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Teresa Arrigo
Pediatrics
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Open AccessAtopy and autoimmune thyroid diseases: melatonin can be useful?
Recently, there has been growing interest in the relationship between allergic and autoimmune diseases. Allergy and autoimmunity can be considered two potential outcomes of dysregulated immunity and analysis o...
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Open AccessSudden cardiac arrest in a child with nemaline myopathy
Nemaline myopathy is a rare, non progressive congenital skeletal muscle disorder defined by the presence of inclusions known as nemaline rods in muscle fibers. Several clinical subtypes have been described, ac...
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High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) in childhood: from bench to bedside
High-mobility group box protein 1 (HMGB1) is a nonhistone nuclear protein that has a dual function. Inside the cell, HMGB1 binds DNA, regulating transcription and determining chromosomal architecture. Outside ...
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Open AccessAt the end of a two-year follow-up elevated TSH levels normalize or remain unchanged in most the children with subclinical hypothyroidism
Data about the natural evolution of subclinical hypothyroidism (SH) in pediatric age are very scanty. Moreover all the available reports in both aged and young patients were based on unselected study populatio...
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Sicilian family with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) and lethal lung disease in one of the affected brothers
We report the clinical and immunological features of the autoimmune regulator gene (AIRE) in two Sicilian brothers with autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED). They were compou...
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Menstrual cycle pattern during the first gynaecological years in girls with precocious puberty following gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue treatment
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Young adults with cystic fibrosis are shorter than healthy peers because their parents are also short
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Bone Demineralization in Cystic Fibrosis: Evidence of Imbalance between Bone Formation and Degradation
Bone turnover, collagen metabolism, and bone mineral status were investigated in 59 patients with cystic fibrosis and in 72 sex- and age-matched control subjects. In all patients and control subjects serum con...
