[Botulinum toxin Type A. Indications and results].

Introduction: Since introduction for clinical in the 80s, the botulinum toxin type A is being used with effectiveness in the treatment of different disorders that goes with exaggerated muscular activity. Numerous studies have been demonstrated useful for focal treatment of spasticity.

Patients And Methods: Some indications of the botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of the cerebral palsy are reviewed, emphasizing that it use must be in a global planning.

[The influence of human milk and various artificial formulae commercially available in Spain on the fatty acid status of infants in the first two months of life].

Objective: To evaluate changes in the fatty acid composition of red blood cell phospholipids in breast-fed infants compared with those in infants fed with different formulas (conventional, omega -6-enriched formula, omega -6- and omega -3-enriched formula and nucleotide-enriched formula).

Methods: Thirty-seven healthy term infants were randomly assigned to one of five different feeding groups. Weight, length, head circumference, and arm circumference were assessed at 7 and 60 days of age.

[Effects of inhaled glucocorticoids effects on the body composition in children with moderate asthma].

Background: To assess anthropometric variables and body composition in children with moderate asthma.

Subjects And Method: Cross-sectional study of two homogeneous cohorts. Group 1 (study group): 84 children with moderate asthma treated with inhaled budesonide for al least 12 months; group 2 (control group): 89 healthy children.