[Suicide in adolescents: the possibilities of prevention]. / Il suicidio negli adolescenti: possibilità di prevenzione.

The survey of the epidemiologic data points out that suicide among adolescents is, as a matter of fact, a social emergency all over the world. This phenomenon is dramatically topical in our country too. The authors sum up the present knowledge about both risk and precipitating factors relating the suicide dynamics with particular references to potential prevention strategies. With regard to this specific issue they underline the predominant role played by pediatricians in both social and medical field.

[Hereditary angioedema. Description of a pediatric case]. / Angioedema ereditario. Descrizione di un caso pediatrico.

Hereditary angioedema is a disease due to deficiency or functional anomaly of the serum inhibitor of C1-esterase, clinically characterised by the recurrence of oedematous episodes in the subcutis and mucosas; if not diagnoses in time, this condition is potentially fatal (up to 50% of cases for edema of the glottis). A case diagnosed in paediatric age is reported.

Why is coeliac disease endemic in the people of the Sahara?

The prevalence of antiendomysial antibody (AEA) in 989 Saharawi children was 5.6%. Intestinal biopsies in a subsample confirmed that AEA is a marker of coellac disease in people living in a developing country.