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Emergency visits and hospital admissions in aged people living close to a gas-fired power plantAgostino Di Ciaula
Section of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Bisceglie, Via Bovio, 70057 Bisceglie BAT, Italy
Eur J Intern Med 23:e53-8. 2012..Combustion of natural gas for energy generation produces less pollutants than coke/oil. However, little is known about the short-term effect of pollution generated by gas-fired power plants on the health of elderly people...
Ultrasonographic study of postcibal gastro-esophageal reflux and gastric emptying in infants with recurrent respiratory diseaseAgostino Di Ciaula
Division of Internal Medicine, P O Bisceglie, 70052 Bisceglie BA, Italy
World J Gastroenterol 11:7296-301. 2005..To check the utility of postcibal ultrasonography for the evaluation of reflux in relation to gastric emptying in infants with recurrent respiratory symptoms and to link imaging with clinical data...
Gastrointestinal symptoms and motility disorders in patients with systemic sclerodermaAgostino Di Ciaula
Department of Internal and Public Medicine DIMIMP University Medical School of Bari, Section of Internal Medicine, Bari, Italy
BMC Gastroenterol 8:7. 2008..Studies on gastrointestinal symptoms, dysfunctions, and neurological disorders in systemic scleroderma are lacking so far...
Targets for current pharmacologic therapy in cholesterol gallstone diseaseAgostino Di Ciaula
Division of Internal Medicine, Hospital of Bisceglie, Bisceglie Bari, Italy
Gastroenterol Clin North Am 39:245-64, viii-ix. 2010..Recent perspectives on medical treatment of cholesterol gallstone disease are discussed in this article...
Coordinate regulation of gallbladder motor function in the gut-liver axisPiero Portincasa
Department of Internal Medicine and Public Medicine, Clinica Medica A Murri, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy
Hepatology 47:2112-26. 2008..Here, we present a comprehensive view on the regulation of gallbladder motor function by focusing on recent discoveries in animal and human studies, and we discuss the role of the gallbladder in the pathogenesis of gallstone formation...
Impaired gallbladder motility and delayed orocecal transit contribute to pigment gallstone and biliary sludge formation in beta-thalassemia major adultsPiero Portincasa
Section of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal and Public Medicine, University Medical School of Bari, P zza G Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
World J Gastroenterol 10:2383-90. 2004..To investigated the role of gallbladder and gastrointestinal motility disorders in pigment gallstone formation in beta-thalassemia major...
