[Incidence and onset of arterial hypertension and diabetic retinopathy in a population of subjects with diabetes mellitus].

The authors noticed a 50% increase in the incidence of arterial hypertension in diabetic subjects compared with non diabetic ones. Females are more affected in both types of diabetes mellitus and during the first ten years after onset of NIDDM. Diabetic retinopathy is more frequent in IDDM.

[Incidence and type of dyslipidemia in a diabetic population].

The incidence of dyslipidemia in the diabetic patients tested was found to be twofold compared to the non diabetic population. The percentage was found to be higher in Fredrikson class IIb, unchanged in class IIa and diminished in class IVF.

[Autoimmune hypophysitis. Review of the literature and a case report].

Lymphoid hypophysitis is a rare disease (fewer than 30 cases) which is associated with lymphocytic infiltration of the pituitary gland with complete or partial hypopituitarism, pituitary mass, and occurrence exclusively in women, often during pregnancy or in the postpartum period. The majority of the women had autoimmune endocrine and not endocrine disorders and in some cases antipituitary antibodies were present. For these reasons an autoimmune cause has been suggested.

[Hematological and hematochemical signs in the diagnosis of chronic alcoholism in its early stages].

Lab tests designed to reveal the presence of pathological liver and haemopoietic organ alterations were run in 72 alcohol addicts. It was found that chronic alcoholism is more often accompanied by hypoazotaemia (90.28% of cases), increased globular volume (90.