Infezione da EBV e malattia di Stevens-Johnson.

UNA STRANA RECIDIVA DI “MALATTIA DI KAWASAKI"

Profilo auxologico, metabolico ed endocrino in pazienti epilettici in età evolutiva in terapia con acido valproico

Anemie emolitiche: analisi etiologica di una casistica annuale.

Sindrome di Turner 45,XO/46,XY: Una diagnosi citogenetica di rischio neoplastico

LA MALATTIA DI KAWASAKI: LA CASISTICA DELLA CLINICA PEDIATRICA DI PALERMO

Un caso inusuale di malattia emolitica.

Malattia di Kawasaki tipica resistente a immunoglobuline e steroidi: uso di Infliximab.

TROMBOSI VENOSA PROFONDA DA ESTROPROGESTINICI IN TETRASOMIA X

RABDOMIOLISI IN CORSO DI INFEZIONE DA VIRUS PARAINFLUENZALE TRATTATA CON PARACETAMOLO

TIROIDITE AUTOIMMUNE IN S. DI LOWE: SEGNALAZIONE DI UNA NUOVA ASSOCIAZIONE

INSULINORESISTENZA IN PAZIENTI CON INSUFFICIENZA RENALE CRONICA IN ETA’ PEDIATRICA

Sclerodermia sistemica: descrizione di un caso in età pediatrica.

Rabdomiolisi in corso di infezione da virus parainfluenzale: descrizione di un caso in età pediatrica.

Irsutismo in sindrome microcefalica e sinostosi radio-ulnare: prima segnalazione di una associazione

PROFILO ENDOCRINO, LIVELLI DI ADIPONECTINA, RESISTINA, LEPTINA IN PAZIENTI CON INSUFFICIENZA RENALE CRONICA IN ETA’ EVOLUTIVA

MALATTIA DI KAWASAKI: MODALITA’ DI ESORDIO E DECORSO CLINICO

FOLLOW UP AUXOLOGICO IN UN BAMBINO CON FIBROSI CISTICA E DEFICIT DI GH

INFLIXIMAB IN THE TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC IBD: A SINGLE CENTRE EXPERIENCE

Resistin, adinonectin, leptin levels in adolescent with cystic fibrosis.

Adolescenti con celiachia asintomatica e livelli plasmatici di Leptina, FSH, LH: markers endocrini e predittori di una corretta adesione alla dieta Congresso Nazionale di Pediatria, Napoli 2004, su Quaderni Italiani di Pediatria 3 (2), 2004

Thyroid dysfunction in pediatric patients with mild-moderate chronic renal insufficiency

Stevens-Johnson syndrome and cholestatic hepatitis induced by acute Epstein-Barr virus infection

Corticosteroidi nella HSP: l’enigma continua…

Neuropatia periferica in corso di infezione da Helicobacter pylori e Mycoplasma Pneumoniae.

Incremento dei livelli di 17-idrossiprogesterone in pazienti con sclerosi multipla in età pediatrica

L’alta statura è davvero un problema?

Policistosi ovarica e gonadoblastoma in sindrome di Turner SRY positiva

STUDIO DELLA FUNZIONALITA’ TIROIDEA NELL’INSUFFICIENZA RENALE CRONICA LIEVE-MODERATA: CASISTICA PEDIATRICA

L’ADOLESCENTE CON IPOGONADISMO IPOGONADOTROPO: LA CENTRALITA’ DEL RUOLO DEL PEDIATRA

GROWTH HORMONE TREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH LANGER MESOMELIC DYSPLASIA

Vantaggi della RMN intestinale a doppio contrasto nel monitoraggio del Crohn Pediatrico Fistolizzante

Generalized anasarca as way of presentation of severe protein losing enteropathy.

Dalla FUO alla sindrome da iper-IgD (HIDS).

Aplasia surrenalica congenita X-Linked in una coppia di fratelli: follow up sino all'età puberale

Duodenal Giardiasis: a diagnosis we should not neglect

Auxological, metabolic and endocrine follow-up in patients treated with valproic acid

EDEMA EMORRAGICO ACUTO DEL LATTANTE: DESCRIZIONE DI UN CASO

Adiponectin, resistin, leptin levels in paediatric patients with chronic renal insufficiency: relationships with clinical, auxological and endocrine profiles

Influenza dell’accrescimento in utero sui livelli plasmatici di Leptina, IGF-1 e IGF-BP3

DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED FOOD CHALLENGE USEFUL TO DISCONFIRM OVER ESTIMATED DIAGNOSIS OF CMPA IN CHILDREN

Mycoplasma Pneumoniae: analisi di una casistica annuale.

ANGIOEDEMA EREDITARIO DA DEFICIT DI C1-INIBITORE: IDENTIFICAZIONE GENETICA PRECOCE IN UN NUCLEO FAMILIARE

Sequential contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of growth hormone deficiencies

The purpose of the present study was to assess the presence and the time-course of contrast-enhancement in the pituitary gland and pituitary stalk of 24 patients with isolated growth hormone (GH) deficiency and multiple pituitary hormone deficiency. The patients were evaluated clinically (auxological measurements), endocrinologically (spontaneous GH secretion and GH stimulation tests) and with conventional MRI scans. In addition, fast-framing dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with Gd-DTPA enhancement was used to quantitate the time course of contrast enhancement within the neurohypophysis, pituitary stalk, postero-superior adenohypophysis and antero-inferior adenohypophysis. In 3 pat…

Trattamento delle piastrinopenie: esperienza annuale

797 Infliximab in the Treatment of Pediatric Ibd: A Single Centre Experience

Background and aims: The biological treatment of IBD acts on different stages of immunophysiopathological processes of the disease. We describe evolution and clinical response to Infliximab in paediatric patients affected by IBD diagnosed and followed at our centre. Methods: In the last triennial period at our Department of Paediatrics in Palermo 53 infusions of Infliximab were administrated to our patients affected by severe forms of IBD. All patients but one were affected by several forms of CD. Only one child was affected by U.C. associated to pyoderma gangrenosum. The total number of infusions were administrated according the ACCENT 1 study at a dose of 5 mg/Kg. All the infusions were p…

TERAPIA CON SURFACTANTE PER VIA AEROSOLICA NELL’INALAZIONE DA BOROTALCO

FOLLOW-UP AUXOLOGICO, METABOLICO ED ENDOCRINO IN PAZIENTI IN ETÀ EVOLUTIVA IN TRATTAMENTO CON ACIDO VALPROICO

CD 95 and TRAIL induced lymphocytes apoptosis in girls with precocious puberty.

Infliximab administration effective in the treatment of refractory Kawasaki Disease

TRATTAMENTO CON INFLIXIMAB IN UN LATTANTE CON MALATTIA DI KAWASAKI RESISTENTE ALLE TERAPIE CONVENZIONALI

Atresia delle vie biliari in situs viscerum inversus, destrocardia ed idronefrosi: descrizione di un caso

ADOLESCENTE CON DATTILITE DELLE MANI DA INFEZIONE DA HELICOBACTER PYLORI

Enhanced 17hydroxyprogesterone levels in children with multiple sclerosis receving glatiramer

PA1 INFLIXIMAB AND TOPICAL TACROLIMUS ADMINISTRATION EFFECTIVE IN THE TREATMENT OF PYODERMA GANGRENOSUM

Infliximab administration effective in the treatment of refractory Kawasaki Disease

Sindrome di Cornelia de Lange con deficit parziale di 21-Idrossilasi: segnalazione di una possibile associazione

IPOTIROIDISMO IN SINDROME DI CRIGLER-NAJJAR DI TIPO 2 ED ETEROZIGOSI PER SINDROME DI GILBERT: QUANDO L’ITTERO NON PUO’ REGREDIRE

Utilità del test di provocazione orale in doppio cieco nell'esclusione della diagnosi di APLV

Fish Odour Sindrome e deficit di GH: descrizione di una insolita associazione

Osteogenesi imperfetta e deficit di GH: descrizione di una rara associazione.

DIABETE INSIPIDO E PANIPOPITUITARISMO IN IDROCEFALO CONGENITO: DESCRIZIONE DI UN CASO

DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED FOOD CHALLENGE USEFUL TO DISCONFIRM OVER ESTIMATED DIAGNOSIS OF CMPA IN CHILDREN

Idatidosi polmonare in età pediatrica: descrizione di un caso.

Deficit di 17-alfa-idrossilasi: follow up sino alla statura definitiva

IBD does not always travel alone.

Lo scorbuto in età pediatrica: descrizione di due casi recenti

Sindrome Nefrosica Congenita di tipo Finlandese ed ipotiroidismo: descrizione di un caso

A case of Kawasaki disease mimicking acute appendicitis

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of unknown aetiology occurring mostly in infants and young children. KD is characterized by fever (≥5 days), conjunctivitis, rash, cervical lymphadenopathy, lips, oral mucosa, palms and soles erythema, hands and feet oedema [1]. Coronary artery aneurysms develop in 15-25% of untreated children [2] with risk of ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, sudden death [3;4]. Treatment with intravenous gamma globulins (IVIG) within the first 10 days reduces the incidence of aneurysms to <5% [4]. The KD diagnosis is clinical, based on the recognition of a characteristic set of signs and symptoms [4]. Children not meeting traditional criteria are c…

Plasma levels of lipoproteins and apolipoproteins in congenital hypothyroidism: Effects of l-thyroxine substitution therapy

Thyroid status in humans is an important factor in the regulation of lipoprotein metabolism. There are several data on hypothyroidism in the adult population, but less information is available about congenital hypothyroidism. Since lipid metabolism at birth is substantially different from that of adults, it is not likely that the same abnormalities that occur in adult hypothyroidism are also present when this is diagnosed at early life. We studied 16 subjects with congenital hypothyroidism, seven at the time of diagnosis and also after normalization of thyroid hormone levels over a period of 2.0 +/- 1.0 months of substitution therapy with L-thyroxine (5.9 +/- 1.2 micrograms/kg/d) and nine a…

UNA NUOVA MUTAZIONE DEL GENE CREBBP IN UN BAMBINO CON SINDROME DI RUBINSTEIN TAYBI

Gluten-free diet impact on leptin levels in asymptomatic coeliac adolescents: one year of follow-up.

Coeliac disease, daily more frequently diagnosed in our population, involves many organs also in oligosymptomatic patients and with an adequate nutritional regime. Possible endocrine implications include failure to thrive, pubertal delay and reproduction diseases due to deregulation of GH, FSH and LH secretion. Leptin, an adipose tissue hormone, can be decreased as well and its deficiency could be related to growth and puberty anomalies. We studied 14 asymptomatic coeliac patients in peripubertal age (7.5–13.8 years) and tested their leptin levels in order to correlate them with endocrine and anthropometric data. Before the diet was started leptinaemia (M±DS) was: 4.94 ± 5.53 ng/ml. In 10/1…

Insulin resistance in paediatric patients with mild-moderate chronic renal insufficiency

Infliximab and topical tacrolimus administration effective in the treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum.

855 Double Blind Placebo Controlled Food Challenge Useful to Disconfirm Over Estimated Diagnosis of Cmpa in Children

Background and aims: The incidence of CMPA in infancy seems to be approximately 3%. In Italy diagnosis of CMPA is often over estimated. The double-blind, placebo controlled food challenge(DBPCFC) is widely considered as the “gold standard” for the diagnosis of food allergy. Methods: 14 patients, (12 months-12 yrs) previously diagnosed as having CMPA, underwent our diagnostic algorithm in order to confirm or to exclude diagnosis. Diagnostic algorithm includes: total blood cell count, serum IgE assay, RAST, betalactotest, Prick by prick with fresh milk, chemical examination and eosinophilic cell count of the stools. DBPCFC was performed with extensively hydrolyzed formula (as placebo) VS a la…