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E Volpe

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Progressive rubella panencephalitis. Follow-up EEG study of a case.

Progressive rubella panencephalitis is a very rare slow virus disease of the nervous system. The authors present a case, concerning a young man, aged 20 years, died 11 months after the onset of the disease. The following peculiarities of the case are emphasized: 1) the clinical symptomatology and the evolution (myoclonus, lack of cerebellar impairment) could suggest the diagnosis of SSPE; 2) the EEG recordings showed epileptiform abnormalities, long latency diffuse periodic complexes and--during interferon therapy and simultaneously with a temporary clinical improvement--the appearance of short latency anterior periodic complexes.

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[Management of vaccination practices in adults: the influenza vaccination campaign in Lazio region, Italy].

This paper focuses on key issues of the organizational model of the influenza vaccination campaign in Lazio region, Italy, started during the 1999-2000 season. The following crucial features of the model are emphasized: a strong support given by Regional Health Agency; a high level of commitment of local health authorities; a considerable involvement of general practitioners; the appropriation of economical incentives related to different levels of coverage; an "ad hoc " information system. The model resulted in a remarkable increase of the number of vaccinations among elderly population (from about 420,000 in the 2000-2001 vaccination campaign to about 560,000 in the successive campaign) and of the correspondent levels of coverage (from 45.7% in the 2000-2001 vaccination campaign to 59.2% in the successive campaign). Nevertheless, further efforts should be provided to better identify population at risk, and to reach the most disadvantaged groups. Moreover, actions are to be performed to assess health and economic benefits of vaccination campaign, in order to improve the efficiency of health care planning programs.

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[Epileptic crisis at the onset of SSPE (subacute sclerosing panencephalitis): considerations apropos of a case].

A case of SSPE is reported and discussed; in all the evolution of this history, epileptic seizures were precocious (a long time before the onset of characteristic features of the disease) and dominant. The Authors, also on the basis of the literature (a definite pattern of evolution of epilepsy within SSPE is not reported), emphasize that this disease must be however considered among the possible aetiologies of an epileptic syndrome with onset in childhood.

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[Further considerations on epilepsy in the follow-up of patients subjected to surgery for intracranial pathology].

A retrospective study has been carried out on a pool of 210 pts. suffering from various intracranial lesions (tumours, abscesses, vascular malformations, hydrocephalus), submitted to neurosurgical operation. The main evidences of our investigation are: both early and tardive seizures are observed only related to supratentorial pathology, mainly to tumours; pts. with seizures before the operation present a major incidence of postoperative epilepsy; and pts. with early seizures have more often also late epilepsy. The Authors relate this evidence to a factor of individual predisposition; pharmacological prophylaxis can be really effective in reducing postoperative epilepsy.

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[Congenital obstruction of the gastric antrum: description of a case].

On an average of 100,000 of livebirths congenital obstructive gastric syndromes range from 1 to 3 cases. The syndrome of the congenital antral membrane represents 5% of the total reported cases. It is mostly located 1 to 3 centimeters above the pylorus-duodenal connection and it may occur both in infants and toddlers. In very young patients it might be difficult to differentiate an hypertrophic stenosis of pylorus from a pyloric spasm. In older babies the obstacle to food passage may be moderate and the pathology may not be evident or it can be treated with simple medial therapy. This report presents the case of a 15 months old female with congenital antral membrane.

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