CT measurement of the normal ventricular system in premature infants.

In order to develop quantitative criteria for normal lateral ventricular dimensions, 70 cerebral computed tomographic scans of premature infants were reviewed and 31 normal scans were selected as suitable for establishing cerebroventricular indices. In 15 normal premature infants of less than 32 weeks gestational age the mean bifrontal index was 0.28 +/- 0.

The Aarskog syndrome.

The Aarskog syndrome is characterized by short stature, peculiar facies, shawl scrotum, cryptorchism, broad, short hands and hyperextensibility of the proximal interphalangeal joints. A boy with typical features of the Aarskog syndrome is presented. The proband's mother, sister and grandmother were short and strongly resembled him.

Pituitary function in a patient with septo-optic dysplasia and pituitary dwarfism (Kaplan-Grumbach-Hoyt syndrome).

The cause of a seventeen-year-old female patient with septo-optic dysplasia and pituitary dwarfism is presented. Mental retardatin and epilepsy, in addition to absence of the septum pellucidum, point to a widespread lesion of the central nervous system. There is unilateral hypoplasia of the optic nerve.

Dermatoglyphs of the inhabitants of the Island of Hvar, Yugolsavia.

An analysis of the digito-palmar dermatoglyphs obtained from 231 inhabitants of the Island of Hvar, divided into two groups according to some sociocultural differences, is presented. The quantitative features do not reveal heterogeneity between the groups, while some qualitative palmar dermatoglyphic features are statistically significantly different. The results are discussed in the light of the possible influence of some different evolutionary processes.