dell’infezione da HIV e sulle malattie a trasmissione sessuale in una consulta prenatale a Luanda

2002/7 — pag. 459-460

This study was performed on 1000 pregnant women who consecutively referred to two Health Units in a poor district of Luanda (Angola), inhabited for at least 50% by refugees from rural areas because of civil war. It was a serological research aimed...

Edema emorragico acuto del lattante (AHEI): descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura

2002/3 — pag. 191

A case of a 9-month old girl suffering from Acute Hemorrhagic Edema of Infancy (AHEI), with severe acute onset and short benign course, followed by spontaneous remission, is described. Review of literature....

L’organizzazione dell’attività del Pediatra di famiglia: un passo dopo l’altro verso la qualità - Prima parte

L. Venturelli, G. Caso

2001/5 — pag. 305-311

The steps taken in a group paediatric practice to improve quality of care are described. Among these a first part of the article deals with the following: clear definition of criteria for access, written information about the various services that ...

I pidocchi del capo

G. Bartolozzi

2000/3

NON INGRASSARE, DIMAGRIRE: SI PUÒ? (Copanello 1999)

S. Chiarappa

1999/9 — pag. 557-566

Treatment of obesity has been characterized sofar by the application of strict rules and diets, aiming at short term results. An alternative strategy is proposed, based on a gradual ecosystemic approach which includes the family and aimes to enhanc...

Helicobacter pylori: epidemiologia, patologia, diagnosi e cura dell’infezione da HP

A. Lambertini

1997/6 — pag. 393-395