Antonella Lezo

TL;DR: The Italian pediatric population is characterized by excessive sodium and deficient potassium intake, and future campaigns should focus on children and adolescents as a major target in the framework of a population strategy of cardiovascular prevention.

TL;DR: A kindred carrying a mutation of Sara2 gene causing a chylomicron retention phenotype is described, a recessive inherited disorder characterized by fat malabsorption and steatorrhea and associated with failure to thrive in infancy.

TL;DR: This study offers a quantitative estimation of negative impact of pre-pregnancy obesity on the most common pregnancy and perinatal complications in patients who delivered in an Italian tertiary care Obstetric department.

TL;DR: A sizable proportion of the population, especially girls, appeared to be at risk of iodine inadequacy, and the simple measurement of UIC could lead to underestimation of the occurrence of iodine deficiency in younger children, because of the age-related smaller urine volumes producing spuriously higher iodine concentrations.

TL;DR: Isolated liver transplantation allowed, in this particular case, time for further intestinal adaptation thereby avoiding the need for intestinal transplantation early in life, and he has satisfactory growth indices, reduced stool volume, and frequency.