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Bariatric surgery is associated with a postoperative reduction of 25(OH) vitamin D levels (25(OH)D) and with skeletal complications. Currently, guidelines for 25(OH)D assessment and vitamin D supplementation i...
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La dieta chetogenica (DK) ha guadagnato un’immensa popolarità nell’ultimo decennio, principalmente a causa del suo effetto a breve termine sulla perdita di peso e per il beneficio teorizzato sull’adattamento m...
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Correction: Advice of General Practitioner, of Surgeon, of Endocrinologist, and Self-Determination: the Italian Road to Bariatric Surgery
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Bariatric surgery (BS) is considered the most efficient treatment for severe obesity. International guidelines recommend multidisciplinary approach to BS (general practitioners, endocrinologists, surgeons, psy...
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Open AccessCXCL10 levels at hospital admission predict COVID-19 outcome: hierarchical assessment of 53 putative inflammatory biomarkers in an observational study
Host inflammation contributes to determine whether SARS-CoV-2 infection causes mild or life-threatening disease. Tools are needed for early risk assessment.
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COVID-19 is associated with unintentional weight loss. Little is known on whether and how patients regain the lost weight. We assessed changes in weight and abdominal adiposity over a three-month follow-up aft...
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In February 2020 the corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection started spreading throughout Italy, hitting the Lombardy region very hard. Despite the high diffusion, only a subset of patients developed se...
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Obesity is a chronic, complex disease associated with a constellation of systemic complications that deeply impact health status and quality of life. Besides being associated with “classical” cardiometabolic c...
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Supporting physicians in the management of metabolic alterations in adult kidney transplant recipients: a comment on the joint position statement of the Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN), the Italian Society for Organ Transplantation (SITO) and the Italian Diabetes Society (SID)
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In recent years, advancements in the knowledge of gut microbiota and its relationship with human pathophysiology led to the finding that gut microbiota is deeply implicated in the pathogenesis of liver steatos...
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Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus (PTDM) may severely impact both short- and long-term outcomes of kidney transplant recipients in terms of graft and patient survival. However, PTDM often goes undiagnosed...
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Despite a clear association between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and fracture risk, the pathogenesis of bone fragility in T2D has not been clearly elucidated. Insulin resistance is the primary defect in T2D. Insulin...
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Open AccessProbiotics in prevention and treatment of obesity: a critical view
The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014. The obesity pandemic is tightly linked to an increase in energy availability, sedentariness and greater control of ambient temperatu...
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