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Recent studies suggest a close relationship between renal dysfunction and new onset diabetes (NOD). The aim of the study was to investigate the association between subclinical functional and structural renal a...
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Metabolic syndrome and microalbuminuria predict renal outcome in non-diabetic patients with primary hypertension: the MAGIC study
Metabolic syndrome (MS) has recently been shown to be a forerunner of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Microalbuminuria (MA) is associated with both MS and CKD. This study aimed to prospectively investigate the r...
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Open AccessPattern of cancer risk in persons with AIDS in Italy in the HAART era
A record-linkage study was carried out between the Italian AIDS Registry and 24 Italian cancer registries to compare cancer excess among persons with HIV/AIDS (PWHA) before and after the introduction of highly...
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Open AccessClassic Kaposi's sarcoma in Italy, 1985–1998
To evaluate incidence rates (IRs) of classic Kaposi's sarcoma (CKS) in Italy after the spread of AIDS, we distinguished CKS from AIDS-related KS (AKS) using an ‘ad hoc’ record linkage procedure between 15 Cancer ...
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Open AccessRisk of cancer in persons with AIDS in Italy, 1985–1998
A record linkage was carried out between the Italian Registry of AIDS and 19 Cancer Registries (CRs), which covered 23% of the Italian population, to estimate the overall cancer burden among persons with HIV o...
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Mortality trend for multiple sclerosis in Italy (1974–1993)
The prevalence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Italy is one of the highest in Europe, estimated proportions ranging between 32 and 69 cases per 100,000. An update of mortality time trend analyses can help trace ...
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The relationship between urban airborne pollution and short-term mortality: Quantitative and qualitative aspects
The influence of airborne pollution on mortality rates has been examined since the well known severe pollution episodes of Pennsylvania (1948) and London (1952). Three main epidemiological approaches are avail...
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Risk of cancer other than Kaposi's sarcoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in persons with AIDS in Italy
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Kaposi's sarcoma in Italy before and after the AIDS epidemic
The incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) in 1976-90 was assessed in Italy, taking advantage of a network of nine population-based cancer registries covering, at its maximum, approximately 5.6 million subjects. T...
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