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Carducci M, Latini A, Acierno F, Amantea A, Capitanio B, Santucci B. Erythema multiforme during cytomegalovirus infection and oral therapy with terbinafine: a virus-drug interaction. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2004; 18:201-3. [PMID: 15009306 DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2004.00806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The authors report a case of erythema multiforme in a 32-year-old woman who was also taking oral terbinafine for an onychomycosis. The patient data analysis showed serological positivity for cytomegalovirus (IgM and IgG) and hepatitis C virus and serological titre of antinuclear antibody was elevated. After a brief review of the literature the authors propose the possibility of virus-drug interaction as a model of adverse drug reactions.
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Wajner M, Latini A, Wyse ATS, Dutra-Filho CS. The role of oxidative damage in the neuropathology of organic acidurias: insights from animal studies. J Inherit Metab Dis 2004; 27:427-48. [PMID: 15303000 DOI: 10.1023/b:boli.0000037353.13085.e2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Organic acidurias represent a group of inherited disorders resulting from deficient activity of specific enzymes of the catabolism of amino acids, carbohydrates or lipids, leading to tissue accumulation of one or more carboxylic (organic) acids. Patients affected by organic acidurias predominantly present neurological symptoms and structural brain abnormalities, of which the aetiopathogenesis is poorly understood. However, in recent years increasing evidence has emerged suggesting that oxidative stress is possibly involved in the pathology of some organic acidurias and other inborn errors of metabolism. This review addresses some of the recent developments obtained mainly from animal studies indicating oxidative damage as an important determinant of the neuropathophysiology of some organic acidurias. Recent data showing that various organic acids are capable of inducing free radical generation and decreasing brain antioxidant defences is presented. The discussion focuses on the relatively low antioxidant defences of the brain and the vulnerability of this tissue to reactive species. This offers new perspectives for potential therapeutic strategies for these disorders, which may include the early use of appropriate antioxidants as a novel adjuvant therapy, besides the usual treatment based on removing toxic compounds and using special diets and pharmacological agents, such as cofactors and L-carnitine.
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Martin-Martin LS, Latini A, Pagano A, Ragno A, Stasi R, Coppè A, Davoli G, Crescenzi A, Alimonti A, Migliore A. A new mathematical model based on clinical and laboratory variables for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome. Clin Rheumatol 2003; 22:123-6. [PMID: 12740677 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-002-0696-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease that mainly affects exocrine glands. A diagnosis of SS in its early stages has a potential clinical relevance, but it is difficult and cannot be made solely on clinical grounds. Several sets of diagnostic criteria have been proposed, but none has met with a general consensus. Minor salivary gland has been judged to be the "gold standard" for the diagnosis of SS. However, it is a painful procedure and has a small but significant proportion of both false positive and false negative results. The aim of our study was to develop a simple mathematical score that uses clinical and laboratory variables for diagnosing SS, thereby reducing the need of minor salivary gland. The following variables were included in the model: ANA, SS-A/SS-B, Schirmer's Test/BUT, C3/C4, serum gammaglobulin levels. One hundred consecutive individuals reporting clinical syndromes consistent with a sicca syndrome were included in the study. The application of our multifactorial mathematical model has shown a high predictive value for SS vs controls or vs patients with other autoimmune disorders (Sensitivity 93%, Specificity 100%), with an estimated minor salivary gland reduction of 77%. We conclude that our mathematical model can be considered a useful non-invasive approach for diagnosing Sjogren's Syndrome and recommend its validation on a larger scale.
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Latini A, Larovere L, de Kremer RD. Purines, lactate and myo-inositol in CSF might reflect excitotoxicity in inherited metabolic disorders. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2002; 486:91-5. [PMID: 11783535 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46843-3_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Larovere L, Latini A, Depetris-Boldini C, Coronel CE, de Kremer RD. Cerebrospinal fluid purines, pyrimidines, organic acids and amino acids in neonatal citrullinaemia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2002; 486:97-101. [PMID: 11783536 DOI: 10.1007/0-306-46843-3_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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De Kremer RD, Paschini-Capra A, Bacman S, Argaraña C, Civallero G, Kelley RI, Guelbert N, Latini A, Noher de Halac I, Giner-Ayala A, Johnston J, Proujansky R, Gonzalez I, Depetris-Boldini C, Oller-Ramírez A, Angaroni C, Theaux RA, Hliba E, Juaneda E. Barth's syndrome-like disorder: a new phenotype with a maternally inherited A3243G substitution of mitochondrial DNA (MELAS mutation). AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2001; 99:83-93. [PMID: 11241464 DOI: 10.1002/1096-8628(2001)9999:9999<::aid-ajmg1136>3.0.co;2-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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An Argentine male child died at 4.5 years of age of a lethal mitochondrial disease associated with a MELAS mutation and a Barth syndrome-like presentation. The child had severe failure to thrive from the early months and for approximately two years thereafter. In addition, the patient had severely delayed gross motor milestones, marked muscle weakness, and dilated cardiomyopathy that progressed to congestive heart failure. He also had persistently elevated urinary levels of 3-methylglutaconic and 2-ethylhydracrylic acids and low blood levels of cholesterol. Detailed histopathologic evaluation of the skeletal muscle biopsy showed high activity of succinate dehydrogenase, a generalized decrease of COX activity, and abundant ragged-red fibers. Electron microscopic studies revealed multiple mitochondrial abnormalities in lymphocytes and monocytes, in the striated muscle, and in the postmortem samples (muscle, heart, liver, and brain). Biochemical analysis showed a pronounced and constant lactic acidosis, and abnormal urinary organic acid excretion (unchanged in the fasting and postprandial states). In addition, in CSF there was a marked increase of lactate and beta-hydroxybutyrate (beta-HOB) and also a high systemic ratio beta-HOB/acetoacetate. Enzymatic assay of the respiratory chain in biopsied muscle showed 10% of complex I activity and 24% of complex IV activity compared with controls. Molecular studies of the mitochondrial genome revealed an A to G mutation at nucleotide pair 3243 in mitochondrial DNA, a well-known pathogenetic mutation (MELAS mutation) in all the patient's tissues and also in the blood specimens of the probands mother and sibs (4 of 5). The diagnosis of MELAS mutation was reinforced by the absence of an identifiable mutation in the X-linked G4.5 gene of the propositus. The present observation gives additional evidence of the variable clinical expression of mtDNA mutations in humans and demonstrates that all clinical variants deserve adequate investigation to establish a primary defect. It also suggests adding Barth-like syndrome to the list of phenotypes with the MELAS mutation.
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Latini A, Martin LS, Limiti G, Magarelli M, Polidori L, Tramutoli R, Papini E, Rinaldi R, Guglielmi R, Petrucci L, Panunzi C, Pagano A. [Autonomic neuropathy in a diabetic population. Validity of cardiovascular tests and correlations with the complications]. RECENTI PROGRESSI IN MEDICINA 2000; 91:562-6. [PMID: 11125948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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The disfunction of the autonomic system nervous is a frequent finding in diabetes mellitus. Among objective tests proposed for its diagnosis, those assessing cardiovascular reflexes (cardiovascular tests: CVTs) explore the autonomic functionality by means of a group of standardized manoeuvres of relatively easy execution that study the baroreceptorial reflex arc. In our study, CVTs were performed in a population of 207 diabetic patients with no symptoms of autonomic neuropathy. A computerized automatic system (Cardionomic) was utilized. CTVs included: Deep Breathing, Lying to Standing, Valsalva Manoeuvre, Orthostatic Hypotension, Standing to Lying and Cough Test. Diabetic patients were broken down in groups according to: a) age, b) HbA1c levels, c) disease duration. We have then compared the presence of diabetic complications between the group of diabetics positive for cardiovascular disautonomia (CVD+) with another group of diabetics who were negative for cardiovascular disautonomia (DCV-). Our results show a remarkable correlation between autonomic neuropathy and patients age, HbA1c levels and disease duration. Also they show a strong positive correlation between CDV+ and the severity of arteriopathy. We conclude that autonomic neuropathy may play an important role in the pathogenesis of diabetic arteriopathy.
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Latini A, Satta M, Guidoni AG, Piccirillo S, Speranza M. Short-range interactions within molecular complexes formed in supersonic beams: structural effects and chiral discrimination. Chemistry 2000; 6:1042-9. [PMID: 10785825 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3765(20000317)6:6<1042::aid-chem1042>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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One- and two-color, mass-selected R2PI spectra of the S1<--S0 transitions in the bare chiral chromophore R-(+)-1-phenyl-1-propanol (R) and its complexes with a variety of alcoholic solvent molecules (solv), namely methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 2-propanol, 1-butanol, S-(+)-2-butanol, R-(-)-2-butanol, 1-pentanol, S-(+)-2-pentanol, R-(-)-2-pentanol, and 3-pentanol, were recorded after a supersonic molecular beam expansion. Spectral analysis, coupled with theoretical calculations, indicate that several hydrogen-bonded [R.solv] conformers are present in the beam. The R2PI excitation spectra of [R.solv] are characterized by significant shifts of their band origin relative to that of bare R. The extent and direction of these spectral shifts depend on the structure and configuration of solv and are attributed to different short-range interactions in the ground and excited [R.solv] complexes. Measurement of the binding energies of [R.solv] in their neutral and ionic states points to a subtle balance between attractive (electrostatic and dispersive) and repulsive (steric) forces, which control the spectral features of the complexes and allow enantiomeric discrimination of chiral solv molecules.
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Buttoni U, Pulsoni A, Innocenzi D, Pranteda G, Latini A, Bonaccorsi P, Mandelli F, Calvieri S. Toxic epidermal necrolyis (TEN) in a patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma: successful treatment with dexamethasone at high dosage. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2000; 14:140-2. [PMID: 10972103 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2000.00037-2.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Satta M, Latini A, Piccirillo S, Di Palma T, Scuderi D, Speranza M, Giardini A. Energetics of monohydrated chiral R(+)-1-phenyl-1-propanol: supersonic beam experiments and density functional calculations. Chem Phys Lett 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(99)01222-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Barone R, Bottom U, Latini A, Innocenzi D, Chianelli M, Nardi G, Calvieri S, Signore A. OP-11. 99Tcm-IL-2 scintigraphy for in vivo detection of lymphocytic infiltration in melanoma. Nucl Med Commun 1997. [DOI: 10.1097/00006231-199705000-00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Verrini G, Ferrari F, Brausi M, Gavioli M, Croce L, Latini A. [Primary transitional-cell carcinoma of the male anterior urethra]. MINERVA UROL NEFROL 1990; 42:159-61. [PMID: 2080442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Primary carcinomas of the male anterior urethra account for less than 1% of all urological carcinoma. The majority of these neoplasias develop of the posterior part of the urethra (proximal portion). The most common histotype is the squamous-cellular carcinoma. We have only found 4 other published reports of primary transitional carcinoma of the male anterior urethra. The paper discusses the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures employed in these rare cases.
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Croce L, Brausi M, Latini A, Verrini G, Conte GL, Palladini PD. Addome Acuto Da Rottura Spontanea Di Cisti Renale. Urologia 1989. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038905600313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Brausi M, Latini A, Gavioli M, Verrini G, Croce L, Palladini PD. L'Impiego Del « Double J » Nel Trattamento Delle Stenosi Ureterali Tubercolari. Urologia 1989. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038905600127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Croce L, Palladini PD, Brausi M, Gavioli M, Latini A. [Local peptichemio prophylaxis in surface tumors of the bladder (Ta-T1 stage)]. MINERVA UROL NEFROL 1988; 40:85-8. [PMID: 3175798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Brausi M, Croce L, Ferrari F, Latini A, Palladini PD. La Tubercolosi Genito-Urinaria: Esperienza Clinica Su 65 Pazienti. Urologia 1986. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038605300604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Croce L, Brausi M, Latini A, Verrini G, Palladini PD. Trattamento Ormonale E Anticoagulante in Pazienti Con Carcinoma Prostatico Complicato Da Cid. Urologia 1986. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038605300504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Latini A, Brausi M, Palladini LCPD. L'Uso Del Tissucol Nella Chirurgia Riparativa Delle Vie Escretrici. Urologia 1986. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038605300413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We present the seventh case of perineal localization of anaplastic carcinoma after needle biopsy of the prostate. The patient first had cryosurgery and bilateral orchiectomy followed by hormonal therapy (estrogens) and chemotherapy. The surgical excision of the mass was performed, but he died a few days later of metastatic disease.
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Puletti M, Latini A, Erba SM, Testa MG, Borgia C, Cusmano E, Fanari F, Curione M. [Rupture of the free ventricular wall in myocardial infarct]. Minerva Cardioangiol 1985; 33:595-600. [PMID: 4080165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Brausi M, Latini A, Gavioli M, Palladini PD. Uso Della Polichemioterapia Nel Carcinoma Prostatico in Fase Avanzata, Ormono-Resistente. Urologia 1985. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038505200515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Brausi M, Latini A, Verrini G, Palladini PD. Terapia Chirurgica E Ormonale Nel Carcinoma Del Rene: Risultati a Distanza. Urologia 1984. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038405100420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Latini A, Verrini G, Brausi M, Croce L, Gavioli M. Su Di Un Caso Di Metastasi Ureterale Da Adenocarcinoma Del Retto. Urologia 1984. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038405100430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Brausi M, Latini A, Croce L, Palladini PD. La Scintigrafia Ossea Nella Diagnosi Delle Ostruzioni Ureterali. Urologia 1984. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038405100316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Croce L, Latini A, Gavioli M, Brausi M. Displasia Renale Unilaterale Dell'Adulto: Due Casi a Confronto. Urologia 1984. [DOI: 10.1177/039156038405100324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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