abstract：BACKGROUND:Since most of the children observed in our Centre present enuresis with voiding disturbance, we carried out a study where these patients were treated with the DDAVP + Oxybutinin association. METHODS:We have treated 89 children with enuresis and voiding disturbances (urge incontinence, voiding urgency, urina...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： De Grazia E,Cimador M

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently it is often very frequent a request of specialist consultation for children with psychic discomfort expressed through somatic complaints and/or behavior disorders. The real meaning of these symptoms in terms of prognosis, is not clear; indeed they can be the first signs of a poor prognosis of develo...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Milone A,Viglione VA,Maestro S,Muratori F,Chilosi A,Mengheri L,Romano R

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the last years thalassemic patients gained a good improvement in prognosis and life style. However, short stature and hypogonadism are still frequent endocrine problems in this population. METHODS:In a group of eleven thalassemic males (14-18 years old), the spontaneous nocturnal endocrine patterns of LH...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Maggio C,Giuffrè M,Cuccia L,Borsellino Z,Capra M,Liotta A

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The hypothesis of an emotional component in asthma has been put forward since antiquity. It is currently explored using a psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and systemic-relational approach. This study, carried out using a psychodynamic approach, aimed to identify the psychological aspects of recu...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Massaglia P,Zizza M,Castello M,Castello D

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present trial is to determine the efficacy and safety profile of oxatomide, a potent antiallergic drug, in children aged under 2 years, suffering from atopic dermatitis. A comparison between 2 different dosage schemes was scheduled. METHODS:An oral suspension of oxatomide, in a neonatological...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Bergonzi F,Mangili G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aim of study was to ascertain the possible presence of congenital dysplasia of the hip in infants (CDH) in the population immigrated from countries where the problem is surely neglected from the local health service and estimate its incidence. Moreover to observe the impact of the CDH problem on the parents ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Azzoni R,Sutti G

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent developments regarding the conservative management of multicystic dysplastic kidney disease (MDKD) have shown a reduction in the well-established practice of elective surgical treatment. It has been seen that in the majority of cases the evolution of MDKD is either partial or complete atrophy. The inc...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cigna RM,Vella M,Rosella V,De Grazia E

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this paper we present growth height standards obtained by an auxological study on a primary school population of central Italy (Lazio), in the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993 school-years. METHODS:4,175 children were included in the study: 2,024 females and 2,151 males, aged from 6 to 11 years. The sampling rate...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Schwarzenberg TL,Loreti P,Sgricia S,Acconcia P,Tiberi R,Buffone MR,Coltellacci M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of dexfenfluramine (dF) for reducing cardiovascular risk factors and improving compliance towards diet in a group of young patients hospitalized for essential obesity of high degree (BMI > or = 35). METHODS:103 adolescents (mean age 15.4 +/- 0.2) partic...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Grugni G,Guzzaloni G,Ardizzi A,Moro D,Morabito F

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe Poland's anomaly in a boy aged three years and four months, characterised by a depression in the right hemithorax caused by the absence of the medial extremity of the large pectoral muscle with hypoplasia of the remaining venter musculi. Moreover, the scan showed the absence of the small homolater...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Martino F,Agolini D,Principessa L,Giardini O

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension in childhood is uncommon. It can be idiopathic or secondary to other pathologies (cardiovascular, skeletric,...). CASE DESCRIPTION:We report on a 9 year old girl suffering from pulmonary hypertension due to severe dorso-lumbar scoliosis. CONCLUSIONS:We discuss the etiopathogenetic re...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Carta M,Giuffrè M,Meli F,Liotta A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the cooperation of 12 Maternity Hospitals we have started a prospective study to evaluate the effect of dietary and environmental measures in the development of atopic disease in "at risk" newborns. The preventive measures included: exclusive breast feeding for the first 6 months of life, soy milk supplement when...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Bruno G,Giampietro PG,Businco L

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age of diagnosis and clinical pattern were studied in 97 celiac patients, diagnosed with jejunal biopsy, between 1976-1991. They were selected on the basis of clinical and laboratory patterns. The laboratory tests utilized were steatorrhea and xylose in the first years, while in recent years AGA, ARA and AEA were also...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Barbato M,Miglietta MR,Viola F,Iulianella VR,Frediani T,Lucarelli S,Tozzi AE,Cardi E

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was carried out within the framework of the Association of Hospital Pediatricians (APO) on the implementation of the pediatric structure in Pediatric hospitals wards in Piedmont during 1990. There was a 100% adhesion rate. It was found that only in 7 out of 36 hospitals were children always admitted to the Pe...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cerruti Mainardi P,Repinto A,Guala A,Pastore G

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nailfold capillaroscopy allows to study the microcirculation: for its simple and rapid execution it can be used also in children. We examined the nailfold capillaroscopy features in childhood and valued the maturation of microcirculation in connection to age and presented some pathologic patterns. We studied nailf...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Baserga M,Bonacci E,Cammarota MG,D'Amico N

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is associated to important micro and macro vascular complications. A good metabolic control can reduce the risk of complications. Aim of the study was to evaluate the metabolic control in adolescent diabetic patients using an educational system with graphic visualisation of capillar...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ciralli F,Bognetti E,Meschi F,Riva MC,Brunelli A,Puzzovio M,Proverbio MC

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of phakomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIa in a, short stature, 6-year old girl with nevus flammeus of the face and palate, bilateral ocular melanosis, aberrant mongolian spots and minor dysmorphic traits is reported. The patient has been considered at risk for glaucoma and ocular melanoma and an ophthalmologi...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cincinnati P,Carucci T,Rutiloni C

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty patients (31 male and 29 female) with thalassemia major, aged between 6 and 26 years, 18 of which were splenectomized, were observed in this study evaluating the oro-maxillo-facial alterations and correlating them to transfusion indexes, serum ferritin levels, splenectomy and age. For each patient a haematologic...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： De Mattia D,Pettini PL,Sabato V,Rubini G,Laforgia A,Schettini F

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalus associated with aqueductal stenosis is not uncommon after the 2nd year of life. In some patients, stenosis is due to slow-growing periaqueductal tumors that can only be revealed by magnetic resonance examination. We reviewed 31 cases of children with aqueductal stenosis and hydrocephalus diagnosed after ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Di Rocco C,Iannelli A,Tamburrini G

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:During a survey regarding infant health in 7 regions, diffusion and length of time of breast-feeding nowadays in Italy were studied. MATERIALS AND METHODS:By OMS Epi methodology, 210 children sampled from each area of study and specialized health workers carried out the interviews at home using a specific q...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Manfredi Selvaggi TM,Tozzi AE,Carrieri MP,Binkin N,Lo Monaco R,D'Errico M,Filippetti F,D'Argenio P,Cafaro L,Salmaso S

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the central nervous system involving quite a number of neurological sequelae the most common of which is hearing impairment. To assess the incidence of audiological deficit the authors evaluated retrospectively 20 patients, between 4 months and 11 years of age, observed at the P...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Palla G,Villirillo A,Ughi C,Berrettini S,Sellari Franceschini S,Ursino F

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work aims at describing a particular case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in a ten-year-old girl. In our patient, the subjective and objective features of this disease, which is already rare during childhood, are associated with a well-assessed polyposis in the blind intestine (intestinum caecum). In our opinion, a possi...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Tucciarone L,Tomassini A,Stella P,Matrunola M,Di Nardo R,Ricci P

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we compare the peculiarities of psychopathological risk in children with partial epilepsy versus children with chronic illness. Sixteen children affected by epilepsy with partial seizures, symptomatic or cryptogenetic (group A), are compared with 16 children affected by diabetes mellitus type 1 (group B)...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Bargagna S,Guerrini R,Millepiedi S

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on a young patient who suffered from diabetes mellitus and neurosensorial deafness from the age of two. One year later she was noted to have deteriorated vision and the diagnosis of optic atrophy was made, her visual acuity decreased progressively. At the age of six she was admitted to our hospital because o...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Marietti G,Bizzarri C,Perrone F,Zampino G,Conti G,Falsini B,Ricci B

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen concentration in expired breath depends on the fraction of ingested carbohydrates unabsorbed by the small intestinal mucosa which reach the large intestine and are fermented by the colonic flora. The aim of this study is to assess whether in coeliac children breath hydrogen excretion reflects the histological...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ansaldi-Balocco N,Malorgio E,Faussone D,Dell'Olio D,Morra I,Forni M,Oderda G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study the authors investigated the normal range of the marker TPA in the sera of 100 children (apparently healthy) aged from 0 to 6 years. Well-defined criteria as guide-lines to the interpretation of laboratory results are a very urgent necessity for the expanding utilization of clinical laboratory dat...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Magrì G,Giargia L

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of etiology, pathogenesis and clinical symptoms in children with Atopic Dermatitis is evaluated. Eighteen patients with elimination diet were treated, without cow milk and egg, and with pharmacologic treatment (ketotiphene and cro molyn sodium) for two months. Dietary therapy and treatment however result in a...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Mancini S,Fierimonte V,Viviano MT,Parisi G,Zanali S,Parisi MC

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis poisoning is rarely reported in young children. We present the case of a child twenty months old admitted to the Emergency Room because of sopor, hypotonia and miosis. This is the first out of 1150 poisonings under the age of five registered at Trieste between 1975-1992. Cannabis poisoning has to be considere...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Renier S,Messi G,Orel P

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are currently witnessing a worldwide return of tuberculosis. An extremely rare form is tuberculosis of the spine which is reported above all in extra-European studies. The authors report a case of Pott's disease in a child aged 3 years and 3 months who was referred to their attention due to the appearance of left i...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Mantero E,Casu F,Asquasciati G,Sènès FM,Risso S,Marazzi MG,Ratto S,Pinelli G,Tomà P

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Megapolycalicosis is defined as a congenital dilatation of calices without evidence of obstruction. In absence of complications such as infection and stones, megapolycalicosis would not have a particular clinical relevance if not for the possible misinterpretation as hydronephrosis. A case of megapolycalicosis is pres...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Gallmetzer J,Omobono E

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sidenham's chorea represents one of the gold standards of rheumatic fever. Its identification however has recently become more difficult, owing to the progressive decrease of rheumatic fever itself. Nevertheless this pathology disturbing both the child and the family, easily dominated by a suitable therapy, is still t...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Astulfoni A,D'Agostino M,Bergonzi F

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a six-year-old girl suffering from recurrent abdominal pain is reported. On the basis of the laboratory tests and a number of other clinical investigations, the diagnosis of ascaridiasis was made. At scanning electron microscopy the ultrastructural study of the bioptic fragments obtained during endoscopy s...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Mariani P,Magliocca FM,Cipolletta E,Orefei P,Pulvirenti S,Businco ML,Bonamico M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between 1973 and 1993 7 perineal testis are observed and operated on in our surgical department. The perineal testis is a rare ectopic testis probably caused by some mechanical obstacles in the entrance of the testis in the scrotum. A diagnosis is easy if also the less frequent localizations of testicular ectopia are ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Campobasso P,Schieven E,Sica F

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noonan syndrome was first described over 20 years ago by Noonan and Ehmke. They defined a specific group of nine patients with valvular pulmonary stenosis who, in addition, had short stature, mild mental retardation, hypertelorism and unusual facies. The incidence of Noonan syndrome has been estimated to be between 1 ...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： de Toni T,Arioni C,Traverso A,Gastaldi R,Vianello MG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report the case of a 13-year-old girl affected with urethritis, conjunctivitis, and oligoarticular arthritis. These symptoms represent the classical triad of Fiessinger-Leroy-Reiter's syndrome. The research for HIV was negative and the antigen HLA B27 was absent. The young patients has been treated by FANS...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Ceccarelli M,Chiaravalloti G,Assanta N,Balsano L,Rossi A

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of children with focal brain injury has important implications from a clinical and theoretical perspective. Clinical data on children with congenital or early acquired lesions indicates that the cognitive sequelae are different from those resulting from similar damage sustained in adulthood. These difference...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Masi G,Marcheschi M,Brovedani P,Pfanner P

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of fetal tachyarrhythmia during a routine ultrasound scan imposes a continuous monitoring of fetal heart function through ECG and M-mode echocardiography. Since fetal dysrhythmia can lead to non-immune hydrops or to fetal death a correct diagnosis and an adequate intrauterine therapy are fundamentally im...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Palagiano A,Pace MC

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follow-up studies of low-birth-weight (LBW) neonates have shown a high incidence of growth failure in the first years of life. We evaluated the growth attainment (weight, length and head circumference) in 182 LBW neonates discharged from our Intensive Care Unit between 1982-84 and included in a 3 years follow-up progr...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Romagnoli C,Luciano R,Rizzo C,Alecci MC,Cafforio C,Pasquini R,Tortorolo G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-endomysium antibodies (AEA) and Antigliadin antibodies (AGA) have been compared in a group of coeliac patients (17 with untreated coeliac disease, 56 after gluten free diet and 14 after gluten challenge), in 69 patients with various intestinal pathological conditions, and in 40 healthy children, in order to appre...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Cataldo F,Trippiedi MA,Marino V,Maltese I,Traverso G,Paternostro D,Albeggiani A

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past 10 years have seen a return of rickets. Clinical and/or biochemical signs of vitamin D deficiency are still found in some children and adolescents, mainly during the winter. Sunlight exposure is able to prevent vitamin D deficiency and rickets but the dramatic influence of changes in solar ultraviolet-B radia...

journal_title：Minerva pediatrica

authors： Saggese G,Baroncelli GI,Bertelloni S

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00