[Hypertrichosis cubiti in a girl with precocious puberty: Case report].

Hypertrichosis cubiti is a localized increase in hair density, length and thickness. It is an uncommon and benign entity with very few patients described in the medical literature (more or less than half a hundred). Half of the described patients associate other defects or malformations and the other half are purely aesthetic cases.

[Osgood-Schlatter disease in adolescent athlete. Case report].

Knee pain is one of the most frequent musculoskeletal symptoms in young physically active males. Common entities of clinical diagnosis as osteochondritis/apophysitis and others that need complementary studies should be considered in the differential diagnosis. We present the case of a 12-year-old male athlete with continuous pain in his right knee that intensifies with physical activity and with direct pressure.

Maternal assessment of recommendations on the newborn infant care upon hospital discharge.

Introduction: It is common for pediatricians to provide parents with information on how to look after their newborn baby at the time of discharge from the hospital. The objectives of this study are to determine the level of satisfaction regarding such information, to be aware of what additional information parents would have liked to receive, and to establish which factors may impact any additional information request.

Population And Methods: Descriptive study evaluating the opinion of women at 5-15 days post- partum regarding such information.

[Variability of antibiotic treatment in paediatric acute pharyngotonsillitis in Asturias, Spain].

Introduction. Acute pharyngotonsillitis accounts for a large portion of antibiotic prescriptions in pediatric offces. Our aim was to analyze the antimicrobial prescription habits for acute pharyngotonsillitis in children from hospital emergency departments and primary care pediatric clinics in Asturias (Spain).

Gitelman syndrome in Gypsy paediatric patients carrying the same intron 9 + 1 G>T mutation. Clinical features and impact on quality of life.

Background: Gitelman syndrome is a primary tubular disorder causing hypokalaemic metabolic alkalosis with hypocalciuria. Its prevalence is high in Gypsies, who harbour an identical mutation, intron 9 + 1 G>T, in the SLC12A3 gene.

Methods: To better define the Gitelman syndrome in Gypsies, the clinical and biochemical features of 34 Spanish paediatric Gypsy patients were analysed.