[Kawasaki's syndrome in Italy. Review of the literature and personal contribution]. / La sindrome di Kawasaki in Italia. Revisione della letteratura e contributo personale.

Clinical outcome, lab examinations, therapy and aetiological theories of Kawasaki disease are discussed. All cases diagnosed in Italy since 1977 to 1984 have been collected (64 patients). This review shows that the disease affected mainly children from 3 months of age to 4 year, with a male to female ratio of 1.5:1 and the outcome was quite always benign, a part from a single case that went to death, with an overall mortality of 1 out of 64. Two cases observed from the AA are extensively described. The outcome was benign and one case showed high level of IgE. We stress that even if the Kawasaki disease is occasionally seen in our country, the physician must know the major features not to oversee the diagnosis.

[Nutritional considerations on milk formulae following breast feeding]. / Considerazioni nutrizionali sui latti di seguito.

The Author, considering that many babies in the town of Palermo are "weaned" with partially skimmed milk since their 3rd month of life, takes into consideration the type of milk the baby has to be fed with in substitution of the starting formula. Since the woman's milk is sufficient to cover the baby's need up to the 6th month of his life, the various industrial cow milks (pasteurized, homogenized, skimmed) are confronted with the new powder milks called "follow up formula". In the whole what results is a clear superiority of the latter. They are, no doubt, more useful to the baby's alimentary needs starting from the 4th month of his life.