Biomedical subjects

A Majorana

Publications and source records attributed to A Majorana.

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[Carious pathology in selective IgA deficit].

The relationship between levels of secretory IgA and incidence of dental caries has been the object of controversial studies. Selective IgA deficiency (SIgAD) is the commonest primary immunodeficiency and may be found in apparently healthy individuals but is also associated with a variety of diseases. In the present study the authors evaluated the prevalence [correction of incidence] of caries by means of caries indexes in a group of children with severe and partial SIgAD and in a group of children age-matched healthy control. Evaluated caries indexes were significantly higher in children with severe SIgAD as compared to control groups.

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[Celiac disease and recurrent aphthous stomatitis. The clinical and immunogenetic aspects].

The frequency of HLA class II (DR and DQ) antigens is analyzed in 113 subjects affected by coeliac disease, nineteen of them suffering from recurrent aphthous stomatitis. A significant association was found between DRw10 and DQw1 HLA antigens and the two diseases in the 19 subjects suffering from both diseases.

Adolescent↗

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[Juvenile spongiform encephalopathy with unusual pathomorphologic findings].

A 27-year-old man presented disturbances of gait and language, quickly followed by intellectual deterioration, tetraplegia, anarthria and myoclonus. Histological examination of a cerebral biopsy showed not only cortical changes consistent with the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, but also many amyloid-plaques with variable morphology. The diagnostic interpretation of the case particularly as to concern his relationship to s.c. Gerstmann-Strüssler syndrome is discussed.

Adult↗