0000000000805104
AUTHOR
V. Cascio
Trends in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis in Italy between 1991 and 2010
The prevalence of asthma increased worldwide until the 1990s, but since then there has been no clear temporal pattern. The present study aimed to assess time trends in the prevalence of current asthma, asthma-like symptoms and allergic rhinitis in Italian adults from 1990 to 2010. The same screening questionnaire was administered by mail or phone to random samples of the general population (age 20-44 yrs) in Italy, in the frame of three multicentre studies: the European Community Respiratory Health Survey (ECRHS) (1991-1993; n=6,031); the Italian Study on Asthma in Young Adults (ISAYA) (1998-2000; n=18,873); and the Gene Environment Interactions in Respiratory Diseases (GEIRD) study (2007-2…
LE NEOPLASIE CISTICHE BENIGNE DEL TESTICOLO IN ETA' PEDIATRICA: revisione della letteratura, contributo clinico personale e nuove proposte terapeutiche
Gli Autori ribadiscono l'importanza dell'approccio multisciplinare alle masse del testicolo e sottolineano il corretto atteggiamento terapeutico, sulla base della revisione della letteratura e dopo valutazione dei dati di una casistica nazionale