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Franchina V, Klackl J, Jonas E. The reinforcement sensitivity theory affects questionnaire (RST-AQ). A validation study of a new scale targeting affects related to anxiety, approach motivation and fear. Curr Psychol 2023; 43:5193-5205. [PMID: 38524832 PMCID: PMC10959810 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-023-04623-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2024]
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This paper presents the RST-AQ, a 22-item scale to measure the affective states related to the three motivational systems postulated by Reinforcement Sensitivity theory (RST-AQ): the Behavioral approach system (BAS), Behavioral inhibition system (BIS), and the Fight-Flight-Freeze system (FFFS). The three subscales are internally consistent. Results show an overall support for construct validity of our RST-AQ measure. The correlations of the RST-AQ subscales with other measures demonstrate a good convergent and divergent validity with regard to the subscales of BAS and BIS. The RTS-AQ Scale provides researcher with the first instrument to measures the affective states of the RST theory.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Franchina V, Stabile S, Cenna R, Mannozzi F, Federici I, Testoni S, Sinno V, Cagnazzo C. ISO 9001:2015 standard implementation in clinical trial centers: An exploratory analysis of benefits and barriers in Italy. Contemp Clin Trials Commun 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.conctc.2023.101104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2023] Open
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Franchina T, Ficarra G, Fugazzotto D, Bitto A, Magaudda L, Trimarchi F, Di Mauro D, Zarzana M, Cacciola F, Aspria P, Franchina V, Adamo V. EP10.01-019 Rowing Against Cancer: From a Support Project to a Research Program. Perspectives and Challenges of Rowing in Metastatic Lung Cancer Patients. J Thorac Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2022.07.896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Franchina V, Bonfanti RC, Lo Coco G, Salerno L. The Role of Existential Concerns in the Individual's Decisions regarding COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake: A Survey among Non-Vaccinated Italian Adults during the Third Wave of the Pandemic. Vaccines (Basel) 2022; 10:1079. [PMID: 35891243 PMCID: PMC9319079 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines10071079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Recent studies have suggested that health constructs embraced by the Terror Management Theory (TMT) and the Basic Psychological Needs Theory (BPNT) may drive individuals' COVID-19 health-related decisions. This study examines the relationships between existential concerns (ECs; within the TMT), basic psychological needs (BPNs; within the BPNT) and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy (VH), as well as the mediating role of negative attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines. A cross-sectional survey was carried out from April to May 2021 on a sample of two hundred and eighty-seven adults (Mage = 36.04 ± 12.07; 59.9% females). Participants provided information regarding existential concerns, basic psychological needs, attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine hesitancy for Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccines separately. Higher vaccine hesitancy (32.1%) and vaccine resistance (32.8%) rates were found for AstraZeneca than for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (22.3% and 10.1%, respectively). Structural equation modeling showed that existential concerns were related to Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca vaccine hesitancy both directly and indirectly through negative attitudes toward potential side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. The findings of the study confirm that the TMT is efficient in explaining COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Targeted efforts are needed to increase the acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines.
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- Vittoria Franchina
- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria;
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy; (R.C.B.); (G.L.C.)
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy; (R.C.B.); (G.L.C.)
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- Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy; (R.C.B.); (G.L.C.)
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Ariani A, Parisi S, Del Medico P, Farina A, Visalli E, Molica Colella A, Lumetti F, Caccavale R, Scolieri P, Andracco R, Girelli F, Bravi E, Colina M, Franchina V, Platé I, DI Donato E, Amato G, Salvarani C, De Lucia F, Santilli D, Arrigoni E, Mozzani F, Foti R, Sandri G, Bruzzese V, Paroli M, Fusaro E, Becciolini A. POS1027 APREMILAST EFFICACY IN REAL WORLD SETTINGS: RESULTS FROM AN ITALIAN MULTI-CENTER OBSERVATIONAL STUDY. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.1300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundApremilast, an inhibitor of the phosphodiesterase 4, is indicated for Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) treatment. The 3 years retention rate, an outcome indirectly related to efficacy, observed in clinical trials [1] is 55,5%. A single subsequent real world setting study [2] suggested a lower efficacy as it reported that the six months retention rate was about 57%.ObjectivesThe main aim of this retrospective observational study is the assessment of apremilast 3 years retention rate in a real world PsA patients’ cohort. Moreover, the secondary objective is reporting the reasons of apremilast suspension and the most relevant factor related to treatment persistence.MethodsIn thirteen Italian rheumatological referral centers, all PsA consecutive patients who received apremilast were enrolled. Anamnestic data, treatment history and PsA disease activity (DAPSA) at baseline and after 6 and 12 months were recorded. The Kaplan-Meier curve and the Cox analysis computed the apremilast retention rate and treatment persistence-related risk factors. A p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsThe three-hundred-twenty-four enrolled patients (median age 60 [InterQuartile Range IQR 52-67] yrs; female prevalence 57,0%) median observation period was 17 [IQR 7-36] months (6848 patients-months). The apremilast retention rate at 6, 12 and 36 months was, respectively, 95%, 86% and 66% (Figure 1). The main discontinuation reasons were: primary inefficacy (40% of interruptions), secondary inefficacy (18%) and gastro-intestinal intolerance (17%%). The oligo-articular onset was the only factor associated to apremilast persistence (Hazard ratio 0.57 IQR 0.34-0.96). Sex, age, and sever comorbidities (cancer, chronic infections etc) were not related to treatment discontinuation. The basal DAPSA (24.1, IQR 18.5-32.0) decreased after 6 and 12 months (respectively 14.5, IQR 10.1-22.6 and 10.5, IQR 8,0-15.2). Remission or minimal disease activity (DAPSA < 15) was achieved after 12 months in 38.0% of patients.ConclusionAlmost two third of PsA patients receiving apremilast were still in treatment after 3 years. The study’s data, confirmed its efficacy and safety profile. Apremilast appear a good treatment choice in patients with oligo articular PsA or burdened by severe comorbidities.References[1]Mease et al. ACR Open Rheumatology (2020)[2]Favalli et al Clin Exp Rheum (2020)Disclosure of InterestsAlarico Ariani Speakers bureau: Zentiva, Consultant of: Boeringher, Amgen, Bristol-Meyers-Squibb, Novartis, Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, Lilly, Janssen, Bruno Farmaceutici, Simone Parisi: None declared, Patrizia Del Medico: None declared, antonella farina: None declared, elisa visalli: None declared, Aldo Molica Colella: None declared, Federica Lumetti Consultant of: Amgen, rosalba caccavale: None declared, Palma Scolieri: None declared, Romina Andracco: None declared, Francesco Girelli: None declared, Elena Bravi: None declared, Matteo Colina: None declared, Veronica Franchina: None declared, Ilaria Platé: None declared, eleonora Di Donato Consultant of: Novartis, Giorgio Amato: None declared, Carlo Salvarani: None declared, Francesco De Lucia: None declared, Daniele Santilli Consultant of: Novartis, eugenio arrigoni: None declared, Flavio Mozzani Consultant of: Novartis, Abbvie, Rosario Foti: None declared, Gilda Sandri: None declared, Vincenzo Bruzzese: None declared, Marino Paroli: None declared, Enrico Fusaro: None declared, Andrea Becciolini: None declared
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Cagnazzo C, Franchina V, Toscano G, Fagioli F, Franchina T, Ricciardi G, Antonuzzo L, Di Costanzo A, Russo A, Cusenza S, Gori S, Marchetti F, Tambaro M, Piccirillo P, Nanni O, Delfanti S, Di Maio M, D'Ascanio F, Adamo V. 1497P Cancer patients’ awareness about clinical research: The ELPIS study preliminary results. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Franchina V, Franchina T, Ricciardi G, Adamo V. P39.09 Social Media Support of Lung Cancer Patient Associations During the Lockdown Restrictions in Italy: A Breath of Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Thorac Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC8885112 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2021.01.809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Reiss S, Franchina V, Jutzi C, Willardt R, Jonas E. From anxiety to action-Experience of threat, emotional states, reactance, and action preferences in the early days of COVID-19 self-isolation in Germany and Austria. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243193. [PMID: 33290398 PMCID: PMC7723254 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted everyday life virtually everywhere in the world, enabling real-life research on threat-and-defense processes. In a survey conducted within the first days of implementing social distancing measures in Austria and Germany, we aimed to explore the pathways from threat perception to preferences of defense strategies. We found that anxiety, approach-related affect, and reactance were specifically elicited by motivational (vs. epistemic) discrepancies. In a second step, we tested the mediating effect of anxiety, approach-related affect, and reactance on preferences regarding personal-social and concrete-abstract defenses. Experiencing anxiety was related to interest in security-related actions, and approach-affect was related to both personal projects and social media use. Participants experiencing reactance were more inclined to pursue personal projects (personal-abstract) and less interested in security-related (personal-concrete) actions. They also showed marginally lower system justification (social-abstract). Additionally, we examined the relationship of loneliness with defense strategies, showing that loneliness was associated with lower system justification and security behaviors. The results suggest that individuals deal with threat in their own ways, mostly depending on affective state and motivational orientation: Anxiety was related to security, approach-state to action (both social and personal), reactance to derogation of the system and disregard for security, while loneliness was associated with inaction.
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- Stefan Reiss
- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
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Lo Coco G, Salerno L, Franchina V, La Tona A, Di Blasi M, Giordano C. Examining bi-directionality between Fear of Missing Out and problematic smartphone use. A two-wave panel study among adolescents. Addict Behav 2020; 106:106360. [PMID: 32135397 DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND In recent years, the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) construct has been the object of growing attention in digital technology research with previous studies finding support for the relationship between FoMO and problematic smartphone use (PSU) among adolescents and young adults. However, no previous studies clarified the causal link between FoMO and PSU using a longitudinal design. METHODS An auto-regressive, cross-lagged panel design was tested by using a longitudinal dataset with two waves of data collection (T0 and T1, one year apart). Participants included two hundred and forty-two adolescents (109 males and 133 females), with a mean age of 14.16 years, who filled out the Fear of Missing Out scale (FoMOs) and the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SAS). Moreover, participants filled out the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), at the first time-point of data collection. RESULTS The findings of the study show that FoMO (both FoMO-Fear and FoMO-Control subscales) and PSU are positively related at both time-points (i.e. at a cross-sectional level). However no cross-lagged associations between them were longitudinally supported. Females and older adolescents show higher FoMO-Fear at T1. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the present study suggest caution when causal links between FoMO and PSU are inferred.
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- Gianluca Lo Coco
- University of Palermo, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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- University of Palermo, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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- University of Palermo, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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- University of Palermo, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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- University of Palermo, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, Viale delle Scienze, Edificio 15, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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Franchina T, Russo A, Ricciardi G, Franchina V, Adamo V. P2.16-38 Efficacy and Safety of Target Therapy and Immunotherapy in Advanced NSCLC in Elderly: A Systematic Review of Real World Studies. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Franchina V, Vanden Abeele M, van Rooij AJ, Lo Coco G, De Marez L. Fear of Missing Out as a Predictor of Problematic Social Media Use and Phubbing Behavior among Flemish Adolescents. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2018; 15:ijerph15102319. [PMID: 30360407 PMCID: PMC6211134 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15102319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fear-of-missing-out (FOMO) refers to feelings of anxiety that arise from the realization that you may be missing out on rewarding experiences that others are having. FOMO can be identified as an intra-personal trait that drives people to stay up to date of what other people are doing, among others on social media platforms. Drawing from the findings of a large-scale survey study among 2663 Flemish teenagers, this study explores the relationships between FOMO, social media use, problematic social media use (PSMU) and phubbing behavior. In line with our expectations, FOMO was a positive predictor of both how frequently teenagers use several social media platforms and of how many platforms they actively use. FOMO was a stronger predictor of the use of social media platforms that are more private (e.g., Facebook, Snapchat) than platforms that are more public in nature (e.g., Twitter, Youtube). FOMO predicted phubbing behavior both directly and indirectly via its relationship with PSMU. These findings support extant research that points towards FOMO as a factor explaining teenagers’ social media use.
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- Vittoria Franchina
- Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
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- Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, Tilburg University, 5037AB Tilburg, The Netherlands.
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- imec-mict-UGent, Department of Communication Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
- Department of Youth & Risky Behavior, Trimbos Institute, 3521 VS Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Palermo, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
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- imec-mict-UGent, Department of Communication Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Franchina V, Ceravolo F, Franchina T, Ricciardi G, Adamo V. Photography as a therapeutic tool to re-elaborate “cancer” experience. Ann Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdx434.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Franchina V, Ceravolo F, Franchina T, Ricciardi G, Adamo V. Patient-caregiver relationship in cancer movies of the last ten years: “and the winner is”…the hope! Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw345.09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Russo A, Franchina T, Picone A, Raiti F, Ricciardi G, Franchina V, Ferraro G, Scimone A, Toscano G, Adamo V. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor mutational status predicts patterns of metastatic spread in treatment-naïve Adenocarcinomas of the lung. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv343.44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adamo V, Ricciardi G, Franchina V, Ferraro G, Caruso M, Bronte G, Banna G, Spadaro P, Savarino A, Iacono C, Soto Parra H, Spada M, Safina V, Blasi L, Zerilli F, Prestifilippo A, Giannitto-Giorgio C, Alberio D, Cottini L, Russo A. Multicenter study of the eValuation of Eribulin (E) use in Sicily in metastatic breast cancer (MBC): A Prospective RegistrY (VESPRY trial). Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv336.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Russo A, Franchina T, Picone A, Ferraro G, Picciotto M, Zanghì M, Franchina V, Adamo V. Different Metastatic Pattern According to the EGFR Mutational Status in a Cohort of Lung Adenocarcinomas (ADCS): a Single-Institution Report. Ann Oncol 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv051.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Caprino L, Borrelli F, Falchetti R, Biader U, Franchina V. A new computerized system for automatic ECG analysis: an application to hypoxic rat ECG's. Comput Biomed Res 1978; 11:195-207. [PMID: 354861 DOI: 10.1016/0010-4809(78)90031-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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