[Hypoglycemia caused by partial deficiency of growth hormone. Description of a clinical case]. / Ipoglicemia da deficit parziale di GH. Descrizione di un caso clinico.

A clinical case of a female patient suffering from recurrent, especially nighttime, attacks of hypoglycaemia is reported. Clinical tests found these to be the consequence of partial hypophyseal deficiency of growth hormone.

[Changes in feeding behavior in anorexic individuals. Description of 2 clinical cases]. / Alterazione del comportamento alimentare in individui anoressici. Descrizione di due casi clinici.

The change in the eating behaviour of anorexic individuals has been studied with particular attention to the case of two biovular heterozygotic twins. It is observed that dietetic treatment backed by careful psychiatric therapy is a decisive factor in the resolution of the pathology.

[Hymenolepis diminuta: a rare helminthiasis in humans. Description of a clinical case]. / Hymenolepis diminuta: un'elmintiasi rara nell'uomo. Descrizione di un caso clinico.

The paper describes a case of hymenolepis diminuta, a relatively uncommon helminthiasis in man. The patient examined displayed very particular aspects with regard to the course of the disease and its diagnosis.

[Type I diabetes mellitus and autoimmunity. Description of 9 clinical cases]. / Diabete I ed autoimmunità. Descrizione di 9 casi clinici.

Diabetes mellitus type I can ben divided into two forms, IA and IB, with partially different clinical and pathogenetic characteristics. The present paper looks at type I diabetic patients presenting associated pathologies of autoimmune type, largely involving the endocrine system.