[Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia].

The authors report a case of Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome). Diagnosed at the age of 2 months.

[Recent findings on pathology caused by Campylobacter and Yersinia. Preliminary results of an epidemiologic study on a pediatric population in Florence].

The authors, after a review of the literature concerning Campylobacter and Yersinia infections, report the preliminary results of an epidemiologic study carried out in florentine territory based on the stool-cultures of children with acute diarrhoea in the years 1984-85-86. From the dates results that in florentine territory too, Campylobacter isolation is second only to Salmonella isolation, as we can find in other searches++ of literature. Therefore the conclusion is that these two microorganisms, from "emergent" have become as interesting as to be investigated as routine practice.

[Evaluation of the respiratory function in patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy].

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the respiratory function of patients with different clinical stages of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Twenty-three DMD patients who were followed at Paediatric Department of Florence, were studied. We found a good correlation between the subject's functional capacity and normal predicted values for forced vital capacity (FVC) as well for forced volume at first second (FEV1).

[Robinow syndrome. Description of a case with diaphragmatic relaxation].

The authors report a case of Robinow Syndrome in a child 22 months old, who presented a relaxatio diaphragmatic too. This is the first case, among about twenty cases indicated in literature, in whom this type of malformation is present.

[Otitis media in the child. Follow-up study and control of 104 cases].

The authors report a case-study on 104 children admitted for many reasons to the I Department of Pediatrics of the A. Meyer Hospital in the period 1979-81. During their hospitalization, otitis media was diagnosed in all these cases.