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Open AccessInsulin pump treatment vs. multiple daily insulin injections in patients with poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a comparison of cardiovascular effects
Both hyperglycaemia and large glycaemic variability are associated with worse outcomes in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), possibly causing sympatho-vagal imbalance and endothelial dysfunction. C...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Study on Use of Recycled Polymer as Modifier in Mastic and Asphalt Mixture
Environment wastes caused by technological and industrial development are increasing. Whereas natural resources and disposal area for those wastes are decreasing day to day. So, recycling and reuse of waste ma...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Rheological Characterization of Bituminous Mastics Containing Waste Bleaching Clays
Bleaching clays are mostly used in food industries to clarify vegetal oils. After use they are generally dumped as waste (stage 1) or used in green innovative plants to feed biogas reactors (stage 2). In latte...
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Open AccessVariants in the CYP7B1 gene region do not affect natural resistance to HIV-1 infection
The genetic bases of natural resistance to HIV-1 infection remain largely unknown. Recently, two genome-wide association studies suggested a role for variants within or in the vicinity of the CYP7B1 gene in modul...
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Open AccessThe presence of anti-Tat antibodies in HIV-infected individuals is associated with containment of CD4+T-cell decay and viral load, and with delay of disease progression: results of a 3-year cohort study
Tat is a key HIV-1 virulence factor, which plays pivotal roles in virus gene expression, replication, transmission and disease progression. After release, extracellular Tat accumulates in tissues and exerts ef...
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Open AccessAccess to treatment for HBV infection and its consistency with 2008 European guidelines in a multicentre cross-sectional study of HIV/HBV co-infected patients in Italy
A survey was performed in 2008 to evaluate the profiles of patients with chronic hepatitis B cared for by Italian Infectious Diseases Centers (IDCs).
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Open AccessViral variability study in follow-up sera from HIV-HBV-HCV coninfected patients
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Open AccessIncidence and risk factors for liver enzyme elevation during highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-HCV co-infected patients: results from the Italian EPOKA-MASTER Cohort
The risk of hepatotoxicity associated with different highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) regimens (containing multiple-protease inhibitors, single-protease inhibitors or non nucleoside reverse transcr...
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HIV-specific mucosal and cellular immunity in HIV-seronegative partners of HIV-seropositive individuals
HIV-specific mucosal and cellular immunity was analyzed in heterosexual couples discordant for HIV status in serum and in HIV-unexposed controls. HIV-specific IgA but not IgG was present in urine and vaginal w...
