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Anthropometry, ultrasonography and abdominal bio-electrical impedance as predictors of metabolic abnormalities in normal and obese subjects
Metabolic syndrome (MS) is an important cardiovascular risk factor and visceral fat plays a central role in its development. Visceral fat measurement by TC or MRI is difficult to apply in routine clinical prac...
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Allogeneic hemopoietic SCT for patients with primary myelofibrosis: a predictive transplant score based on transfusion requirement, spleen size and donor type
A total of 46 patients with primary myelofibrosis (PMF) (median age 51 years), underwent an allogeneic hemopoietic SCT (HSCT) after a thiotepa-based reduced-intensity conditioning regimen. The median follow-up...
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An unusual observation of tetragametic chimerism: forensic aspects
A 41-year-old healthy Caucasian male showed an unidentifiable direct AB0 group and a B group by an indirect method revealing the presence of natural antibodies anti-A1 and anti-A2. Mixed fields with anti-B and...
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Audit of litigation against the accident and emergency radiology department
The aims of this study were to reduce and monitor litigation due to failure to diagnose a fracture, to evaluate whether the cases were due to radiological error or other problems in the diagnostic and therapeu...
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Obesity treatment in elderly outpatients: Predictors of efficacy and drop-out
Objective: Obesity is increasing in the elderly and it is associated with an increased risk of medical complications, decline in physical function and disability. Very few studies specifically ev...
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The legal implications of error in radiology
Evaluation of the legal implications of error in radiology and therefore the assessment of criminal and civil liability in the practice of the profession requires an analysis of how the public perception of th...
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Fat depot-related differences in gene expression, adiponectin secretion, and insulin action and signalling in human adipocytes differentiated in vitro from precursor stromal cells
The distinct metabolic properties of visceral and subcutaneous adipocytes may be due to inherent characteristics of the cells that are resident in each fat depot. To test this hypothesis, human adipocytes were...
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Economic Problems in the Buffalo Milk filiére
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Long-term follow-up of two children with a variant of mild autosomal recessive osteopetrosis undergoing bone marrow transplantation
Malignant autosomal recessive (AR) osteopetrosis represents an absolute indication for bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Over the last 15 years, almost 100 BMTs for osteopetrosis have been reported. The media...
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Autograft Followed by Allograft Without Myeloablative Conditioning Regimen: A New Approach for Resistant Hematologic Neoplasia and Breast Cancer
To decrease the relapse and morbidity risks of allograft in patients with refractory or relapsed hematologic neoplasia and metastatic breast cancer, fourteen patients entered our trial: Hodgkin’s disease (n = 4),...
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Analysis of a short tandem repeat locus on chromosome 19 (D19S253)
A tetranucleotide tandem repeat locus on chromosome 19 (D19S253) was analysed. PCR products were detected by denaturing polyacrylamide gels with fluorescent-based technology. This study has confirmed a polymor...
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Forensic evaluation of HUMCD4: An Italian database
The YTTTC pentanucleotide short tandem repeat polymorphism HumCD4 was studied in an Italian population sample. PCR products were compared to an allelic ladder by manual PAGE and silver staining. A total of 6 a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multiplexed DNA Markers from Cigarette Butts in a Forensic Casework
As described by Hochmeister et al. [1], suitable amounts of DNA for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) may be recovered from saliva cells present on cigarette butts. In such cases, detection of DNA markers may be...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Automated Profiling of Multiplexed DNA Markers. An Italian Database of Four Coamplified STR Loci
Automated DNA profiling by fluorescent-based technology and its application on multiplex amplified polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products have been studied and validated for use in forensic laboratory routin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Italian Collaborative Study on the HLA-DQA1 Locus (GEFI’s “Garda 2” Project)
In October 1991 the GEFI (Gruppo Ematologi Forensi Italiani) proposed a collaborative study on the use of AmpliType HLA-DQα Forensic DNA Amplification and Ty** Kit (Parkin Elmer Cetus) for individual ty** ...
