MATARESE , Simona

The management of adrenal insufficiency (AI) is challenging, and the overall goals of treatment are to prevent life-threatening adrenal crises, to optimize linear growth, to control androgen levels without overdosing in patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), and to improve quality of life in affected individuals. Standard...

To describe a homogeneous group of patients with undifferentiated recurrent fevers followed-up in a tertiary referral center for systemic autoinflammatory diseases (SAIDs).

Background: Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a thrombotic microangiopathy characterized by intravascular hemolysis. It can be classified as either typical, primarily caused by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection, or as atypical HUS (aHUS), which results from uncontrolled complement activation. Methods: We report the case...