26 Result(s)

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Idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a patient with thyroid papillary carcinoma

A. Carotenuto, F. Barbato, G. Vacca, F. Barbieri, G. Orefice in Neurological Sciences (2014)

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Natalizumab is effective in multiple sclerosis patients switching from other disease modifying therapies in clinical practice

Natalizumab is one option for multiple sclerosis patients responding poorly to classical immunomodulators, but pilot studies did not point to its effectiveness as a second-line therapy. Aim of this study was t...

R. Lanzillo, S. Bonavita, M. Quarantelli, G. Vacca, G. Lus… in Neurological Sciences (2013)

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The Trop-2 signalling network in cancer growth

Our findings show that upregulation of a wild-type Trop-2 has a key controlling role in human cancer growth, and that tumour development is quantitatively driven by Trop-2 expression levels. However, little is...

E Guerra, M Trerotola, A L Aloisi, R Tripaldi, G Vacca, R La Sorda, R Lattanzio… in Oncogene (2013)

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An example of a tourist location-based service (LBS) with open-source software

Location-based services (LBS) provide information and data to the user based on geographical position. These services are usually based on a communication network and one or more positioning technologies, comb...

M. Deidda, A. Pala, G. Vacca in Applied Geomatics (2013)

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Predictive factors of neutralizing antibodies development in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients on interferon Beta-1b therapy

The identification of predictive factors of NAbs development might have a relevant impact on clinical practice. Our objective is to look after predictive factors of NAbs development in MS IFN Beta-1b-treated p...

R. Lanzillo, G. Orefice, A. Prinster, G. Ventrella, R. Liuzzi… in Neurological Sciences (2011)

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Multiple sclerosis and headache co-morbidity. A case-control study

The prevalence of primary headache (PH) in a multiple sclerosis (MS) sample vs. control healthy subjects was investigated at a neurological clinic in 2004–2005: 122 of 238 (51%) MS patients and 57 of 238 (23%) co...

G. Vacca, E. Marano, V. Brescia Morra, R. Lanzillo, M. De Vito… in Neurological Sciences (2007)

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Levetiracetam for cerebellar tremor in multiple sclerosis

Disabling tremor is frequent in multiple sclerosis (MS) and its treatment remains challenging. We conducted an open–label trial to evaluate the effect of levetiracetam (LEV) to treat cerebellar tremor in MS pa...

Dr. P. Striano, A. Coppola, G. Vacca, F. Zara, V. Brescia Morra… in Journal of Neurology (2006)

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A clinical comparison of trigeminal neuralgic pain in patients with and without underlying multiple sclerosis

Despite clinical similitude, there is a tendency to consider trigeminal pain in multiple sclerosis (MS) as a distinct condition. To evaluate clinical differences in trigeminal pain presentation in patients wit...

R. De Simone, E. Marano, V. Brescia Morra, A. Ranieri, P. Ripa… in Neurological Sciences (2005)

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: The pattern of c-Fos immunoreactivity in the hindbrain of the rat following stomach distension

It has been previously shown that the walls of the stomach contain vagal and splanchnic afferents, connected to low and high threshold (LT and HT) gastric receptors, that convey physiological and noxious infor...

M. Sabbatini, C. Molinari, E. Grossini, D. A. S. G. Mary… in Experimental Brain Research (2004)

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Epileptic seizures in multiple sclerosis: clinical and EEG correlations

Epileptic seizures occur more frequently in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients than in the general population. We evaluated clinical, electroencephalographic (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings, ...

P. Striano, G. Orefice, V. Brescia Morra, P. Boccella, C. Sarappa… in Neurological Sciences (2003)

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HELLP syndrome with reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy

We report the case of a 30-year-old primipara who developed a triplet pregnancy after having received artificial insemination. At the end of the eighth month of pregnancy she had a generalized tonic-clonic se...

E. Marano, N. Scuteri, G. Vacca, G. Orefice in Neurological Sciences (2003)

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Haemodynamic effects of the intravenous administration of growth hormone in anaesthetized pigs

 Administration of growth hormone in humans has been reported variably to affect arterial blood pressure and ventricular contractility. The present study was undertaken in anaesthetized pigs to establish wheth...

G. Vacca, A. Battaglia, E. Chiorboli, E. Grossini, D. A. S. G. Mary… in Pflügers Archiv (1998)

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Abstract

L. J. Andries, S. U. Sys, A. L. Meulemans, J. A. J. Schuurkes… in Pflügers Archiv (1996)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Extraction of Drained Waters from Instable Areas for Minor Agricultural Uses

Water resources of low potential, generally associated with low permeability soils, are of considerable interest especially in many Italian bad lands. Their extraction and use are very important for the follow...

G. Spilotro, G. Vacca in Subsurface-Water Hydrology (1996)

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X-ray Scattering Studies of Molecular Ordering Phenomena in Confined Films

A knowledge of the structural behavior of molecules confined in thin liquid films and the way in which they differ from bulk behavior is of great importance to a variety of technological applications. We discu...

Sunil K. Sinha, M. Tolan, G. Vacca, Z. Li, M. Rafailovich… in MRS Online Proceedings Library (1994)

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The effect of distension of the stomach on coronary blood flow in anaesthetized pigs

The present study was undertaken in anaesthetized pigs to determine whether distension of the stomach reflexly affects coronary blood flow. Experiments were performed on 17 pigs anaesthetized with ketamine and...

G. Vacca, D. A. S. G. Mary, P. Vono in Pflügers Archiv (1994)