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  1. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in young children. About 40% of all preschool children regularly wheeze during common cold infections. The heterogeneity of wheezing phenotypes early in life and vario...

    Authors: Silvia Montella, Marco Maglione, Sara De Stefano, Angelo Manna, Angela Di Giorgio and Francesca Santamaria
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:29
  2. Congenital nasal pyriform aperture stenosis is a rare and potentially lethal form of airway obstruction in newborns. Immediate recognition and appropriate therapy are mandatory for this potentially life-threat...

    Authors: Enrico Sesenna, Massimiliano Leporati, Bruno Brevi, Gabriele Oretti and Andrea Ferri
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:28
  3. Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis (OS-CS) or Horan-Beighton syndrome is a rare X-linked dominant inherited bone dysplasia, characterized by longitudinal striations of long bones and cranial sclerosis....

    Authors: Anna Maria Zicari, Luigi Tarani, Daniela Perotti, Laura Papetti, Francesco Nicita, Natascia Liberati, Alberto Spalice, Guglielmo Salvatori, Federica Guaraldi and Marzia Duse
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:27
  4. Atopic eczema is a common and distressing disease. This study aims to review PubMed indexed research statistics on atopic eczema over a-10 year period to investigate the clinical relevance and research interes...

    Authors: Kam-Lun Ellis Hon, Vivien Yong and Ting-Fan Leung
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:26
  5. The exact etiology of recurrent tonsillopharyngitis in children is not clear. Recurrent tonsillitis in children has multifactorial etiology like most of the diseases in childhood. In this study, our aim was to...

    Authors: Ismail Yildiz, Emin Unuvar, Umit Zeybek, Bahar Toptas, Canan Cacina, Sadık Toprak, Ayse Kilic and Salih Aydin
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:25
  6. Prevalence of overweight and obesity has been reported as high even in preschool age children. However, recent international reports suggest that prevalence is now plateauing in pediatric age. Up to now no dat...

    Authors: Paolo Brambilla, Maria Vezzoni, Roberto Lucchini, Luigi Acerbi, Alessandra Brambilla, Giancarlo Brandolini, Patrizia Rogari and Galdino Cassavia
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:24
  7. Main progresses in endocrinology, gastroenterology, hemato-oncology, infectious diseases, otolaryngology, pharmacotherapy, and respiratory tract illnesses selected from articles published in The Italian Journa...

    Authors: Carlo Caffarelli, Francesca Santamaria, Silvia Cesari, Angela Di Giorgio and Sergio Bernasconi
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:23
  8. The increasing prevalence of allergic diseases in childhood in the last decades could be linked to concomitant dietary changes, especially with the modified and lower consumption of fruit, vegetables and miner...

    Authors: Diego G. Peroni, Beatrice Bonomo, Serena Casarotto, Attilio L. Boner and Giorgio L. Piacentini
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:22
  9. The relationship between zinc (Zn) and growth hormone-insulin growth factor (GH-IGF) system and how Zn therapy stimulates growth in children has not been clearly defined in humans. Thus, we aimed to assess GH-...

    Authors: Rasha T Hamza, Amira I Hamed and Mahmoud T Sallam
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:21
  10. Riga Fede disease is a reactive mucosal disease as a result of repetitive trauma of the tongue by the anterior primary teeth during forward and backward movement. Although the aspect of the lesion might be imp...

    Authors: Erik H van der Meij, Tjalling W de Vries, Henk F Eggink and Jan GAM de Visscher
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:20
  11. In this short essay, we would like to address a severe divergence observed in Italy between Life Expectancy (LE) and Healthy Life Expectancy (Healthy LE) and a unique trend of worsening in Healthy LE, compared...

    Authors: Valerio Gennaro, Giovanni Ghirga and Laura Corradi
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:19
  12. Vaccination coverage rates against pandemic flu were far below those required by Italian Public Health Authorities.

    Authors: Giuseppe Gregori, Fabio Faccini, Ermanno Bongiorni, Ilario Maffini and Roberto Sacchetti
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:18
  13. Foreign body aspiration continues to be a serious problem in childhood and adolescent period with significant rate of morbidity and rarely mortality. Half of the foreign body aspiration cases have no history o...

    Authors: Erkan Cakir, Emel Torun, Zeynep Seda Uyan, Ozge Akca and Omer Soysal
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:17
  14. An 8-year-old child during the first year of life manifested severe atopic dermatitis and chronic diarrhea with mucorrhea and rectal bleeding; a fish-free diet was started based on weakly positive skin-prick t...

    Authors: Katia Pellegrino, Leila Emma D’Urbano, Maria Cristina Artesani, Carla Riccardi, Sandro Mancini, Sergio Bella, Federico Alghisi and Giovanni Cavagni
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:16
  15. Studies consistently found remarkable rates of posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in children with chronic diseases. But, only one study had searched PTSS in children with diabetes, until now. So, the presen...

    Authors: Şahika G Şişmanlar, Emine Demirbaş-Çakir, Işık Karakaya, Filiz Çizmecioğlu, Cavit I Yavuz, Şükrü Hatun and Belma Ağaoğlu
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:13
  16. Parietal chest wall tuberculosis is an extremely rare manifestation of tuberculosis (TB) in children. We present the case of a 15 month-old girl presenting with a chest wall lesion initially thought to be of n...

    Authors: Danilo Buonsenso, Benedetta Focarelli, Maria Scalzone, Antonio Chiaretti, Claudia Gioè, Manuela Ceccarelli and Piero Valentini
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:12
  17. Oxatomide at therapeutic doses generates occasionally drowsiness in children. When administered at toxic doses, however oxatomide may induce long lasting impaired consciousness. We now report a case of severe ...

    Authors: Stefania Antoniazzi, Dario Cattaneo, Valentina Perrone, Carla Carnovale, Simonetta Cherubini, Maria Carmela Mugolino, Francesco Clementi, Gianvincenzo Zuccotti, Emilio Clementi and Sonia Radice
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:11
  18. Celiac Disease (CD) occurs in patients with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) ranging the prevalence of 4.4-11.1% versus 0.5% of the general population. The mechanism of association of these two diseases involves a shared...

    Authors: Maria Erminia Camarca, Enza Mozzillo, Rosa Nugnes, Eugenio Zito, Mariateresa Falco, Valentina Fattorusso, Sara Mobilia, Pietro Buono, Giuliana Valerio, Riccardo Troncone and Adriana Franzese
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:10
  19. Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) is an autosomal dominant complex oncologic neurocristopathy including medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, gastrointestinal disorders, marphanoid face, a...

    Authors: Giuseppe Martucciello, Margherita Lerone, Lara Bricco, Gian Paolo Tonini, Laura Lombardi, Carmine G Del Rossi and Sergio Bernasconi
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:9
  20. Severe combined immunodeficiency is within a heterogeneous group of inherited defects throughout the development of T- and/or B-lymphocytes. Mutations in recombinase-activating genes 1 or 2 (RAG1/2) represent ...

    Authors: Necil Kutukculer, Nesrin Gulez, Neslihan Edeer Karaca, Guzide Aksu and Afig Berdeli
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:8
  21. The Pierre Robin Sequence features were first described by Robin in 1923 and include micrognathia, glossoptosis and respiratory distress with an incidence estimated as 1:8,500 to 1:20,000 newborns. Upper airwa...

    Authors: Enrico Sesenna, Alice S Magri, Cinzia Magnani, Bruno C Brevi and Marilena L Anghinoni
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:7
  22. Early discharge of healthy late preterm and full term newborn infants has become common practice because of the current social and economic necessities. Severe jaundice, and even kernicterus, has developed in ...

    Authors: Costantino Romagnoli, Eloisa Tiberi, Giovanni Barone, Mario De Curtis, Daniela Regoli, Piermichele Paolillo, Simonetta Picone, Stefano Anania, Maurizio Finocchi, Valentina Cardiello, Lucia Giordano, Valentina Paolucci and Enrico Zecca
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:6
  23. Day surgery should take place in appropriate organizational settings. In the presence of high volumes, the organizational models of the Lazio Region are represented by either Day Surgery Units within continuou...

    Authors: Giovanni Mangia, Franco Bianco, Alma Ciaschi, Elisabetta Di Caro, Eufrasia Frattarelli and Giacinto Antonio Marrocco
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:5
  24. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common malignancy in childhood. Continuous progress in risk-adapted treatment for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia has secured 5-year event-free survival rates of...

    Authors: Lorenzo Iughetti, Patrizia Bruzzi, Barbara Predieri and Paolo Paolucci
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:4
  25. There is a strong need for studies evaluating tests in terms both of psychometric properties (i.e. their efficacy or ability to be helpful in reaching a diagnosis) and of their cost-effectiveness (i.e. their e...

    Authors: Matteo Chiappedi, Erika Maffioletti, Fausta Piazza, Nicole D'Adda, Marta Tamburini and Umberto Balottin
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:3
  26. Cystic fibrosis is a multisystem disease where the main problems are existing in the respiratory system. Aerobic exercise programs are effective in increasing physical fitness and muscle endurance in addition ...

    Authors: Bulent Elbasan, Nur Tunali, Irem Duzgun and Ugur Ozcelik
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:2
  27. Previous Italian paediatric blood pressure (BP) tables overestimated the prevalence of hypertension in adolescents of specific geographic areas, such as Sardinia, an island in the Mediterranean Sea. This is pr...

    Authors: Pier Paolo Bassareo, Andrea Raffaele Marras and Giuseppe Mercuro
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2012 38:1
  28. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a behavioral syndrome of childhood characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. There were many etiological theories showed dysfunction of some brain...

    Authors: Magdy M Mahmoud, Abdel-Azeem M El-Mazary, Reham M Maher and Manal M Saber
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:60
  29. The impact of atopic dermatitis (AD) on children's quality of life (QoL) in US and European countries is relatively well known, though rarely evaluated in the Italian population. Moreover, the association betw...

    Authors: Fiorella Monti, Francesca Agostini, Francesca Gobbi, Erica Neri, Sandra Schianchi and Fabio Arcangeli
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:59
  30. The genetic causes underlying epilepsy remain largely unknown, and the impact of available genetic data on the nosology of epilepsy is still limited. Thus, at present, classification of epileptic disorders sho...

    Authors: Pasquale Parisi, Alberto Verrotti, Maria Chiara Paolino, Rosa Castaldo, Filomena Ianniello, Alessandro Ferretti, Francesco Chiarelli and Maria Pia Villa
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:58
  31. This study aimed to examine the incidence, epidemiology, and clinical characteristics of symptomatic and asymptomatic candidiasis in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), and to determine the risk factors as...

    Authors: Ali Ertug Arslankoylu, Necdet Kuyucu, Berna Seker Yilmaz and Semra Erdogan
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:56
  32. Meconium abnormalities are characterized by a wide spectrum of severity, from the meconium plug syndrome to the complicated meconium ileus associated with cystic fibrosis. Meconium Related Ileus in absence of ...

    Authors: Valentina Filomena Paradiso, Vito Briganti, Lucia Oriolo, Riccardo Coletta and Alessandro Calisti
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:55
  33. Cow's milk allergy (CMA) is the most frequent food allergy in childhood; the trend of CMA is often characterized by a progressive improvement to achieve tolerance in the first 4 to 5 years of life.

    Authors: Federica Bellini, Giampaolo Ricci, Arianna Dondi, Valentina Piccinno, Federico Angelini and Andrea Pession
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:52
  34. congenital and acquired airway anomalies represent a relatively common albeit challenging problem in a national tertiary care hospital. In the past, most of these patients were sent to foreign Centres because ...

    Authors: Michele Torre, Marcello Carlucci, Stefano Avanzini, Vincenzo Jasonni, Philippe Monnier, Vincenzo Tarantino, Roberto D'Agostino, Renato Vallarino, Mirta Della Rocca, Andrea Moscatelli, Anna Dehò, Lucio Zannini, Nicola Stagnaro, Oliviero Sacco, Serena Panigada and Pietro Tuo
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:51
  35. Castleman's disease (CD) is a rare, localized or generalized, lymphoproliferative disorder with a frequent mediastinal location, but possible in any lymph node or extra nodal site. It usually appears in young ...

    Authors: Piero Farruggia, Antonino Trizzino, Nunzia Scibetta, Giovanni Cecchetto, Patrizia Guerrieri, Emanuele SG D'Amore and Paolo D'Angelo
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:50
  36. To evaluate the analgesic effect and tolerability of paracetamol syrup compared to placebo and ketoprofen lysine salt in children with pharyngotonsillitis cared by family pediatricians.

    Authors: Nicolino Ruperto, Luigi Carozzino, Roberto Jamone, Federico Freschi, Gianfranco Picollo, Marcella Zera, Ornella Della Casa Alberighi, Enrica Salvatori, Alessandra Del Vecchio, Paolo Dionisio and Alberto Martini
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:48
  37. The use of talcum powder is incorrectly part of the traditional care of infants. Its acute aspiration is a very dangerous condition in childhood. Although the use of baby powder has been discouraged from many ...

    Authors: Federico Matina, Mirella Collura, Maria Cristina Maggio, Patrizio Vitulo, Caterina Lo Piparo and Giovanni Corsello
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:47
  38. Leukaemia immunotherapy represents a fascinating and promising field of translational research, particularly as an integrative approach of bone marrow transplantation. Adoptive immunotherapy by the use of dono...

    Authors: Ettore Biagi, Virna Marin, Greta Maria Paola Giordano Attianese, Irene Pizzitola, Sarah Tettamanti, Elisabetta Cribioli and Andrea Biondi
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:46
  39. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in the tropics. Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) may have compromised kidney function arising from repeated vaso-occlu...

    Authors: Bartholomew F Chukwu, Henrietta U Okafor and Anthony N Ikefuna
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:45
  40. There has been a noticeable annual increase in the number of children coming to Italy for medical treatment, just like it has happened in the rest of the European Union. In Italy, the assistance to children su...

    Authors: Roberto Rondelli, Giorgio Dini, Marisa De Rosa, Paola Quarello, Gianni Bisogno, Maurizio Aricò, Carivaldo Vasconcelos, Paolo Tamaro, Gabriella Casazza, Marco Zecca, Clementina De Laurentis, Fulvio Porta and Andrea Pession
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:44
  41. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome is a rare X-linked immunodeficiency disorder that is characterized by a variable clinical phenotype. Matched donor bone marrow transplantation is currently the only curative therapeuti...

    Authors: Kostas N Syrigos, Nektaria Makrilia, Jeffrey Neidhart, Michael Moutsos, Sotirios Tsimpoukis, Maria Kiagia and Muhammad W Saif
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:42
  42. Intrauterine growth retardation refers to a rate of growth of a fetus that is less than normal for the growth potential of a fetus (for that particular gestational age). As one of the leading causes of perinat...

    Authors: Taimur Saleem, Nida Sajjad, Sanna Fatima, Nida Habib, Syed R Ali and Maqbool Qadir
    Citation: Italian Journal of Pediatrics 2011 37:41

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