[Venous angiectatic malformation of the adrenal gland. Report of a case and review of the literature].

Ectasia of a left adrenal vein in a 64-year-old man is described. The "cyst" thus formed contained 500 ml of blood. Its wall had three layers and was lined with endothelium.

Deficiency 10p. Report of a case and exclusion mapping of the hexokinase 1 locus to band 10p11.2.

A patient deficient for most of the short arm of one chromosome 10 is described. The clinical picture is similar to those of other published cases but includes agenesis of olfactory bulbs, an uncommon finding, already noted in few 10p- patients. The normal levels of hexokinase 1 found in the fibroblasts of the patient allow a more precise localization of the gene at band 10p11.

[The newborn infant of mothers under treatment with anticonvulsants. Description of 5 cases].

The effects of fetal exposure to the anticonvulsant drugs and their clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic problems have been considered. The authors have reported five cases of newborns from addicted mothers. Particularly discussed are some clinical and pathologic correlations involved in the exposure to the Hydantoin and to the Sodium Valproate.

[The newborn infant in the Aosta Valley: preliminary statistical analysis of various ethnic and geographic factors].

We have examined 976 new-born babies in Aosta Valley retrospectively, in order to determine which risk factors were significantly linked with the high incidence of: hospitalization and infants with below average neonatal and placental weight. The new-borns of native mothers have been compared with those of immigrant mothers, and also the new-borns of parents living in mountains have been compared with those of parents living in town. Results have shown new-born babies of native mother are at a disadvantage, especially regarding: the neonatal and placental average weight and the incidence of small for gestational age infants (SGA).

[Determination of glycemia. Comparison between the enzymatic method and those of Folin-Wu and of ortho-toluidine (author's transl)].

On 1032 serum's samples, the determination of glycemia has been at the same time performed with methods enzymatic, of Folin-Wu and of ortho-toluidine. The obtained results, arranged, with the relative frequency, in progressive order from 40 to 470 mg%, have been compared among themselves, taking as base's value that of the method of Folin-Wu. After a description of the chemical reactions, which occur during the enzymatic determination of the glycemia, and of the causes of error, which can to interfere on the same determination, it has been discussed the validity and the specificity of this method.

[On the chloranilic acid reaction (RAC) proposed by Closs (author's transl)].

On the serum of 3790 patients (2131 women and 1659 male), aged from 3 days to 84 years, the RAC has been performed at the same time with the Mc Lagan's Kunkel's and Takata's reactions. The test of sulfobromophthalein's excretion has been performed in 246 of these patients. Between RAC and T.