[Report of a case of type C Niemann-Pick syndrome with atypical course]. / Descrizione di un caso di sindrome di Niemann-Pick di tipo C ad andamento atipico.

We report a case of one boy with Niemann-Pick disease (type C). The manifestations are delayed but the clinical evolution is swift.

[Description of a case of spondylo-thoracic dysplasia or Jarcho-Levin syndrome]. / Descrizione di un caso di displasia spondilo-toracica o sindrome di Jarcho-Levin.

A case of Jarcho-Levin Syndrome is described which is characterized by severe costo-vertebrate anomalies. In our case signal severe cardiopathy.

[A case report of drepanocytic anemia with "belt syndrome"]. / Descrizione di un caso di anemia drepanocitica con "Sindrome della cintura".

Following article describes the case of a child with painful abdominal symptomatology showing characteristics of an acute abdomen. Following the laboratory tests abdominal crises have been classified as vessel occlusion crises with sickle cell anemia.

[Phagocytic function of PMN granulocytes in a pediatric population with recurrent respiratory infections]. / Studio della funzionalità fagocitaria dei granulociti PMN in una popolazione pediatrica con infezioni respiratorie ricorrenti (IRR).

We have studied the Phagocytosis at 32 children who had recurrent respiratory tract infection (RRI). We used a easy method (Phagolux). The seventy-five percent (24/32) of children had a Phagocytosis and/or Opsonisation Deficit during or following the acute respiratory tract infection. All children (except for one who had a C3-deficit) reached normal parameters after (or al least) fourty-five days.

[Giardiasis: a clinical case with rare symptomatology]. / Giardiasi: un caso clinico con sintomatologia rara.

We reported a clinical case of a child with Giardiasis whose clinical symptoms show some common aspects (acute diarrhea, abdominal pain) with others less known (irido-keratoconjunctivitis) or even rare (acute interstitial nephritis).