[Risk factors for fetal and neonatal brain injury]. / Fattori di rischio per il danno cerebrale fetale e neonatale.

Epidemiological studies have suggested a strong association of fetal and neonatal brain damage with fetal infections and free radical release. Intrauterine infection and hypoxia ischemia appear to share some characteristics, including high levels of cytokines and adhesion molecules. The relevance of the actions of cytokines to a variety of neurological disorders has opened a potentially fruitful area of research and therapeutic development.

[Echinococcal cysts of the external oblique muscle. Clinical case]. / Cisti da echinococco del muscolo obliquo esterno. Caso clinico

A short account of the nosological, physiopathological and therapeutical aspects of cysts due to muscle echinococcus is given. A case of echinococcus of the external oblique muscle is presented and its diagnostical difficulties pointed out.