[Socio-demographic considerations concerning Italian emigration, 1950-1985]. / Considerazioni socio-demografiche sull'emigrazione italiana, 1950-1985.

PIP: Trends in emigration from Italy from 1950 to 1985 are reviewed using data from official Italian sources. The characteristics of the principal Italian communities living abroad in 1984 are analyzed, including demographic and professional characteristics.^ieng

Immune therapy of osteoarthritis: an open assessment of clinical results with heterologous antibodies to articular tissue ('Serocytol').

Forty-three out-patients received treatment (6 months in 13 cases of spondylarthrosis, 12 months in 30 cases of gonarthrosis) with heterologous antibodies to articular tissue, given as 1 rectal suppository once every other day for periods of 4 weeks out of every 5. The treatment produced complete freedom from symptoms and signs of the illness in 5 (12%) patients and overall positive therapeutic results in 36 (84%), equally distributed in the disorders of the vertebral column and of the knee. This was accompanied by a significant improvement, both in terms of percentage improvement and the percentage of patients improved, of all monitored symptoms. The percentage improvement was similar for all components of the illness: pain, mobility and inflammatory-reactive component. No local or systemic side-reactions were recorded throughout the observation period, and there were no adverse effects on haematology, haematochemistry or renal function. A high percentage of patients reported a remarkable improvement in their quality of life, an overall measure of the therapeutic benefit-risk ratio as experienced by the individual patient.