[Cerebral ischemic disease in women. Notes on a CT-documented case series].

Risk factors in a group of 50 women affected by CT-documented stroke have been analysed. Arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia and hyperglycaemia proved the most frequent.

[A case of lipoma of the small intestine].

A case of small bowel lipoma with few evident symptoms is reported. Radiological diagnosis was confirmed at surgery. The comparative rarity of this type of benign intestinal neoformation is pointed out.

[Cerebral ischemic malacia. A retrospective study of CAT scan-documented cases].

One hundred male patients affected by ischaemic stroke were studied with the use of CT scans. A clinical-biohumoral pattern was traced for every patient, with particular regard to the incidence of risk factors for stroke of which systolic arterial hypertension, appear to be the most frequent. It would be useful to extend this research to female patients as well in order to discover any significant differences between sexes.

Method for the determination of functional (clottable) fibrinogen by the new family of ACL coagulometers.

A new family of coagulometers ACL 100, 200 and 300 (Instrumentation Laboratory, IL) has recently been introduced, in addition to the existing ACL 810. This paper presents a technique to determine clottable fibrinogen using the ACL method based on the measurement of the light scattered from the reaction mixture during a PT test. This technique was found to compare well with the present most commonly used methods.