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Della Cioppa A, De Falco I, Koutny T, Scafuri U, Ubl M, Tarantino E. Reducing high-risk glucose forecasting errors by evolving interpretable models for Type 1 diabetes. Appl Soft Comput 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2023.110012] [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: 01/12/2023]
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Martina V, Gallo A, Tarantino E, Esposito C, Zerbinati U, Mocchi R, Monticelli D, Lotti T, Tirant M, Van Thuong N, Rauso R, Zerbinati N. Viscoelastic properties and thermodynamic balance improvement of a hyaluronic acid hydrogel enriched with proline and glycyne. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2019; 33:1955-1959. [PMID: 31793281 DOI: 10.23812/19-252-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- V Martina
- Department of Research and Development, MatexLab Spa, Brindisi, Italy
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- Department of Research and Development, MatexLab Spa, Brindisi, Italy
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- Department of Research and Development, MatexLab Spa, Brindisi, Italy
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- Dermatology Department Centro Medico Polispecialistico, Pavia, Italy
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- Dermatology Department Centro Medico Polispecialistico, Pavia, Italy
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- DUB-CARE S.r.l. Spin-off University of Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology and Science of Life University of Insubria (Varese), Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Rome Guglielmo Marconi, Rome, Italy
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- National Hospital of Dermatology and Venereology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Maxillo Facial Surgery Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery School of Medicine University of Insubria (Varese), Italy
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De Falco I, Cioppa AD, Giugliano A, Marcelli A, Koutny T, Krcma M, Scafuri U, Tarantino E. A genetic programming-based regression for extrapolating a blood glucose-dynamics model from interstitial glucose measurements and their first derivatives. Appl Soft Comput 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2019.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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De Falco I, Della Cioppa A, Maisto D, Scafuri U, Tarantino E. An adaptive invasion-based model for distributed Differential Evolution. Inf Sci (N Y) 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2014.03.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Biancari F, Gudbjartsson T, Mennander A, Hypén L, Salminen P, Kuttila K, Viktorzon M, Böckelman C, Tarantino E, Tiffet O, Koivukangas V, Søreide JA, Viste A, Bonavina L, Vidarsdottir HH, Saarnio J. Treatment of esophageal perforation in octogenarians: a multicenter study. Dis Esophagus 2013; 27:715-8. [PMID: 24118339 DOI: 10.1111/dote.12148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Esophageal perforation is associated with significant mortality, and this may markedly increase with advanced age. This multicenter study investigates this issue in patients older than 80 years. Data on 33 patients >80 years old who underwent conservative (10 patients), endoclip (one patient), stent grafting (11 patients), or surgical treatment (11 patients) for esophageal perforation were collected from nine centers. Surgical repair consisted of repair on drain in one patient, primary repair in seven patients, and esophagectomy in two patients. Among patients who underwent stent grafting, one required repeat stenting and another stent graft repositioning. One patient was converted to surgical repair after stent grafting. Thirteen patients (39.4%) died during the 30-day and/or in-hospital stay. Their mortality was significantly higher than in a series of patients<80 years old (13.0%, 21/161 patients, P=0.001). Three patients (30.0%) died after conservative treatment, one (100%) after treatment with endoclips, five (45.5%) after stent grafting, and four (36.4%) after surgical repair (P=0.548). Early survival with salvaged esophagus was 42.4% (conservative treatment: 70.0% endoclips 0%, stent grafting: 54.5%, and surgical repair: 54.5%, respectively, P=0.558). Estimated glomerular filtration rate<60 mL/minute/1.73 m2 (70.0% vs. 25.0%, P=0.043) and sepsis (100% vs. 32.1%, P=0.049) at presentation were associated with increased risk of early mortality in univariate analysis. Esophageal perforation in octogenarians is associated with very high early and intermediate high mortality irrespective of the treatment method used.
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- F Biancari
- Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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De Falco I, Della Cioppa A, Maisto D, Scafuri U, Tarantino E. Biological invasion–inspired migration in distributed evolutionary algorithms. Inf Sci (N Y) 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ins.2012.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Tarantino E, Mabille S, Bruniaux M, Descamps O. MS39 MOLECULAR STUDY OF FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN BELGIUM. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(10)70540-7] [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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Perrone F, Cortelazzi B, Orsenigo M, Jocollè G, Tarantino E, Brich S, Bossi P, Locati L, Licitra LF, Pilotti S. Primary resistances to EGFR inhibitors (EGFRi) in HPV-positive and -negative oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). J Clin Oncol 2010. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.28.15_suppl.10591] [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: 11/20/2022] Open
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Orrico A, Galli L, Faivre L, Clayton-Smith J, Azzarello-Burri S, Hertz J, Jacquemont S, Taurisano R, Arroyo Carrera I, Tarantino E, Devriendt K, Melis D, Thelle T, Meinhardt U, Sorrentino V. Aarskog-Scott syndrome: Clinical update and report of nine novel mutations of theFGD1gene. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:313-8. [DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zweier C, Sticht H, Bijlsma EK, Clayton-Smith J, Boonen SE, Fryer A, Greally MT, Hoffmann L, den Hollander NS, Jongmans M, Kant SG, King MD, Lynch SA, McKee S, Midro AT, Park SM, Ricotti V, Tarantino E, Wessels M, Peippo M, Rauch A. Further delineation of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome: phenotypic and genotypic description of 16 novel patients. J Med Genet 2008; 45:738-44. [PMID: 18728071 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.2008.060129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Haploinsufficiency of the gene encoding for transcription factor 4 (TCF4) was recently identified as the underlying cause of Pitt-Hopkins syndrome (PTHS), an underdiagnosed mental-retardation syndrome characterised by a distinct facial gestalt, breathing anomalies and severe mental retardation. METHODS TCF4 mutational analysis was performed in 117 patients with PTHS-like features. RESULTS In total, 16 novel mutations were identified. All of these proven patients were severely mentally retarded and showed a distinct facial gestalt. In addition, 56% had breathing anomalies, 56% had microcephaly, 38% had seizures and 44% had MRI anomalies. CONCLUSION This study provides further evidence of the mutational and clinical spectrum of PTHS and confirms its important role in the differential diagnosis of severe mental retardation.
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Selicorni A, Russo S, Gervasini C, Castronovo P, Milani D, Cavalleri F, Bentivegna A, Masciadri M, Domi A, Divizia MT, Sforzini C, Tarantino E, Memo L, Scarano G, Larizza L. Clinical score of 62 Italian patients with Cornelia de Lange syndrome and correlations with the presence and type of NIPBL mutation. Clin Genet 2007; 72:98-108. [PMID: 17661813 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00832.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare multisystem disorder characterized by facial dysmorphisms, upper limb abnormalities, growth and cognitive retardation. About half of all patients with CdLS carry mutations in the NIPBL gene. The first Italian CdLS cohort involving 62 patients (including 4 related members) was screened for NIPBL mutations after a clinical evaluation using a quantitative score that integrates auxological, malformation and neurodevelopmental parameters. The patients were classified as having an overall 'severe', 'moderate' or 'mild' phenotype. NIPBL screening showed 26 mutations so classified: truncating (13), splice-site (8), missense (3), in-frame deletion (1) and regulatory (1). The truncating mutations were most frequently found in the patients with a high clinical score, whereas most of the splice-site and all missense mutations clustered in the low-medium score groups. The NIPBL-negative group included patients covering the entire clinical spectrum. The prevalence of a severe phenotype in the mutated group and a mild phenotype in the non-mutated group was statistically significant. In terms of the isolated clinical signs, the statistically significant differences between the mutation-positive and mutation-negative individuals were pre- and post-natal growth deficits, limb reduction, and delayed speech development. The proposed score seems to be a valuable means of prioritizing the patients with CdLS to undergo an NIPBL mutation test.
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- A Selicorni
- I Clinica Pediatrica, Fondazione Policlinico Mangiagalli Regina Elena, Milan, Italy
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Caronna R, Cardi M, Arcese W, Iori AP, Martelli M, Catinelli S, Mangioni S, Corelli S, Priore F, Tarantino E, Frantellizzi V, Spera G, Borrini F, Chirletti P. Gastrointestinal surgical emergencies in patients treated for hemathological malignancies. Suppl Tumori 2005; 4:S141-5. [PMID: 16437956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms are major and serious complications in patients who undergo chemotherapy for hematological malignancies. Their most frequent causes are acute intestinal graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after bone marrow transplant, infections, toxicity or preexisting gastrointestinal diseases. Mortality can reach 30-60% of cases. PATIENTS AND METHODS We report 15 cases operated on for abdominal emergencies: 3 severe gastrointestinal bleeding and 12 acute abdomen. RESULTS We performed 10 bowel resections, one cholecystectomy, one splenectomy, two laparotomy with pancreatic debridement and peritoneal lavage, and one suture of perforated peptic ulcer. Operative mortality was 33.3% (5/15). Deaths have been reported only in the group of patients with acute abdomen. In all cases death was correlated to generalized sepsis related to immunosuppression. CONCLUSIONS We believe that an aggressive approach, consisting of close monitoring and early laparotomy combined with vigorous supportive therapy, should be used when dealing with suspected gastrointestinal complications in patients with hematological malignancies.
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- R Caronna
- Cattedra di Chirurgia d'Urgenza II, Istituto Dipartimentalizzato di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e di Pronto Soccorso
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De Falco I, Della Cioppa A, Iazzetta A, Tarantino E. An evolutionary approach for automatically extracting intelligible classification rules. Knowl Inf Syst 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/s10115-003-0143-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Caronna R, Cardi M, Martelli M, Finolezzi E, Natalino F, Mingazzini P, Scozzafava S, Mangioni S, Romeo BG, Tarantino E, Benedetti M, Pittau G, Schiratti M, Chirletti P. Systematic radical gastrectomy and D2 lymphadenectomy in primary gastric B cell lymphoma: impact on diagnosis, classification and long term results. A prospective study. J Chemother 2005; 16 Suppl 5:26-9. [PMID: 15675472 DOI: 10.1080/1120009x.2004.11782378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The role of surgery in the treatment of primary gastric lymphoma has been recently re-evaluated. We report the results of a series of 37 operated patients for primary gastric lymphoma (PGL). All patients underwent gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectony and bilateral liver biopsies. Postoperative histopathological classification was compared to preoperative staging data. No mortality and low morbidity were observed in this series of patients. We found a high incidence of mixed grading of tumors and a relatively high incidence of lymph node metastases in low grade lymphoma. Relying on preoperative biopsies and imaging techniques could lead to preoperative staging inaccuracy and therefore to inappropriate treatment planning. For these reasons we advocate systematic primary surgery in PGL. Surgery could be useful for staging purposes and seems to be curative in stage IE.
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- R Caronna
- Istituto Dipartimentalizzato di Chirurgia d'Urgenza e di Pronto Soccorso, Cattedra di Chirurgia d'Urgenza II, Università di Roma" La Sapienza"-Viale del Policlinico - 00161 - Roma, Italy.
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Ferlini A, Obici L, Manzati E, Biadi O, Tarantino E, Conigli P, Merlini G, D'Alessandro M, Mazzaferro V, Tassinari CA, Salvi F. Mutation and transcription analysis of transthyretin gene in Italian families with hereditary amyloidosis: a putative novel hot spot' in codon 47. Clin Genet 2000; 57:284-90. [PMID: 10845569 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2000.570407.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Transthyretin gene mutations are associated with autosomal dominant familial amyloidosis. The commonest phenotype in the patients is peripheral neuropathy, but restrictive cardiomyopathy is also a frequent sign. More than 70 different mutations in the gene have been described. Although these mutations are randomly distributed, some hot spots have also been reported notably at position 6, 30, 33, 58, 109, 119 and 122. A few of these codons contain a CpG dinucleotide. We describe an additional 'hot spot' occurring at codon 47, in which we report one novel and two previously described mutations. This codon, however, does not contain a CpG dinucleotide, suggesting that other mechanisms might be responsible for the allelic heterogeneity. All the reported mutations in codon 47 are located in the exon 2 consensus sequence and are potentially involved in splicing. We performed transcription analysis on two livers obtained from transplanted patients carrying the Ala47 mutation. These livers showed a normally spliced message, indicating that this mutation does not affect splicing.
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- Istituto di Genetica Medica, Università di Ferrara, Italy.
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De Falco I, Iazzetta A, Natale P, Tarantino E. Evolutionary neural networks for nonlinear dynamics modeling. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/bfb0056901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Tarantino E, Meozzi A, Villirillo A, Lamesa G, Taddeucci G. [Gardner syndrome]. Pediatr Med Chir 1995; 17:473-7. [PMID: 8685009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The observation of Gardner's syndrome case, in a six year old girl, referred to the hospital for seizures, provides the Authors with the opportunity of reviewing that important subject of the medical and surgical clinical pathology. The diagnostic features and differential diagnosis are described. The current criteria for diagnosis and surveillance of the affected or at risk subjects are outlined. Today the molecular, and, thereafter, the prenatal, neonatal and preclinical diagnosis of the disease, is possible.
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- Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi, Pisa, Italia
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Meozzi A, Tarantino E, Villirillo A, Crimaldi G, Ughi C. [Peutz-Jeghers syndrome]. Pediatr Med Chir 1995; 17:479-82. [PMID: 8685010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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An observation of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, in a 13 year old girl, provides the Authors with the opportunity of reviewing the clinical features, the natural history and the complications of the disease, mainly the malignancies. In recent reviews the occurrence of cancer was further on investigated: gastrointestinal and non gastrointestinal tumors occurred in 22-48% of the patients examined. The surveillance protocols of the subjects at risk and genetic counseling are discussed.
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- A Meozzi
- Istituto di Clinica Pediatrica, Università degli Studi, Pisa, Italia
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Menkes' disease, a neurodegenerative progressive X-linked disorder, was diagnosed in a 4-month-old child. The diagnosis was made on the combination of clinical features with laboratory and radiological findings. The pathogenesis of the skeletal findings in Menkes' disease is as yet unclear. Because of the severity of the prognosis and in order to plan treatment, the correct diagnosis has to be reached quickly. Typical manifestations of the syndrome are likely to develop after 3 months of age, with a pleiotropic appearance. In the present case, on the basis of the clinical investigation the patient underwent retrograde cystourethrography, roentgenographic examination of the skeleton, and magnetic resonance imaging of the brain. On analysis of the magnetic resonance imaging, we detected one-sided involvement of both subcortical and cortical parenchyma resembling a unilateral ischemic lesion such as, to our knowledge, has not yet been reported.
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- F Pinto
- Department of Radiology, University of Pisa, Ospedale S. Chiara, Italy
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Ceccarelli M, Rossi B, Siciliano G, Calevro L, Tarantino E. Clinical and electrophysiological reports in a case of early onset myotonia congenita (Thomsen's disease) successfully treated with mexiletine. Acta Paediatr 1992; 81:453-5. [PMID: 1498517 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1992.tb12271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A sporadic event of myotonia congenita in a infant admitted to the Paediatric Clinic for frequent crises of apnoea, cyanosis, vomiting and difficult feeding is reported. EMG analysis was consistent with the dominant variety of myotonia congenita. Mexiletine therapy showed excellent results in reducing myotonic activity. It is worthwhile stressing that early symptoms may go unnoticed or may be misinterpreted and that information on the genetic form of the disease can be obtained also from the EMG analysis through a repetitive stimulation test.
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- M Ceccarelli
- Department of Paediatrics, University of Pisa, Italy
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Bartalena L, D'Accavio L, Pellegrinetti C, Tarantino E. [A case of partial 6q trisomy diagnosed at birth]. Pathologica 1990; 82:549-52. [PMID: 2080100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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This report concerns a male newborn investigated with chromosomal analysis due to dysmorphic and malformative signs. His caryotype was 46,XY but the short arm of one 3 was not normal: parental chromosomes showed a maternal balanced translocation (3;6)(p25;q23) which had led to 6q23----6qter duplication in the patient. The phenotype was like the twenty-one cases found in the literature: it is characterized by facial dysmorphism (bow shaped mouth, high prominent forehead, protruding ocular bulbs, anteverted nostrils), short neck with pterigium, flexion contractures especially at extremities and neurological problems as well as internal malformations. Moreover, it seems not affected, or very little, by monosomies accompanying unbalanced translocations.
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- Cattedra di neonatologia, Università di Pisa
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Garzelli C, Puglisi C, Pacciardi A, Tarantino E. Interleukin-1-like activity produced by hybrids constructed with Epstein-Barr-virus-transformed human B lymphocytes and mouse myeloma cells. Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1988; 85:76-81. [PMID: 2828240 DOI: 10.1159/000234477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Peripheral blood B lymphocytes from a donor with positive tuberculin skin test reaction were transformed into lymphoblastoid cell lines by Epstein-Barr virus and then fused by polyethylene glycol with mouse myeloma cells. Human-mouse hybrid cells producing human IgM monoclonal antibody to purified protein derivative of tuberculin were isolated, and the concentrated supernatant of one of these cell hybrids was tested for the capacity of interfering with DNA synthesis of human and mouse lymphocytes. The hybrid cell supernatant was found to contain soluble factors that increased DNA synthesis in unstimulated human and mouse lymphocytes and that, conversely, decreased DNA synthesis in concanavalin-A-stimulated cells. Gel filtration experiments showed that these antagonistic activities were due to at least two different factors, one of which resembled human interleukin-1 in biochemical and biological properties.
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Pisa, Italy
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Casalone R, Granata P, Simi P, Tarantino E, Butti G, Buonaguidi R, Faggionato F, Knerich R, Solero L. Recessive cancer genes in meningiomas? An analysis of 31 cases. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 1987; 27:145-59. [PMID: 3472644 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(87)90269-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Cytogenetic studies on 31 human meningiomas revealed clonal abnormalities in 14 of them. Monosomy 22 was present in three cases as the only abnormality, and in five it was associated with monosomy 18, monosomy 14, loss of X, loss of Y, and trisomy 20, respectively. We found a number of rearrangements involving chromosome #22: an i psu dic(22)(pter----q11::q11----pter) in two cases and a t(18;22)(q12;q11) in another case. Two cases showed a complex translocation involving #7 and #14: t(2;7;14)(q23;q36;q22) and t(1;7;14)(q25;q32;q22), respectively. Other clonal chromosome abnormalities were del(1p) (present in two cases); der(9)t(9;?)(q34;?); der(7)t(7;?)(q31;?); der(22)t(22;?)(q11;?); and a 9p+ chromosome. The relevance for the pathogenesis of human meningiomas of these chromosome anomalies is also discussed with reference to the previous literature. The possible involvement of recessive cancer genes present on the long arm of chromosome #22 is also discussed.
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Panicucci F, Giorgi PL, Sagripanti A, Conte B, Pinori E, Vispi M, Tarantino E. Haemophilia B- variant in a female. Pathologica 1980; 72:91-6. [PMID: 7393658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Giorgi PL, Tarantino E, Bertini A, Fiori B. [Report of a further case of trisomy 12p]. Pathologica 1979; 71:355. [PMID: 548876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Giorgi PL, Tarantino E, Formica A, Fiori B. [Primary amenorrhea and X-autosome translocation in a subject without Turner symptoms]. Pathologica 1979; 71:387. [PMID: 548886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Giorgi PL, Tarantino E, Bruschini F, Fiori B. [Report of a further case of trisomy 8qter]. Pathologica 1979; 71:346. [PMID: 548871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Tenconi R, Giorgi PL, Tarantino E, Formica A. Trisomy 12p due to an adjacent 1 segregation of a maternal reciprocal translocation t(12;18) (p11;q23). Ann Genet 1978; 21:229-33. [PMID: 314261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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A 5, 9-12-year-old with trisomy 12 pdue to a maternal reciprocal translocation adjacent 1 segregation is presented. Comparison of his phenotype with that of other patients reported in the literature confirm the existence of a trisomy syndrome.
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Giorgi PL, Tarantino E, Formica A, Cipriani P, Dallapiccola B. Partial trisomy 8q resulting from maternal translocation t(2;8)(q373;q23). Acta Genet Med Gemellol (Roma) 1978; 27:75-9. [PMID: 751384 DOI: 10.1017/s0001566000009533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A patient with multiple congenital malformations due to partial 8q trisomy is reported. Karyotype-phenotype correlations suggest the possibility that partial trisomy 8q is a nosologically distinct syndrome.
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