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In utero exposure to phthalates and fetal developmentGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Ospedale A Perrino, s s 7 per Mesagne, 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Curr Med Chem 13:2527-34. 2006..Here, we analyze the existing evidence on the link between antenatal phthalate exposure and abnormal fetal development, as well as on possible therapeutic tools to fight the adverse effect of this exposure...- Materials degradation in PVC medical devices, DEHP leaching and neonatal outcomesG Latini
Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Curr Med Chem 17:2979-89. 2010.... 
First day of life reference values for pleth variability index in spontaneously breathing term newbornsGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, A Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Neonatology 101:179-82. 2012..The plethysmographic variability index (PVI) is a measure of the dynamic change in PI occurring during a complete respiratory cycle...- Potential hazards of exposure to di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate in babies. a reviewG Latini
Division of Pediatrics, Ospedale A Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
Biol Neonate 78:269-76. 2000..If DEHP toxicity in humans were to be confirmed, it would be advisable in the future to replace current PVC plasticizers, especially if they come into contact with babies, with better-quality materials... 
In utero exposure to di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and duration of human pregnancyGiuseppe Latini
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Division of Paediatrics, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Environ Health Perspect 111:1783-5. 2003..50, 95% CI, 1.013-2.21; p = 0.043). These findings confirm that human exposure to DEHP can begin in utero and suggest that phthalate exposure is significantly associated with a shorter pregnancy duration...- Status epilepticus and neurodevelopmental outcome at 2 years of age in an extremely low birth weight infantG Latini
Division of Pediatrics, Perrino Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera A Di Summa, Brindisi, Italy
Biol Neonate 85:68-72. 2004..This clinical observation seems to indicate that recurrent SE does not exclude normal long-term neurodevelopment, even in ELBW infants... - Phthalate exposure and male infertilityGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, A Perrino Hospital, s s 7 per Mesagne, 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Toxicology 226:90-8. 2006..Here we review the data that support or discounts the evidence existing to date linking phthalate exposure and the decline of human male fertility, especially in developed countries... - Abnormal oral vascular network pattern geometry: a new clinical sign of down syndromeGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council of Italy IFC CNR, Lecce Section, Italy
J Pediatr 148:132-7. 2006..0006) for the oral vascular networks of patients (n = 14) and their unaffected parents. This newly recognized sign may provide a useful phenotypical marker for identifying couples potentially at risk for offspring with Down syndrome... - DI-2-ethylhexyl phthalate and endocrine disruption: a reviewGiuseppe Latini
Division of Pediatrics, Ospedale Perrino, Brindisi, University of Chieti, and 4Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Senese, Siena, Italy
Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord 4:37-40. 2004..In particular, certain members of this chemical class, such as di-[2-ethylhexyl]-phthalate (DEHP), have been shown to cause reproductive and developmental toxicity and are suspected to be endocrine disruptors... - Foetal growth of kidneys, liver and spleen in intrauterine growth restriction: "programming" causing "metabolic syndrome" in adult ageG Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Acta Paediatr 93:1635-9. 2004.... - Oral mucosa spectrophotometric changes in healthy parents of patients with Down syndromeGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Ospedale Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
Prenat Diagn 24:685-7. 2004..To date, no phenotypical markers in the parents of DS offspring are known. Here, we tested the value of oral mucosal reflectance spectrophotometry in identifying unaffected parents of DS patients (free trisomy 21)... - Topiramate: its pharmacological properties and therapeutic efficacy in epilepsyGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, National Research Council of Italy, Lecce Section, s s 7 per Mesagne, 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Mini Rev Med Chem 8:10-23. 2008..This review, summarising the main studies in this field, provides an overview of the current knowledge about the relevant pharmacological and clinical information on the efficacy and tolerability of TPM... - Minimal handling and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely low-birth-weight infantsG Latini
Division of Pediatrics, Perrino Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera A Di Summa, 72100, Brindisi, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 162:227-9. 2003..000002).CONCLUSION: Our experience supports the effectiveness of the minitouch regime as a way to ventilate premature babies, reducing BPD risk... - Endocrine disruptors and human healthGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Mini Rev Med Chem 10:846-55. 2010..In addition, early life exposure to EDCs may alter gene expression and consequently transmit these effects to future generations... 
Toxic environment and obesity pandemia: is there a relationship?Giuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Ital J Pediatr 36:8. 2010..Further research is needed to elucidate the relationship between this exposure and the obesity pandemia and the involved mechanisms as well as to refine hazard identification...- Influence of environment on insulin sensitivityGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Environ Int 35:987-93. 2009..The goal for the future is preventing the complications associated with impaired IS through the control of exogenous factors and the use of drugs selectively effective on its pathogenesis... - Plasticizers, infant nutrition and reproductive healthGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Ospedale A Perrino, s s 7 per Mesagne, 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Reprod Toxicol 19:27-33. 2004..Here, we report a review on dietary phthalate exposure in babies... - Di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate leakage and color changes in endotracheal tubes after application in high-risk newbornsGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, A Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Neonatology 95:317-23. 2009..Polyvinylchloride (PVC) is often adopted for making medical devices... - Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: therapeutical approachGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, s s 7 per Mesagne, 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Mini Rev Med Chem 8:1507-13. 2008..In particular, recent studies seem to show that sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase inhibitor type 5 that selectively reduces pulmonary vascular resistance may be a useful therapeutic adjunct to critically ill neonates with PPHN... - Lactational exposure to phthalates in Southern ItalyGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Environ Int 35:236-9. 2009..Infants are considered to represent a population at increased risk, as they are exposed early in life to several different sources of exposure to phthalates... - Exposure to Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in humans during pregnancy. A preliminary reportG Latini
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Division of Pediatrics, Perrino Hospital of Azienda Ospedaliera A Di Summa, IFC CNR, Lecce Section, Piazza Antonio Di Summa, I 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Biol Neonate 83:22-4. 2003..Exposure to DEHP and MEHP in humans at risk, such as pregnant women and human fetuses, has not been tested... - The joy of having a child with Down syndromeG Latini
Perrino Hospital Division of Pediatrics, Clinical Physiology Institute, Lecce Section, National Research Council of Italy, Brindisi, Italy
Acta Paediatr 91:1291-3. 2002 - Abnormal oral mucosal light reflectance: a new clinical marker of high risk for colorectal cancerC De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale M Bracci, 16 I 53100 Siena, Italy
Gut 55:1436-9. 2006..In the present study, the value of oral mucosal light reflectance in identifying hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) carriers was investigated... - Leptin, ghrelin, and adiponectin in epileptic patients treated with valproic acidR Greco
Department of Medicine, University of Chieti, Italy
Neurology 65:1808-9. 2005..5%) had development of obesity. They showed circulating leptin and insulin levels significantly higher and ghrelin and adiponectin levels significantly lower than those of patients who did not gain weight... - Early postnatal changes in the perfusion index in term newborns with subclinical chorioamnionitisC De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 90:F411-4. 2005..0001) and therapeutic intensity (p = 0.0006) than the newborns with HCA in phase 1. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that early PI monitoring is helpful in identifying HCA in term newborns... - Fordyce granules and hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndromeC De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale M Bracci, 16 I 53100 Siena, Italy
Gut 54:1279-82. 2005..Early identification of gene carriers is essential to reduce cancer incidence and overall mortality... - High plasma concentrations of di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate in women with endometriosisL Cobellis
Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Hum Reprod 18:1512-5. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: The present findings showed for the first time an association between DEHP plasma concentrations and endometriosis, suggesting a possible role for phthalate esters in the pathogenesis... - Abnormal vascular network complexity: a new phenotypic marker in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndromeC De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
Gut 52:1764-7. 2003..HNPCC results from dominantly inherited germline mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes, leading to genomic instability and cancer. No predictive physical signs of HNPCC are available to date... - Human photosensitivity: from pathophysiology to treatmentA Verrotti
Department of Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
Eur J Neurol 12:828-41. 2005.... - Abnormal oral mucosal light reflectance in bronchopulmonary dysplasiaClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
Early Hum Dev 82:273-8. 2006..56%; 690 nm: < or = 48.95%; 700 nm: < or = 50.81%). CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate the presence of previously unrecognised, early abnormalities in the average optical properties of the oral mucosa from infants developing BPD... - Abnormal oral mucosal light reflectance in achondroplasiaClaudio De Felice
Hospital-based Neonatologist and Clinical Researcher, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 101:748-52. 2006..4% specificity. These findings indicate the presence of previously unrecognized oral mucosal reflectance abnormalities in unaffected ACH parents of ACH children... - Persistent fetal heart rate hypovariability: a presenting clinical sign of histologic chorioamnionitis at term gestationC De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 16:363-5. 2004..Chorioamnionitis (CA) is asymptomatic in a large fraction of the cases. Here, we report a case of a 39 weeks' gestation infant, with persistent fetal heart rate hypovariability as the only prenatal clinical sign in histologic CA... - Template bleeding times of 240 neonates born at 24 to 41 weeks gestationA Del Vecchio
Division of Neonatology, Ospedale A Perrino, Brindisi, Italy
J Perinatol 28:427-31. 2008..The effect of the platelet count (platelets per microliter blood) and the circulating platelet mass (nl platelets per microliter blood) on the bleeding time of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients also require better definition... - Influence of sex hormones on brain excitability and epilepsyA Verrotti
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
J Endocrinol Invest 30:797-803. 2007..This review provides an overview of the current knowledge in this field and highlights some of the prevailing hypotheses about the effects of sexual hormones on neuronal excitability analysing data from both animal and clinical studies... - Abnormal oral mucosal light reflectance in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosisStefano Parrini
Department of Odontostomatologic Sciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 39:53-5. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: This study reports a previously unrecognized mucosal reflectance abnormality of the oral mucosa in IHPS, thus offering a new, accurate, and noninvasive phenotypic marker for the condition... - Early activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis in very-low-birth-weight infants with small thymus at birthC De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Italy
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 21:251-4. 2008..However, the mechanisms of thymic involution remain to be clarified. Here, we tested the hypothesis that an activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis occurs in VLBW infants with acute thymic involution at birth... - Anticardiolipin, glutamic acid decarboxylase, and antinuclear antibodies in epileptic patientsA Verrotti
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Ospedale Policlinico, Via dei Vestini 5, I 66013 Chieti, Italy
Clin Exp Med 3:32-6. 2003..There was no significant difference in serum glutamic acid decarboxylase antibodies between epileptic children and controls, and between patients who were seizure free and those with uncontrolled epilepsy... - Monitoring phthalate exposure in humansGiuseppe Latini
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
Clin Chim Acta 361:20-9. 2005.... - Obesity and plasma concentrations of alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene in epileptic girls treated with valproateAlberto Verrotti
Department of Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
Neuroendocrinology 79:157-62. 2004..In conclusion, the data suggest that epileptic patients who gain weight after VPA therapy have reduced plasma concentrations of antioxidant vitamins and that these reductions are reversible after VPA withdrawal... - Oral mucosal microvascular abnormalities: an early marker of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, University of Siena, I 53100 Siena, Italy
Pediatr Res 56:927-31. 2004..0001). Our findings provide a new early clinical sign in BPD and stress the importance of an early disorder in the oral mucosal vascularization process in the disease pathogenesis... - Increased bone turnover in prepubertal, pubertal, and postpubertal patients receiving carbamazepineAlberto Verrotti
Department of Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Italy
Epilepsia 43:1488-92. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: CBZ induces an increase of bone formation and of bone resorption that seems to be independent of the pubertal stage... - A new phenotypical variant of intrauterine growth restriction?Claudio DeFelice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Division of Neonatology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese Le Scotte Hospital, Viale M Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy
Pediatrics 119:e983-90. 2007..A link between intrauterine growth restriction and major adult-onset diseases has been reported. In this study we observed a series of hitherto-unrecognized clinical features in a population of children with intrauterine growth restriction... - Inhaled nitric oxide and oral nifedipine in a preterm infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertensionEnrico Rosati
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, S.S. 7 per Mesagne, 72100 Brindisi, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 166:737-8. 2007 - Early dynamic changes in pulse oximetry signals in preterm newborns with histologic chorioamnionitisClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy
Pediatr Crit Care Med 7:138-42. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that early autonomic tone balance abnormalities are present in newborns with HCA and suggest that early dynamic analysis of pulse oximetry signals could be useful in identifying affected infants... - Recent advances on neural tube defects with special reference to Valproic AcidAlberto Verrotti
Department of Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Italy
Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 6:25-31. 2006..There is strong evidence for a protective effect of adequate folate consumption... - Low serum concentrations of di-(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in women with uterine fibromatosisStefano Luisi
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Gynecol Endocrinol 22:92-5. 2006..In conclusion, the present findings indicate for the first time that serum DEHP and MEHP concentration are lower in women with uterine fibromatosis, suggesting a possible correlation between phthalate esters and fibromatosis pathology... - Skin reflectance changes in preterm infants with patent ductus arteriosusClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale M Bracci 16, Siena I 53100, Italy
Early Hum Dev 78:45-51. 2004..Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common complication in preterm infants. While two-dimensional echocardiography is the method of choice for diagnosing a PDA, clinical signs are known to be of limited value... - Maternal pulse oximetry perfusion index as a predictor of early adverse respiratory neonatal outcome after elective cesarean deliveryClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Le Scotte, Siena, Italy
Pediatr Crit Care Med 9:203-8. 2008..Here, we prospectively tested the hypothesis that a low maternal perfusion index at the baseline phase (i.e., preanesthesia) of the elective cesarean section is a predictor of early adverse neonatal respiratory outcome... - Abnormal oral vascular network geometric complexity in Ehlers-Danlos syndromeClaudio De Felice
Hospital-based Neonatologist and Clinical Researcher, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 98:429-34. 2004..0001) than controls. These findings indicate the presence of a previously unrecognized microvascular network abnormality on the oral mucosa in EDS patients, and provide an additional phenotypical marker for the condition... - Early postnatal skin colour changes in term newborns with subclinical histological chorioamnionitisClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 163:550-4. 2004..CONCLUSION: These findings, compatible with early peripheral microcirculatory changes, indicate skin vasoconstriction as an early neonatal manifestation of subclinical chorioamnionitis... - Endocrine and metabolic changes in epileptic patients receiving valproic acidAlberto Verrotti
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Italy
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 18:423-30. 2005.... - Universal neonatal hearing screening: the Siena (Italy) experience on 19,700 newbornsBruno De Capua
U O S Audiologia Clinica, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, D A I Materno Infantile, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Viale M Bracci 16, I 53100 Siena, Italy
Early Hum Dev 83:601-6. 2007..As 33-50% of all congenital HLs cannot be detected in a selective hearing risk, use of universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) programs is expanding... - Factors associated with poor control in partial complex epilepsyAlberto Verrotti
Department of Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
J Child Neurol 19:262-4. 2004.... - Old and new antiepileptic drugs for the treatment of idiopathic generalized epilepsiesAlberto Verrotti
Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Ospedale Policlinico, Via dei Vestini 5, 66013 Chieti, Italy
Curr Clin Pharmacol 2:249-59. 2007..Today, "new" antiepileptic drugs, such as lamotrigine, levetiracetam, topiramate and zonisamide are useful tools in the treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsies... - Recurrent otitis media with effusion in preterm infants with histologic chorioamnionitis--a 3 years follow-up studyClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese Siena, Italy
Early Hum Dev 84:667-71. 2008..Here, we tested the hypothesis of an association between recurrent OME during the first 3 years of life and HCA in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants... - The pulse oximeter perfusion index as a predictor for high illness severity in neonatesClaudio De Felice
Dipartimento di Pediatria Ostetricia e Medicina della Riproduzione, Azienda Ospedaliera Senese, Viale M Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 161:561-2. 2002 - Polyhydramnios: a predictor of severe growth impairment in achondroplasiaGiuseppe Latini
Division of Pediatrics, Perrino Hospital, Azienda Ospedaliera A. Di Summa, Clinical Physiology Institute (IFC-CNR, National Research Council of Italy, Lecce Section, Brindisi, Italy
J Pediatr 141:274-6. 2002..A history of polyhydramnios (9 of 20 cases) was associated with a lower height (SD) (P <.05), more severe shortening of the lower segment and upper limbs (P =.0001), and higher frequency of left-handedness (P =.0081)... - Systematic underestimation of oxygen delivery in ventilated preterm infantsClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Policlinico S Maria alle Scotte, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy claudiodefelix hotmail it
Neonatology 98:18-22. 2010..To date, the equivalence between set and delivered oxygen (O(2)) in ventilated preterm infants has not been rigorously studied... - Typical and atypical rolandic epilepsy in childhood: a follow-up studyAlberto Verrotti
Department of Pediatrics-Policlinico Colle Dell'Ara, University of Chieti, Via dei Vestini 5, I-66013 Chieti, Italy
Pediatr Neurol 26:26-9. 2002..5% vs 7.8%; P < 0.0001). In conclusion, atypical rolandic epilepsy seems to be associated with a high percentage of learning and behavioral disorders... - Congenital oral mucosal abnormalities in true umbilical cord knotsClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
Biol Neonate 86:34-8. 2004.... - Nephrogenic rests: their frequency and their fateVito Antonio Caiulo
Division of Pediatrics, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, and The Italian Study Group on Neonatal Nephrology of the Italian Society of Neonatology, Pediatric Department, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Roma, Italy
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 29:361-3. 2007..Our observations indicate that our policy of "wait and see" is appropriate when NRs are identified incidentally during ultrasonographic screening done for whatever purpose... - Transient hypothyroxinemia of prematurity and histological chorioamnionitisClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Italy
J Perinat Med 33:514-8. 2005..CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate a previously un-recognized relationship between HCA and THOP, hence suggesting a predominant role for a fetal systemic inflammatory response syndrome in the pathogenesis of THOP... - Indications and limitations for a neonatal pulse oximetry screening of critical congenital heart diseaseEnrico Rosati
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
J Perinat Med 33:455-7. 2005..145) (95% CI: 0.823 to 0.843) in identifying CCVMs. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that pulse oximetry is a non-invasive and specific screening tool for an early detection of CCVMs, and is easily applicable to a small size nursery... - Histologic chorioamnionitis and severity of illness in very low birth weight newbornsClaudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Policlinico Le Scotte, Viale M Bracci 16, I 53100 Siena, Italy
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:298-302. 2005..In this study, the relationships among HCA, initial illness severity, and neonatal outcomes were analyzed in very low birth weight (VLBW) newborns admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit... - Abnormal oral mucosal light reflectance: a new clinical sign of Ehlers-Danlos syndromeStefano Parrini
Department of Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Siena, Italy
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 97:335-8. 2004..51% at the 400 nm wavelength identified the EDS patients with 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity. These findings indicate that an abnormal oral mucosal reflectance is a previously unrecognized clinical marker of EDS... - Small thymus at birth: a predictive radiographic sign of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaClaudio De Felice
Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproduction, University of Siena, Italy
Pediatrics 110:386-8. 2002..We tested the hypothesis that a small thymus detected at birth on the routine chest radiograph is a predictor of BPD in VLBW infants... - Prenatal exposure to phthalates and intrauterine inflammation: a unifying hypothesisGiuseppe Latini
Toxicol Sci 85:743. 2005 - Small thymus at birth and gestational ageClaudio De Felice
Eur J Pediatr 161:362-3. 2002 - Evaluating illness severity for very low birth weight infants: CRIB or CRIB-II?Claudio De Felice
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 17:257-60. 2005..Aim. The accuracy values of CRIB and CRIB-II scores in predicting in-hospital mortality were compared in a tertiary level, minimal intubation policy NICU setting... - Birth characteristics and hepatoblastoma risk in young childrenGiuseppe Latini
Cancer 101:210. 2004 - Intermittent oral diazepam prophylaxis in febrile convulsions: its effectiveness for febrile seizure recurrenceAlberto Verrotti
Section of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chieti Ospedale Policlinico, Via dei Vestini 5, Chieti 66013, Italy
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 8:131-4. 2004..7%) went on to have one or more additional episodes. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that oral diazepam, given only when fever is present, is an effective means of reducing the risk of recurrences of FS... - Polycaprolactone-poly(ethylene glycol) multiblock copolymers as potential substitutes for di(ethylhexyl) phthalate in flexible poly(vinyl chloride) formulationsPaolo Ferruti
Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Industriale, , via Venezian 21, 20133, Milano, Italy
Biomacromolecules 4:181-8. 2003..Therefore, they represent, in principle, good substitutes for low-molecular-weight, leachable PVC plasticizers, such as di(ethylhexyl) phthalate... - Subclinical chorioamnionitis: an unrecognised risk factor for severe pulmonary haemorrhage in extremely low birth weight infantsClaudio De Felice
Division of Neonatology, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Le Scotte General Hospital, Viale M. Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy
Eur J Pediatr 164:111-2. 2005 - Prolonged fetal bradycardia as the presenting clinical sign in Streptococcus agalactiae chorioamnionitisGiuseppe Presta
Division of Neonatology, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi, Italy
J Perinat Med 32:535-7. 2004..We report a case of a 37 weeks' gestation infant with severe birth asphyxia, status epilepticus and GBS chorioamnionitis, in which a prolonged fetal bradycardia was the only prenatal clinical sign... - Small thymus at birth and neonatal outcome in very-low-birth-weight infantsClaudio De Felice
Eur J Pediatr 162:204-6. 2003 - Photosensitivity and epilepsy: a follow-up studyAlberto Verrotti
Department of Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, University of Chieti Ospedale Policlinico, Chieti, Italy
Dev Med Child Neurol 46:347-51. 2004..Thirty-three patients became seizure-free. Our study confirms that photosensitive epilepsy has a good prognosis for seizure control that is independent of the persistence or disappearance of photosensitivity...