[HTML][HTML] Peculiarities of autoimmune thyroid diseases in children with Turner or Down syndrome: an overview

…, M Valenzise, MF Messina, C Sferlazzas… - Italian journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Aim of this commentary is to summarize the salient literature news on the relationships
between autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATDs) and either Down syndrome (DS) or Turner …

Concordance, disease progression, and heritability of coeliac disease in Italian twins

…, F Paparo, S D'Alfonso, M Giordano, C Sferlazzas… - Gut, 2006 - gut.bmj.com
Background and aims: We adopted the twin method to disentangle the genetic and
environmental components of susceptibility to coeliac disease (CD). We estimated disease …

Inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents in Italy: data from the pediatric national IBD register (1996–2003)

…, V Rutigliano, S Scotta, C Sferlazzas… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background The purpose was to assess in Italy the clinical features at diagnosis of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children. Methods In 1996 an IBD register of disease …

Chronic urticaria and associated coeliac disease in children: a case–control study

…, D Vita, G Barberio, C Sferlazzas… - Pediatric allergy and …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Celiac disease (CD) and chronic urticaria (CU) are both sustained by immune mechanisms,
but there are so far few data on their clinical association. We performed a case–control study …

[HTML][HTML] Usefulness of ω-3 fatty acid supplementation in addition to mesalazine in maintaining remission in pediatric Crohn's disease: a double-blind, randomized …

…, A Barabino, V Annese, C Sferlazzas… - World journal of …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM: To assess the value of long-chain ω-3 fatty acids (FAs) supplementation in addition to
amino-salicylic-acid (5-ASA) in pediatric patients with Crohn's disease (CD). METHODS …

Natural history of glucose tolerance, beta-cell function and peripheral insulin sensitivity in cystic fibrosis patients with fasting euglycemia

…, F De Luca, M Rosano, C Sferlazzas… - European journal of …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Objective The loss of pancreatic beta-cells is thought to be one of the principal causes of
diabetes mellitus (DM) in cystic fibrosis (CF), but the role of peripheral insulin resistance (IR) …

Early discrimination between transient and permanent congenital hypothyroidism in children with eutopic gland

…, T Aversa, G Salzano, G Zirilli, C Sferlazzas… - Hormone research in …, 2015 - karger.com
Aim: To analyze the factors that might allow an early discrimination between permanent (P)
and transient (T) congenital hypothyroidism (CH). Methods: Clinical, biochemical and …

[HTML][HTML] Bone demineralization in cystic fibrosis: evidence of imbalance between bone formation and degradation

…, F De Luca, G Magazzú, T Arrigo, C Sferlazzas… - Pediatric …, 1997 - nature.com
Bone turnover, collagen metabolism, and bone mineral status were investigated in 59
patients with cystic fibrosis and in 72 sex-and age-matched control subjects. In all patients …

Pubertal development in cystic fibrosis: an overview.

T Arrigo, I Rulli, C Sferlazzas… - Journal of Pediatric …, 2003 - europepmc.org
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by respiratory and
intestinal insufficiencies. It has been reported in the literature that patients with CF show …

Is intestinal biopsy always needed for diagnosis of celiac disease?

…, MC Lucanto, G Magazzu, C Sferlazzas - Official journal of the …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVE: Intestinal biopsy is required for a diagnosis of celiac disease (CD). The aim of
this study was to assess diagnostic accuracy of transglutaminase antibodies (TGA) in …