Correspondence: Antonio Cuneo, M.D., Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Ematologia, Università di Ferrara, via Savonarola 9, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. Phone: international +34-0532-236978 – Fax: international +340532-212142. A 67-year-old retired school-teacher was referred to our Institute with a 3-week history of fatigue, recent onset of fever, leukopenia with few neutrophils and thro...

Accessory ossicles of the foot and ankle are normal variants of bone development that usually remain asymptomatic. However, they may be involved in various disorders and become a source of pain such as in fractures, dislocations, degenerative changes, osteonecrosis, osteoarthritis, osteochondral lesions, avascular necrosis, and irritation or impingement of adjacent soft tissues. Hence, during t...

In the 90’s, only approximately 50% of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) could be shown to carry a chromosome defect, a figure reflecting inadequate cell division. The introduction of FISH allowed for the detection of chromosome aberrations in 80% of the cases and every patient could be included in a specific group according to a hierarchical cytogenetic classification as follows: 17p> 11q> +1...

INTRODUCTION An excess of nitrates causes environmental pollution in receiving water bodies and health risk for human, if contaminated water is source of drinking water. The directive 91/676/ CEE [1] aims to reduce the nitrogen pressure in Europe from agriculture sources and identifies the livestock population as one of the predominant sources of surplus of nutrients that could be released in w...

BACKGROUND The micro-array techniques for the detection of specific IgE has improved the diagnostic procedures for allergic diseases. This method also allows to define sensitisation profiles from an epidemiological point of view. We studied the sensitisation pattern in a population of polysensitized patients with respiratory allergy, living in a restricted geographical area in the north-west It...

This presentation discusses the results of a qualitative research on causes and processes early school leaving (ESL), conducted in 2017 8 European cities (Amadora/Portugal, Northampton/United Kingdom, Paris/France, Genova Cuneo/Italy, Osijek Djal/Croatia, Bucharest/Romania). The objectives were: a) to give voice young people's experiences process, effects leaving, retention dropping out; b) gat...