[Histologic chorioamnionitis is associated with cerebral palsy].

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the interaction between histologic chorioamnionitis and unexplained neonatal cerebral palsy among low-birth-weight infants.

Methods: 105 preterm infants delivered under 1500 g between 2000-2004 were studied. The clinical data, the neonatal neuroimaging, the laboratory results finds and the histopathologic features of fetal parts (placenta, umbilical cord and membranes) were evaluated.

[Radiosensitizing effect of hyperfractionated radiation].

To determine whether hyperfractionated treatment has benefits in the radiation therapy, two melanoma cell lines were irradiated with eight 0.5 Gy fractions as well as one single 4 Gy in vitro. The radiation was performed in air and in hypoxia as well.