Short-Term Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Term Neonates Treated with Phenobarbital versus Levetiracetam: A Single-Center Experience. [PDF]
Behav Neurol, 2019 Background. Phenobarbital (PB) has been traditionally used as the first‐line treatment for neonatal seizures. More recently, levetiracetam (LEV) has been increasingly used as a promising newer antiepileptic medication for treatment of seizures in neonates. Objectives. The aim of our study was to compare the effect of PB vs.
Falsaperla R +7 more
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Unveiling the Role of DNA Methylation in Kidney Transplantation: Novel Perspectives toward Biomarker Identification. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2019 The burden of chronic kidney disease is dramatically rising, making it a major public health concern worldwide. Kidney transplantation is now the best treatment for patients with end‐stage renal disease. Although kidney transplantation may improve survival and quality of life, its long‐term results are hampered by immune‐ and/or non‐immune‐mediated ...
Agodi A +7 more
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Curcumin Modulates DNA Methyltransferase Functions in a Cellular Model of Diabetic Retinopathy. [PDF]
Oxid Med Cell Longev, 2018 Hyperglycaemia‐induced oxidative stress appears to be involved in the aetiology of diabetic retinopathy (DR), a major public health issue, via altering DNA methylation process. We investigated the effect of hyperglycaemia on retinal DNA methyltransferase (DNMT) expression in diabetic mice, using Gene Expression Omnibus datasets.
Maugeri A +6 more
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Oral lesion as unusual first manifestation of multiple myeloma: case reports and review of the literature. [PDF]
Case Rep Hematol, 2014 Extramedullary plasmacytoma (EMP) and solitary bone plasmacytoma (SBP) represent a disease continuum through a multistage process of cell differentiation, survival, proliferation, and dissemination, strictly related to multiple myeloma (MM), the second most common hematological malignancy.
Romano A +7 more
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha -308 G>A polymorphism, adherence to Mediterranean diet, and risk of overweight/obesity in young women. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2014 The present study was conducted in order to (i) characterize the adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) pattern and fatty acids (FAs) intakes and (ii) explore interactions between TNFA −308 G>A polymorphism and adherence to MD and FAs intakes, respectively, on overweight/obesity risk.
Barchitta M +4 more
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Feasibility, reproducibility, and agreement between different speckle tracking echocardiographic techniques for the assessment of longitudinal deformation. [PDF]
Biomed Res Int, 2013 Background. Left ventricular (LV) longitudinal deformation can be assessed with new echocardiographic techniques like triplane echocardiography (3PE) and four‐dimensional echocardiography (4DE). We aimed to assess the feasibility, reproducibility, and agreement between these different speckle‐tracking techniques for the assessment of longitudinal ...
Buccheri S +5 more
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How green are our laws? Presenting a normative coherence for sustainable development methodology
Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 90-109, February 2023., 2023 Abstract Policy coherence for sustainable development (PCSD) has become a pillar of supranational sustainable development agendas, promoting “whole of government approaches.” The concept of normative coherence for sustainable development (NCSD) has emerged as a new stage of policy coherence for sustainable development analysis.
Harlan Koff +4 more
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Cuerpos de cobre: Extractivismo en Chuquicamata, Chile
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 200-218, June 2021., 2021 Resumen ¿Qué extraen y qué producen los extractivismos? El presente artículo intenta responder a esta pregunta analizando críticamente, la relación entre cuerpos, trabajo y mi‐nería principalmente bajo el modelo neoliberal chileno, en la mina estatal de cobre a tajo abierto más grande del planeta: Chuquicamata.
Marina Weinberg
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Influence of Myeloperoxidase Levels on Periodontal Disease: An Applied Clinical Study
Applied Sciences, 2020 In this trial, we evaluated the influence on plasma and salivary myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels of periodontal health, coronary heart disease (CHD), periodontitis, or both periodontitis and CHD.
Alessandro Polizzi +5 more
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Sequência: Estudos Juridicos e Politicos, 2023 O artigo analisa a possibilidade jurídica de se substituir no Brasil, sob a égide da Constituição de 1988, o sistema de governo presidencialista pelo parlamentarista, semi-presidencialista ou outros modelos. Examina as Propostas de Emenda à Constituição
Felipe Klein Gussoli +1 more
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