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Cattaneo C, Enzo E, De Rosa L, Sercia L, Consiglio F, Forcato M, Bicciato S, Paiardini A, Basso G, Tagliafico E, Paganelli A, Fiorentini C, Magnoni C, Latella MC, De Luca M. Allele-specific CRISPR-Cas9 editing of dominant epidermolysis bullosa simplex in human epidermal stem cells. Mol Ther 2024; 32:372-383. [PMID: 38053334 PMCID: PMC10861943 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2023.11.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) is a rare skin disease inherited mostly in an autosomal dominant manner. Patients display a skin fragility that leads to blisters and erosions caused by minor mechanical trauma. EBS phenotypic and genotypic variants are caused by genetic defects in intracellular proteins whose function is to provide the attachment of basal keratinocytes to the basement membrane zone and most EBS cases display mutations in keratin 5 (KRT5) and keratin 14 (KRT14) genes. Besides palliative treatments, there is still no long-lasting effective cure to correct the mutant gene and abolish the dominant negative effect of the pathogenic protein over its wild-type counterpart. Here, we propose a molecular strategy for EBS01 patient's keratinocytes carrying a monoallelic c.475/495del21 mutation in KRT14 exon 1. Through the CRISPR-Cas9 system, we perform a specific cleavage only on the mutant allele and restore a normal cellular phenotype and a correct intermediate filament network, without affecting the epidermal stem cell, referred to as holoclones, which play a crucial role in epidermal regeneration.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Cattaneo
- Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Holostem Terapie Avanzate, s.r.l, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biochemical Sciences 'A. Rossi Fanelli', Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Genomic Units, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41124 Modena, Italy
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- Regenerative and Oncological Dermatological Surgery Unit, Modena University Hospital, 41124 Modena, Italy
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- Regenerative and Oncological Dermatological Surgery Unit, Modena University Hospital, 41124 Modena, Italy
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- Regenerative and Oncological Dermatological Surgery Unit, Modena University Hospital, 41124 Modena, Italy
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- Holostem Terapie Avanzate, s.r.l, 41125 Modena, Italy
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- Centre for Regenerative Medicine "Stefano Ferrari", Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy.
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Pellecchia MT, Picillo M, Russillo MC, Andreozzi V, Oliveros C, Cattaneo C. The effects of safinamide according to gender in Chinese parkinsonian patients. Sci Rep 2023; 13:20632. [PMID: 37996493 PMCID: PMC10667246 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48067-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023] Open
Abstract
The incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) is expected to raise dramatically over the next decades. Gender-related differences are not yet widely recognized, particularly regarding the response to dopaminergic medications. To analyse gender differences in the clinical effects of safinamide, compared to placebo, in Chinese PD patients of the pivotal XINDI trial. The XINDI study was a phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. Patients were followed for 16 weeks receiving safinamide or placebo as add-on to levodopa. The primary efficacy endpoint was the change in the mean total daily OFF time. Secondary efficacy endpoints included total daily ON time, ON time with no/non-troublesome dyskinesia, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale and Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39 items. A post-hoc analysis was performed to describe the efficacy of safinamide in both genders on motor symptoms, motor fluctuations and quality of life. 128 (42%) out of 305 patients enrolled were women and 177 (58%) men. Our additional analyses of the XINDI study have shown that safinamide, compared to placebo, was associated with improvements in motor symptoms, motor fluctuations and quality of life in both genders, with some differences in the response that did not reach statistical significance, possibly due to sample size limitation and post-hoc design of the study. The changes from baseline at week 16 were > 50% higher in the females compared to males for the total daily OFF time (- 1.149 h vs - 0.764 h in males), the total daily ON time (1.283 h vs 0.441 h in males), the UPDRS total score (- 8.300 points vs - 5.253 points in males) and the UPDRS part II score (- 2.574 points vs - 1.016 points in males). The changes from baseline at week 16 were higher in the females compared to males in the "ADL" domain (- 6.965 points vs - 5.772 points in males), the "Emotional well-being" domain (- 6.243 points vs - 4.203 in males), the "Stigma" domain (- 6.185 points vs - 4.913 points in males) and the "Bodily discomfort" domain (- 5.196 points vs 1.099 points in males), while were higher in males in the "Mobility" score (- 6.523 points vs - 4.961 points in females) and the "Communication" score (- 3.863 points vs - 1.564 points in females). Safinamide was shown to improve PD symptoms and quality of life in both male and female Chinese patients. Possible differences in the response between genders need to be further studied in larger and different ethnic populations.
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- M T Pellecchia
- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84131, Salerno, Italy.
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84131, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84131, Salerno, Italy
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- Neuroscience Section, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, 84131, Salerno, Italy
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- Medical Department, Zambon SpA, Bresso, Italy
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- Medical Department, Zambon SpA, Bresso, Italy
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Borlenghi E, Roccaro AM, Cattaneo C. Rethinking the definition of 'less intensive' for venetoclax-combining regimens in acute myeloid leukaemia patients. Br J Haematol 2023; 203:504-506. [PMID: 37803499 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.19138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
Abstract
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs), mainly due to pulmonary aspergillosis, are considered a serious complication in acute leukaemia, with an unfavourable impact on patient. In this well-conducted retrospective study, Reynolds et al. suggest that the use of posaconazole prophylaxis in association with venetoclax plus hypomethylating agents or chemotherapy leads to a reduction of IFI incidence. Therapeutic drug monitoring of posaconazole levels is suggested, even if no correlation with IFI risk has been demonstrated. Commentary on: Reynolds et al. Invasive fungal infection following venetoclax and posaconazole co-administration. Br J Haematol 2023;203:593-598.
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- E Borlenghi
- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Clinical Trial Center, Translational Research and Phase I Unit, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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Cecchi R, Cusack D, Ludes B, Madea B, Vieira DN, Keller E, Payne-James J, Sajantila A, Vali M, Zoia R, Cucurachi N, Schirripa ML, Marezza F, Anzillotti L, Donato L, Cattaneo C, Favretto D, Pelotti S, Pinchi V, Vanin S, Gherardi M. European Council of Legal Medicine (ECLM) on-site inspection forms for forensic pathology, anthropology, odontology, genetics, entomology and toxicology for forensic and medico-legal scene and corpse investigation: the Parma form. Int J Legal Med 2022; 136:1037-1049. [PMID: 35013768 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-021-02734-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Further to a previous publication by the European Council of Legal Medicine (ECLM) concerning on-site forensic and medico-legal scene and corpse investigation, this publication provides guidance for forensic medical specialists, pathologists and, where present, coroners' activity at a scene of death inspection and to harmonize the procedures for a correct search, detection, collection, sampling and storage of all elements which may be useful as evidence, and ensure documentation of all these steps. This ECLM's inspection form provides a checklist to be used on-site for the investigation of a corpse present at a crime or suspicious death scene. It permits the collection of all relevant data not only for the pathologist, but also for forensic anthropologists, odontologists, geneticists, entomologists and toxicologists, thus supporting a collaborative work approach. Detailed instructions for the completion of forms are provided.
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- R Cecchi
- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy. .,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland and Coroner's District of Kildare, Dublin, Ireland
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Institut Médico-Légal and Institut National de La Transfusion Sanguigne, Paris, France
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Legal and Forensic Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Forensic and Insurance Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland and Forensic Medicine Unit, National Institute of Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Department of the Estonian Bureau of Forensic Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Biomedical Sciences for the Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- European Council of Legal Medicine Board, Cologne, Germany.,Department of Biomedical Sciences for the Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Italian Anthropology, Toxicology, Genetics and Entomology Groups, Villasimius, Italy.,Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Italian Anthropology, Toxicology, Genetics and Entomology Groups, Villasimius, Italy.,Department of Surgical and Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Italian Anthropology, Toxicology, Genetics and Entomology Groups, Villasimius, Italy.,International Organization for Forensic Odonto-Stomatology, Florence, Italy
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- Italian Anthropology, Toxicology, Genetics and Entomology Groups, Villasimius, Italy.,Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine of Parma Working Group, Parma, Italy.,Department of Prevention of the Local Health Authority, Aosta, Italy
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Cummaudo M, Merelli V, De Angelis D, Magli F, Maggioni L, Tambuzzi S, Lanza G, Palazzo C, Colombo A, Lucchesi B, Montedoro P, Agostinelli I, Marognoli M, Marando L, Senatore A, Mazzoni R, Trezzi S, Fornoni C, Torlasco G, Cattaneo C. Institutionalising forensic sciences and medicine in centres for newly arrived unaccompanied minors: A case study from Milano. J Forensic Leg Med 2021; 85:102297. [PMID: 34920355 DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2021.102297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M Cummaudo
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy; U.O.N.P.I.A., Unità Operativa di Neuropsichiatria Dell'Infanzia e Adolescenza, IRCCS Fondazione Ca'Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy; Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Polo Universitario, Via Giovanni Battista Grassi 74, 20157, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy; U.O.N.P.I.A., Unità Operativa di Neuropsichiatria Dell'Infanzia e Adolescenza, IRCCS Fondazione Ca'Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy; U.O.N.P.I.A., Unità Operativa di Neuropsichiatria Dell'Infanzia e Adolescenza, IRCCS Fondazione Ca'Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy; U.O.N.P.I.A., Unità Operativa di Neuropsichiatria Dell'Infanzia e Adolescenza, IRCCS Fondazione Ca'Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy; U.O.N.P.I.A., Unità Operativa di Neuropsichiatria Dell'Infanzia e Adolescenza, IRCCS Fondazione Ca'Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per La Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Centro Servizi Zendrini, Comune di Milano, Via Bernardino Zendrini, 15, 20147, Milan, Italy
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Caccia G, Cappella A, Castoldi E, Marino A, Colloca D, Amadasi A, Caccianiga M, Lago G, Cattaneo C. Blood and sperm traces on human hair. A study on preservation and detection after 3-month outdoor exposure. Sci Justice 2021; 61:657-666. [PMID: 34802638 DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2021.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Hair can retain important biological traces for forensic investigations. Forensic scientists are used to looking for such traces on clothing and skin of victims, however, when decomposition kicks in and all that remains of the victims is the skeleton, hair may be the only tissue representing the surface of the body at the time of a crime on which biological traces of an aggressor may have been left and still be detectable. Given the lack of research on this topic, this pilot study aims to assess the capacity of hair to retain semen and blood in hair, and the possibility to detect these fluids with well-known techniques and to obtain a useful genetic profile even when exposed to environmental conditions (Open Natural Environment (woods), Open Man Made Environment (urban)) for three months. Results showed that both traces were always visible and detectable with almost all techniques in the Control Environment, while in the two open environments some difficulties arose. However, biomolecular analysis was effective up to three months on both fluids in the Natural Environment and up to two months and one week respectively on blood and semen in the Man Made Environment. The Combur Test, OBTI, and Luminol were effective on blood up to three months in both environments while Sperm-HY-Liter and observation of cellular components were effective on semen up to at least 1 month and PSA testing was positive up to 1 week in both environments. The present work can be considered an encouraging starting point for the analysis of biological traces on hair in forensic contexts, regardless of the PMI, since blood and semen related to a crime may survive.
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- G Caccia
- Labanof (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano via L. Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la salute, Università degli studi di Milano, Via Luigi Mangiagalli 31, 20133, Milan, Italy; U.O. Laboratorio di Morfologia Umana Applicata, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy
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- Reparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche di Parma, Palazzo Ducale - Parco Ducale 3, 43125, Parma, Italy
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- Reparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche di Parma, Palazzo Ducale - Parco Ducale 3, 43125, Parma, Italy
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- Reparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche di Parma, Palazzo Ducale - Parco Ducale 3, 43125, Parma, Italy
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- Labanof (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano via L. Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy; Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University Medical Centre Charité, University of Berlin, Turmstr.21, Building N, 10559, Berlin, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università di Milano, via Celoria, 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Reparto Carabinieri Investigazioni Scientifiche di Parma, Palazzo Ducale - Parco Ducale 3, 43125, Parma, Italy
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- Labanof (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano via L. Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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Nardone P, Sampaolo L, Cattaneo C, Buoncristiano M, Carletti CV, Pani P, Menzano MT. Web content and social media analysis on children's lifestyles even during the Covid-19 pandemic. Eur J Public Health 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
One of the main aims of the project ‘Peer education as a tool to reach and involve families and schools in the promotion of healthy lifestyles of children' - funded by the Italian Ministry of Health - is the web & social media (SM) content analysis relating to children's eating habits, physical activity and sedentary behaviours. By discovering which influencers deal with health topics, when, how, and through which channels they do it, countermeasures can be planned, if needed, foreseeing better users' health literacy. This ‘web and social listening' and its analysis are even more relevant now at the pandemic, as the parents' use of the web and SM has increased.
Methods
Four areas of interest were selected: nutrition, physical activity, sedentary lifestyle and overweight. For each, keywords were defined to search for relevant content (mention). The data were collected between May and December 2020.
Results
The mentions collected were 38.146. Of these, 29.666 were used to contruct the panel of 3.100 citations subjected to qualitative analysis. The main Preliminary Results:
- Source type: social media 48%, web 52%. 45% of SM content were from Twitter, Instagram (40%), Facebook (14%) and YouTube (0.3%). Facebook accounts had the largest audience
Audience profile: 62% women and 38% men; 51% of these were 45-54 and 30% 35-44 years old The most relevant words were: physical activity, children, children's snack, correct nutrition References to the topic ‘COVID-19' in the mentions collected concerned 14% of the analysed content The main organisations, by volume of citations, were: World Health Organisation (12%); National Institute of Health (6%); Italian Food Union (6%); Istat (5.5%); Doxa (5%); OKkio alla Salute (5%); Ministry of Health (4%); Coldiretti (4%); UNICEF (3%).
Conclusions
The results will contribute to producing indications for health promotion and increasing Internet users' health literacy.
Key messages
Women are the main users of the topics investigated. Children and adolescents’ health was the central theme in the mentions collected relating to Covid-19.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Nardone
- National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Research Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
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- Clinical Epidemiology and Public Health Research Unit, Institute for Maternal and Child Health-IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Trieste, Italy
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Cattaneo C, Giovannelli I, De Nigris N, Russo E, Buoncristiano M, Rosa B, Ripoli G, Parenti I, Indorato E. Life skills training to promote health and well-being at school: an evaluation. Eur J Public Health 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
In educational settings, health promotion refers to a whole-school approach to help individuals realize their potential, cope with the everyday stresses of life, work productively and fruitfully, and contribute to their community. In these regards, it is essential to enhance a vast repertoire of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values, a narrower set of psychosocial skills (Life Skills - LS). The Local Health Unit of Palermo, the Centre of Training and the National Institute of Health (ISS) developed the project “Life Skills and resilience: effective strategies to promote health at school”.
Objectives
The project's general aim was to provide headteachers and teachers with methodologies and tools to develop and promote LS in educational settings. Through the participatory approach, training was structured in 5 modules of 16 hours each. The training activities began in October 2019 and ended online due to the Covid-19 emergency in July 2020. The evaluation plan provides the assessment of learning, satisfaction, monitoring and assessment of attitudes and behaviours using a validated questionnaire. The aim was to identify improvements in relationships inside and outside the school context and increase self-efficacy and job satisfaction among teachers. Data analysis is currently being processed.
Results
169 Teachers, 12 Healthcare workers attended the training. The preliminary results show that: i. there is an improvement in relationships between colleagues, students and parents; ii. there is a slight improvement in the perceived self-efficacy in managing negative emotions; iii. there is an improvement in the personal and collective effectiveness perceived in the school environment and job satisfaction.
Conclusions
The project was designed for implementing sustainable interventions. The advent of COVID-19 has allowed further reflection on the usefulness of this approach for promoting resilience and protective factors and managing the consequences of the pandemic.
Key messages
The training improved personal and professional skills on design and methods to apply LS. The use of qualitative/quantitative assessment made it possible to illustrate the entire training process.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Cattaneo
- National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Political Science, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Association “Social promotion - Across”, Rome, Italy
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- Association “The house of the heart”, Aversa, Italy
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- National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Centre of Training - CEFPAS, Caltanissetta, Italy
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- Centre of Training - CEFPAS, Caltanissetta, Italy
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Tuccia F, Giordani G, Cattaneo C, Mazzarelli D, Vanin S. First record of Physyphora alceae (Preyssler, 1791) (Diptera, Ulidiidae) from a forensic case in Northern Italy: description of immature stages, DNA barcoding and phylogenetic analysis. The European Zoological Journal 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1981469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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- F. Tuccia
- School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK
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- Dipartimento di Farmacia e Biotecnologie (FABIT), Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- LABANOF (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense) Sezione di Medicina Legale Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense) Sezione di Medicina Legale Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova, Genova, Italy
- National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impact and Sustainability in the Marine Environment (CNR-IAS), Genova, Italy
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Scheper W, Cattaneo C, Urbanus J, Battaglia T, Haanen J, Voest E, Schumacher T. 54P Identification of patient-specific T-cell neoantigens through HLA-agnostic genetic screens. Ann Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.08.2050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Cattaneo C, Cancelli V, Imberti L, Dobbs K, Sottini A, Pagani C, Belotti A, Re A, Anastasia A, Quaresima V, Tucci A, Chiorini JA, Su HC, Cohen JI, Burbelo PD, Rossi G, Notarangelo LD. Production and persistence of specific antibodies in COVID-19 patients with hematologic malignancies: role of rituximab. Blood Cancer J 2021; 11:151. [PMID: 34521813 PMCID: PMC8438656 DOI: 10.1038/s41408-021-00546-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Revised: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The ability of patients with hematologic malignancies (HM) to develop an effective humoral immune response after COVID-19 is unknown. A prospective study was performed to monitor the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 of patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), chronic lymphoproliferative disorders (CLD), multiple myeloma (MM), or myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative syndromes (MDS/MPN). Antibody (Ab) levels to the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) and spike (S) protein were measured at +1, +3, +6 months after nasal swabs became PCR-negative. Forty-five patients (9 FL, 8 DLBCL, 8 CLD, 10 MM, 10 MDS/MPS) and 18 controls were studied. Mean anti-N and anti-S-Ab levels were similar between HM patients and controls, and shared the same behavior, with anti-N Ab levels declining at +6 months and anti-S-Ab remaining stable. Seroconversion rates were lower in HM patients than in controls. In lymphoma patients mean Ab levels and seroconversion rates were lower than in other HM patients, primarily because all nine patients who had received rituximab within 6 months before COVID-19 failed to produce anti-N and anti-S-Ab. Only one patient requiring hematological treatment after COVID-19 lost seropositivity after 6 months. No reinfections were observed. These results may inform vaccination policies and clinical management of HM patients.
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- C Cattaneo
- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy.
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- CREA (AIL Center for Hemato-Oncologic Research), Diagnostic Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- CREA (AIL Center for Hemato-Oncologic Research), Diagnostic Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- CREA (AIL Center for Hemato-Oncologic Research), Diagnostic Department, ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hematology, ASST Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Tagliabue M, Tonziello J, Bottino A, Capannelli G, Comite A, Pagliero M, Boero F, Cattaneo C. Laboratory Scale Evaluation of Fertiliser Factory Wastewater Treatment through Membrane Distillation and Reverse Osmosis. Membranes (Basel) 2021; 11:membranes11080610. [PMID: 34436373 PMCID: PMC8398162 DOI: 10.3390/membranes11080610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Revised: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The incumbent water stress scenario imposes wastewater valorisation to freshwater, promoting technology for its effective treatment. Wastewater from fertiliser factories is quite problematic because of its relevant acidity and solute content. Its treatment through vacuum membrane distillation (VMD) was evaluated through laboratory scale tests at 40 °C and 25 mbar vacuum pressure with polytetrafluoroethylene and polypropylene flat-sheet porous membranes. The wastewater from a partially disused Italian industrial site was considered. VMD distillate fluxes between 22 and 57.4 L m-2 h-1 (LMH), depending on the pore size of the membranes, along with very high retention (R > 99%) for anions (Cl-, NO3-, SO42-, PO43-), NH4+, and chemical oxygen demand (COD) were observed. Laboratory scale reverse osmosis (RO) tests at 25 °C and increasing of the operating pressure (from 20 bar to 40 bar) were carried out with a seawater desalination membrane for comparison purposes. Permeability values around 1.1 LMH/bar almost independently of the operating pressure were observed. Lower retentions than those measured from VMD tests were found. Finally, for any given RO operating pressure, the flux recovery ratio (FRR) calculated from permeate fluxes measured with pure water before and after wastewater treatment was always much lower that evaluated for VMD membranes.
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- M. Tagliabue
- Renewable Energy and Environmental Laboratories, Eni S.p.A., F. Maritano 26, I-20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (M.T.); (J.T.)
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- Renewable Energy and Environmental Laboratories, Eni S.p.A., F. Maritano 26, I-20097 San Donato Milanese, Italy; (M.T.); (J.T.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; (A.B.); (G.C.); (M.P.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; (A.B.); (G.C.); (M.P.)
- TICASS S.c.r.l., B. Bosco 57/4, I-16121 Genoa, Italy; (F.B.); (C.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; (A.B.); (G.C.); (M.P.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Genoa, Dodecaneso 31, I-16146 Genoa, Italy; (A.B.); (G.C.); (M.P.)
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- TICASS S.c.r.l., B. Bosco 57/4, I-16121 Genoa, Italy; (F.B.); (C.C.)
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- TICASS S.c.r.l., B. Bosco 57/4, I-16121 Genoa, Italy; (F.B.); (C.C.)
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Cattaneo C, Cancelli V, Pagani C, Ogna A, Tucci A, Rossi G, Quaresima V, Sotttini A, Dobbs K, Notarangelo LD, Cohen JI, Burbelo PD. IMPAIRED HUMORAL RESPONSE IN LYMPHOMA PATIENTS SURVIVING THE ACUTE PHASE OF COVID‐19. Hematol Oncol 2021. [PMCID: PMC8427060 DOI: 10.1002/hon.196_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- C. Cattaneo
- ASST‐Spedali Civili Hematology Brescia Italy
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- ASST‐Spedali Civili Hematology Brescia Italy
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- ASST‐Spedali Civili Hematology Brescia Italy
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- ASST‐Spedali Civili Hematology Brescia Italy
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- ASST‐Spedali Civili Hematology Brescia Italy
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- ASST‐Spedali Civili Hematology Brescia Italy
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- CREA (Centro Ricerca AIL) ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia Diagnostic Department Brescia Italy
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- CREA (Centro Ricerca AIL) ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia Diagnostic Department Brescia Italy
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology Bethesda Maryland USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology Bethesda Maryland USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health Laboratory of Infectious Diseases Bethesda Maryland USA
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- National Institutes of Health National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Bethesda Maryland USA
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Ferreri AJM, Angelillo P, Erbella F, Liberatore C, Cattaneo C, Verga L, Lleshi A, Allione B, Facchetti F, Ponzoni M, Pagani C, Foppoli M, Pecciarini L, Sassone MC, Flospergher E, Rossi G, Spina M, A. Re. SAFETY AND EFFICACY OF THE “CARMEN” REGIMEN, A NEW DOSE‐DENSE SHORT‐TERM THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH AGGRESSIVE B‐CELL LYMPHOMA AND
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REARRANGEMENT. Hematol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.93_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- A. J. M Ferreri
- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- Spedali Civili di Brescia UOC Ematologia Brescia Italy
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- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo Divisione di Ematologia Monza Italy
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- Centro Riferimento Oncologico Oncologia Medica Aviano Italy
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- AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino SC Ematologia Torino Italy
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- Spedali Civili di Brescia, Servizio di Anatomia Patologica Brescia Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Anatomia Patologica Milan Italy
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- Spedali Civili di Brescia UOC Ematologia Brescia Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- Spedali Civili di Brescia, Servizio di Anatomia Patologica Brescia Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute Department of Onco‐Hematology Milan Italy
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- Spedali Civili di Brescia UOC Ematologia Brescia Italy
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- IRCCS Centro Riferimento Oncologico SOC Oncologia Medica e Tumori Immunocorrelati Aviano Italy
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- Spedali Civili di Brescia UOC Ematologia Brescia Italy
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Caccia G, Mazzarelli D, Amadasi A, Rizzi A, Caccianiga M, Cattaneo C. SEM-EDX analysis of microscopic surface debris collected from the skin - preliminary study. AUST J FORENSIC SCI 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00450618.2021.1900393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- G. Caccia
- Labanof (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Labanof (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, University Medical Centre Charité, University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Earth Sciences “Ardito Desio”, CNR (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), Università degli Studi di Milano,Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Labanof (Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense), Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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Jackowski C, Cattaneo C, Broccard A, Duembgen L. Expression of concern regarding "Individual human scent as a forensic identifier using mantrailing" by Woidtke L, Dreßler J and Babian C. Forensic Sci Int. 2018 Jan;282:111-121. Forensic Sci Int 2020; 318:110635. [PMID: 33342594 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- C Jackowski
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bühlstr. 20, 3012, Bern, Switzerland.
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale del Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Bern, Alpeneggstrasse 22, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Institute of Mathematical Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Bern, Alpeneggstrasse 22, 3012, Bern, Switzerland
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Cattaneo C, Jackowski C, Smith A. Reviewer Hall of Fame. Forensic Sci Int 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Laureati M, Spinelli S, Monteleone E, Dinnella C, Prescott J, Cattaneo C, Proserpio C, De Toffoli A, Gasperi F, Endrizzi I, Torri L, Peparaio M, Arena E, Bonello F, Condelli N, Di Monaco R, Gatti E, Piasentier E, Tesini F, Pagliarini E. Associations between food neophobia and responsiveness to “warning” chemosensory sensations in food products in a large population sample. Food Qual Prefer 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Dall'Ara F, Cavazzana I, Frassi M, Taraborelli M, Fredi M, Franceschini F, Andreoli L, Rossi M, Cattaneo C, Tincani A, Airò P. Macrophage activation syndrome in adult systemic lupus erythematosus: report of seven adult cases from a single Italian rheumatology center. Reumatismo 2018; 70:100-105. [PMID: 29976044 DOI: 10.4081/reumatismo.2018.1023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
The aim was to describe the macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), a life-threatening syndrome characterized by excessive immune activation that can be triggered by conditions affecting immune homeostasis, in a cohort of adult Italian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This was a monocentric retrospective evaluation. The utility of the H-score, developed to estimate the individual risk of having reactive MAS in adult patients, was assessed. Among 511 patients with SLE, 7 cases (1.4%) of MAS (all females) were identified and their medical records reviewed. In all cases, MAS was simultaneous to the onset of SLE. All patients had fever, lymphadenopathy, hematological involvement, and high titer of anti-dsDNA antibodies. Workup for infections and malignancies was negative. In all cases, the H-score was higher than the cut-off suggested for the classification of reactive MAS. All cases required hospital admission, and 2 patients were admitted to the intensive care unit. Most patients were treated successfully with high doses of corticosteroids and with immunosuppressive drugs, whereas the full therapeutic regimen developed for primary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis HLH was used only in one case. No death from MAS was observed. MAS is a rare and severe disorder that complicated the onset of SLE in our cohort. The H-score may be useful in the classification of these patients.
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- F Dall'Ara
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia.
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Franceschetti L, Magli F, Merelli VG, Muccino EA, Gentilomo A, Agazzi F, Gibelli DM, Gambarana M, De Angelis D, Kustermann A, Cattaneo C. The effect of the medico-legal evaluation on asylum seekers in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy: a pilot study. Int J Legal Med 2018; 133:669-675. [PMID: 29804275 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-018-1867-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
In the present-day situation, the clinical forensic documentation of an asylum seeker's narrative and his or her examination, together with the physical and psychological findings, may have very important effects on the outcome of the request for political asylum. Since 2012, the Municipality of Milan, the University Institute of Legal Medicine, and other institutions have assembled a team with the task of examining vulnerable asylum seekers and preparing a medical report for the Territorial Commission for International Protection (Prefecture, Ministry of Interiors), who will assess the application. We compared medico-legal reports and outcomes of 57 cases which were evaluated by the Commission after having undergone a medico-legal evaluation through the Istanbul Protocol criteria and examined, in particular, which medico-legal variables seem associated to the outcome. The results show that forensic assessment seems to have a significant and interesting correlation with the final assessment given by the Commission. For example, the higher the level of consistency, according to the Istanbul Protocol, the more frequently protection is granted. These data show how important clinical forensic medicine can be in such scenarios and how the presence of clinical forensic experts should be encouraged in such evaluations, as has been recently enshrined in Italy in the guidelines of a Ministerial Decree of April 3rd, 2017 for the assistance and the rehabilitation as well as the treatment of psychiatric disorders in refugees and asylum seekers who have undergone torture, rape, and other severe forms of psychological, physical, or sexual violence.
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- L Franceschetti
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Service for Sexual and Domestic Violence (SVSeD), Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Luigi Mangiagalli 37, 20133, Milan, Italy.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Service for Sexual and Domestic Violence (SVSeD), Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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In this paper a method is presented which is suitable for the extraction, purification and analysis of serum gangliosides. The advantage in comparison with other previously published procedures is the complete extraction of sialoglycolipids without contamination of sialoglycoproteins and/or sialoglycopeptides. The method could be used as a second-level test for the diagnosis and follow-up of cancer patients, and also could be potentially used for pharmaco-kinetic studies after ganglioside treatment.
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- R Gornati
- Institute of General Physiology and Biological Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Milano, Italy
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Monteleone E, Spinelli S, Dinnella C, Endrizzi I, Laureati M, Pagliarini E, Sinesio F, Gasperi F, Torri L, Aprea E, Bailetti L, Bendini A, Braghieri A, Cattaneo C, Cliceri D, Condelli N, Cravero M, Del Caro A, Di Monaco R, Drago S, Favotto S, Fusi R, Galassi L, Gallina Toschi T, Garavaldi A, Gasparini P, Gatti E, Masi C, Mazzaglia A, Moneta E, Piasentier E, Piochi M, Pirastu N, Predieri S, Robino A, Russo F, Tesini F. Exploring influences on food choice in a large population sample: The Italian Taste project. Food Qual Prefer 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Schieppati F, Balzarini P, Fisogni S, Re A, Peli A, Passi A, Roccaro A, Lorenzi L, Cattaneo C, Facchetti F, Rossi G, Tucci A. Unfavorable prognostic impact of MYC
increased copy number (ICN) in patients with diffuse large B-cell (DLBCL) and high-grade lymphoma treated with immunochemotherapy. Hematol Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.2439_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- F. Schieppati
- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Pathology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Pathology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Pathology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Pathology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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- Hematology; ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia; Brescia Italy
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Ibáñez O, Vicente R, Navega D, Campomanes-Álvarez C, Cattaneo C, Jankauskas R, Huete MI, Navarro F, Hardiman R, Ruiz E, Imaizumi K, Cavalli F, Veselovskaya E, Humpire D, Cardoso J, Collini F, Mazzarelli D, Gibelli D, Damas S. MEPROCS framework for Craniofacial Superimposition: Validation study. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2016; 23:99-108. [PMID: 27890113 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Craniofacial Superimposition (CFS) involves the process of overlaying a skull with a number of ante-mortem images of an individual and the analysis of their morphological correspondence. The lack of unified working protocols and the absence of commonly accepted standards, led to contradictory consensus regarding its reliability. One of the more important aims of 'New Methodologies and Protocols of Forensic Identification by Craniofacial Superimposition (MEPROCS)' project was to propose a common framework for CFS, what can be considered the first international standard in the field. The framework aimed to serve as a roadmap for avoiding particular assumptions that could bias the process. At the same time, it provides some empirical support to certain practices, technological means, and morphological criteria expected to facilitate the application of the CFS task and to improve its reliability. In order to confirm the utility and potential benefits of the framework use, there is a need to empirically evaluate it in CFS identification scenarios as close as possible to the reality. Thus, the purpose of this study is to validate the CFS framework developed. For that aim 12 participants were asked to report about a variable number of CFS following all the recommendations of the framework. The results are analysed and discussed according to the framework understanding and fulfilment, the participants' performance, and the correlation between expected decisions and those given by the participants. In view of the quantitative results and qualitative examination criteria we can conclude that those who follow the MEPROCS recommendations improve their performance.
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- Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
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- Forensic Sciences Centre (CENCIFOR), Coimbra, Portugal; Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Forensic Sciences Centre (CENCIFOR), Coimbra, Portugal; Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Physical Anthropology Laboratory, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Physical Anthropology Laboratory, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Legal Medicine School, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
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- National Research Institute of Police Science, Japan
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- Research Unit of Paleoradiology and Allied Sciences, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Crime Scene Investigation Section, Forensic Laboratory, Portuguese Criminal Police, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratorio di Antropología e Odontologia Forense, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
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Laureati M, Cattaneo C, Bergamaschi V, Proserpio C, Pagliarini E. School children preferences for fish formulations: The impact of child and parental food neophobia. J SENS STUD 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/joss.12224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- M. Laureati
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science; University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science; University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science; University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science; University of Milan; Milan Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Science; University of Milan; Milan Italy
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De Angelis D, Gibelli D, Palazzo E, Sconfienza L, Obertova Z, Cattaneo C. Skeletal idiopathic osteosclerosis helps to perform personal identification of unknown decedents: A novel contribution from anatomical variants through CT scan. Sci Justice 2016; 56:260-3. [PMID: 27320398 DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Revised: 03/16/2016] [Accepted: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Personal identification consists of the comparison of ante-mortem information from a missing person with post-mortem data obtained from an unidentified corpse. Such procedure is based on the assessment of individualizing features which may help in providing a conclusive identification between ante-mortem and post-mortem material. Anatomical variants may provide important clues to correctly identify human remains. Areas of idiopathic osteosclerosis (IO), or dense bone islands (DBIs) characterized by radiopaque areas of dense, trabeculated, non-inflamed vital bone represent one of these, potentially individualizing, anatomical features. This study presents a case where the finding of DBI was crucial for a positive identification through CT-scan. A decomposed body was found in an apartment in June 2014 in advanced decomposition and no dental records were available to perform a comparison for positive identification. Genetic tests were not applicable because of the lack of relatives in a direct line. The analysis of the only ante-mortem documentation, a CT-scan to the deceased dating back to August 2009, showed the presence of three DBIs within the trabecular bone of the proximal portion of the right femur. The same bony district was removed from the corpse during the autopsy and analysed by CT-scan, which verified the presence of the same features. Forensic practitioners should therefore be aware of the great importance of anatomical bone variants, such as dense bone islands for identification purposes, and the importance of advanced radiological technique for addressing the individualizing potential of such variants. We propose that anatomical variants of the human skeleton should be considered as being "primary identification characteristics" similar to dental status, fingerprints and DNA.
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- D De Angelis
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, IRCCS Ospedale San Donato, Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Gibelli D, Obertová Z, Ritz-Timme S, Gabriel P, Arent T, Ratnayake M, De Angelis D, Cattaneo C. The identification of living persons on images: A literature review. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2016; 19:52-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2016.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Anand R, Hartman R, Lucini V, Forrest E, Giuliani R, Cattaneo C, Camattari G, McBride M. Long-term efficacy of safinamide as add-on to levodopa in Parkinson’s disease fluctuating patients: results from a 2-year placebo-controlled trial. J Neurol Sci 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.08.967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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In the third millennium where ethical, ethological and cultural evolution seem to be leading more and more towards an inter-species society, the issue of animal experimentation is a moral dilemma. Speaking from a self-interested human perspective, avoiding all animal testing where human disease and therapy are concerned may be very difficult or even impossible; such testing may not be so easily justifiable when suffering-or killing-of non human animals is inflicted for forensic research. In order to verify how forensic scientists are evolving in this ethical issue, we undertook a systematic review of the current literature. We investigated the frequency of animal experimentation in forensic studies in the past 15 years and trends in publication in the main forensic science journals. Types of species, lesions inflicted, manner of sedation or anesthesia and euthanasia were examined in a total of 404 articles reviewed, among which 279 (69.1%) concerned studies involving animals sacrificed exclusively for the sake of the experiment. Killing still frequently includes painful methods such as blunt trauma, electrocution, mechanical asphyxia, hypothermia, and even exsanguination; of all these animals, apparently only 60.8% were anesthetized. The most recent call for a severe reduction if not a total halt to the use of animals in forensic sciences was made by Bernard Knight in 1992. In fact the principle of reduction and replacement, frequently respected in clinical research, must be considered the basis for forensic science research needing animals.
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- C Cattaneo
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense Sezione di Medicina Legale Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute Università degli Studi di Milano, V. Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense Sezione di Medicina Legale Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute Università degli Studi di Milano, V. Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense Sezione di Medicina Legale Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute Università degli Studi di Milano, V. Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense Sezione di Medicina Legale Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute Università degli Studi di Milano, V. Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy
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Gibelli D, De Angelis D, Cattaneo C. Radiological pitfalls of age estimation in adopted children: a case report. Minerva Pediatr 2015; 67:203-208. [PMID: 25786535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Age estimation has a relevant importance in assessing adopted children, also in cases where the age of the minor seems unquestioned, since pathological conditions may radically alter bodily growth. This may lead to an incorrect age evaluation, with consequent social and psychological problems linked to an inadequate collocation in public school. This study aims at exposing a case report concerning age estimation for a newly adopted child from Cambodia; previous clinical documentation reported information suggesting possible malnutrition, which was verified by the observation of a general disalignment of bone and dental structures. This example shows the importance of a thorough forensic evaluation of adopted children from other countries in order to verify the possible environmental modification of physiological growth even where it seems not to be needed, and represents a caveat for clinical and social personnel dealing with adoption procedures.
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- D Gibelli
- Section of Forensic Medicine, Department of Biomedical Sciences of Health, University of Milan, LABANOF Laboratorio di Antropologia, e Odontologia Forense, Milan, Italy -
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Sguazza E, Mazzucchi A, Fortunati M, Cattaneo C. The necropolis of Bolgare (Lombardy, Italy): Anthropological and paleopathological features of a Lombard population. Homo 2015; 66:139-48. [PMID: 25703806 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The mediaeval necropolis of Bolgare - St. Chierico is an important site in northern Italy, located in the Bergamo Province (about 40 km East of Milan). In order to reconstruct aspects of the demographic and health status of this Lombard population, macroscopic (morphological, metric and radiographic) and microscopic analyses were performed on over 400 skeletons for the assessments of sex (cranial and pelvic morphology, metrics), age (subadults: dental and bone development; adults: mainly pubic symphysis, auricular surface of the ilium, 4th rib) and stature, for the determination of ancestry and the identification of pathologies. Results proved the sample to be heterogeneous with males, females, adults and subadults. The sample seemed to be composed of several groups, including individuals with northern or eastern (Uralic) European features and, on the other hand, individuals with central European or Mediterranean characteristics. The first may be indicative of migrations of Lombards (suggested by tall stature estimates); the second could be considered autochthonous, bearing features more typical of northern Italian populations. Among palaeopathological finds, the study showed the presence of tuberculosis, gout, DISH and degenerative pathologies particularly on the pelvis and spinal column. The population of Bolgare constitutes one of the main sources of anthropological data on Lombards in Italy.
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- E Sguazza
- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy; Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Scienze della Vita, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Lombardia, Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy.
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Cattaneo C, Tidball Binz M, Penados L, Prieto J, Finegan O, Grandi M. The forgotten tragedy of unidentified dead in the Mediterranean. Forensic Sci Int 2015; 250:e1-2. [PMID: 25770023 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The need to identify the dead - an issue of paramount importance for the forensic sciences - and its importance for humanitarian, administrative, judicial and other purposes are universal values enshrined by domestic and international law. However, for hundreds of men, women and children, migrants, who die every year in their attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe this fundamental right remains unfulfilled. In order to address and bring solutions to this tragedy the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) carried out an assessment in 2012 and 2013 across European Mediterranean countries affected by irregular immigration across the sea (Italy, Greece, Malta, Portugal, France, Spain). An international meeting in 2013 among Southern European countries led to recommendations which should serve as a road-map for action. They are already guiding activities of the ICRC and other participant institutions. The Council of Europe, which endorsed the recommendations, has since stepped up its efforts to prevent and resolve the humanitarian consequences of migration, including the unidentified dead. Among other things it has called on its Member States to "set up a proper system of data collection of the mortal remains of people who lose their lives in the Mediterranean and make it swiftly accessible to relatives".
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- C Cattaneo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, LABANOF - Sezione di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; Member of the Forensic Advisory Board of the ICRC, Switzerland.
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- Forensic Services, Assistance Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Forensic Services, Assistance Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Member of the Forensic Advisory Board of the ICRC, Switzerland
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- Forensic Services, Assistance Division, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, LABANOF - Sezione di Medicina Legale, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Rubinacci A, Tresoldi D, Villa I, Rizzo G, Gaudio D, De Angelis D, Gibelli D, Cattaneo C. Application of high resolution pQCT analysis for the assessment of a bone lesion: a technical note. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2014; 17:60-4. [PMID: 25258096 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) has found new fields of application in bone medicine, but none of them concerns the forensic practice. This study exposes the potential of pQCT applied to a penetrating lesion in a vertebral body. A pQCT scanner was used for the measurements (XCT Research SA+; Stratec Medizintechnik GmbH, Pforzheim, Germany). A more precise reconstruction of the path of the lesion within the trabecular bone was reached, with more details concerning the morphological characteristics of the lesion inside the vertebral body, and the elaboration of a 3D model was created, which allowed the operator to define the volume of the lack of tissues related to the lesion. The application of pQCT scan proved to be a potentially useful tool for the assessment of bone lesions, although further studies are needed in order to verify its applicability to forensic context.
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- A Rubinacci
- Bone Metabolism Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, CNR, Segrate, Milan, Italy
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- Bone Metabolism Unit, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Bioimaging and Physiology, CNR, Segrate, Milan, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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Cappella A, Castoldi E, Sforza C, Cattaneo C. An osteological revisitation of autopsies: comparing anthropological findings on exhumed skeletons to their respective autopsy reports in seven cases. Forensic Sci Int 2014; 244:315.e1-10. [PMID: 25315679 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Forensic anthropologists and pathologists are more and more requested to answer questions on bone trauma. However limitations still exist concerning the proper interpretation of bone fractures and bone lesions in general. Access to known skeletal populations which derive from cadavers (victims of violent deaths) who underwent autopsy and whose autopsy reports are available are obvious sources of information on what happens to bone trauma when subjected to taphonomic variables, such as burial, decomposition, postmortem chemical and mechanical insults; such skeletal collections are still however quite rare. This study presents the results of the comparative analysis between the autopsy findings on seven cadavers (six of which victims of blunt, sharp or gunshot wounds) and those of the anthropological assessment performed 20 years later on the exhumed dry bones (part of the Milano skeletal collection). The investigation allowed us to verify how perimortem sharp, blunt and gunshot lesions appear after a long inhumation period, whether they are still recognizable, and how many lesions are no longer detectable or were not detectable at all compared to the autopsy report. It also underlines the importance of creating skeletal collections with known information on cause of death and trauma.
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- A Cappella
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 31, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Bartoli B, Bernardini P, Bi X, Bolognino I, Branchini P, Budano A, Camarri P, Cao Z, Cardarelli R, Catalanotti S, Cattaneo C, Chen S, Chen T, Creti P, Cui S, Dai B, D'Amone A, Danzengluobu, De Mitri I, D'Ettorre Piazzoli B, Di Girolamo T, Di Sciascio G, Feng C, Zhaoyang Feng, Zhenyong Feng, Giroletti E, Gou Q, Guo Y, He H, Haibing Hu, Hongbo Hu, Iacovacci M, Iuppa R, Jia H, Labaciren, Li H, Liguori G, Liu C, Liu J, Liu M, Lu H, Ma L, Ma X, Mancarella G, Mari S, Marsella G, Martello D, Mastroianni S, Montini P, Ning C, Panareo M, Perrone L, Pistilli P, Ruggieri F, Salvini P, Santonico R, Shen P, Sheng X, Shi F, Surdo A, Tan Y, Vallania P, Vernetto S, Vigorito C, Wang H, Wu C, Wu H, Xue L, Yang Q, Yang X, Yao Z, Yuan A, Zha M, Zhang H, Zhang L, Zhang X, Zhang Y, Zhao J, Zhaxiciren, Zhaxisangzhu, Zhou X, Zhu F, Zhu Q, Zizzi G. Radon contribution to single particle counts of the ARGO-YBJ detector. RADIAT MEAS 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cummaudo M, Guerzoni M, Gibelli D, Cigada A, Obertovà Z, Ratnayake M, Poppa P, Gabriel P, Ritz-Timme S, Cattaneo C. Towards a method for determining age ranges from faces of juveniles on photographs. Forensic Sci Int 2014; 239:107.e1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2013] [Revised: 01/27/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Pechníková M, De Angelis D, Gibelli D, Vecchio V, Cameriere R, Zeqiri B, Cattaneo C. Twins and the paradox of dental-age estimations: a caution for researchers and clinicians. Homo 2014; 65:330-7. [PMID: 24951409 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The biological age difference among twins is frequently an issue in studies of genetic influence on various dental features, particularly dental development. The timing of dental development is a crucial issue also for many clinicians and researchers. The aim of this study was therefore to verify within groups of twins how dental development differs, by applying Demirjian's method, Mincer's charts of development of third molars and two of Cameriere's methods for dental age estimation, which are among the most popular methods both in the clinical and the forensic scenario. The sample consisted of 64 twin pairs: 21 monozygotic, 30 dizygotic same-sex and 13 dizygotic opposite-sex with an age range between 5.8 and 22.6 years. Dental age was determined from radiographs using the mentioned methods. Results showed that dental age of monozygotic twins is not identical even if they share all their genes. The mean intra-pair difference of monozygotic pairs was low and similar to the difference in dizygotic same-sex twins; the maximum difference between monozygotic twins, however, was surprisingly large (nearly two years). This should lead to some circumspection in the interpretation of systematic estimations of dental age both in the clinical and forensic scenario.
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- M Pechníková
- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia ed Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milano, Italy; Institute of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, 70103 Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia ed Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia ed Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia ed Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Macerata, 62100 Macerata, Italy
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- University Dental Clinical Center of Kosovo, Kosovo
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- LABANOF - Laboratorio di Antropologia ed Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Mangiagalli 37, 20133 Milano, Italy.
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Candoni A, Caira M, Cesaro S, Busca A, Giacchino M, Fanci R, Delia M, Nosari A, Bonini A, Cattaneo C, Melillo L, Caramatti C, Milone G, Scime' R, Picardi M, Fanin R, Pagano L. Multicentre surveillance study on feasibility, safety and efficacy of antifungal combination therapy for proven or probable invasive fungal diseases in haematological patients: the SEIFEM real-life combo study. Mycoses 2013; 57:342-50. [PMID: 24373120 DOI: 10.1111/myc.12161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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UNLABELLED This multicentre observational study evaluated the feasibility, efficacy and toxicity of antifungal combination therapy (combo) as treatment of proven or probable invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) in patients with haematological malignancies. Between January 2005 and January 2010, 84 cases of IFDs (39 proven and 45 probable) treated with combo were collected in 20 Hematological Italian Centres, in patients who underwent chemotherapy or allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for haematological diseases. Median age of patients was 34 years (range 1-73) and 37% had less than 18 years. Acute leukaemia was the most common underlying haematological disease (68/84; 81%). The phase of treatment was as follows: first induction in 21/84 (25%), consolidation phase in 18/84 (21%) and reinduction/salvage in 45/84 (54%). The main site of infection was lung with or without other sites. The principal fungal pathogens were as follows: Aspergillus sp. 68 cases (81%), Candida sp. six cases (8%), Zygomycetes four cases (5%) and Fusarium sp. four cases (5%). The most used combo was caspofungin+voriconazole 35/84 (42%), caspofungin + liposomal amphotericin B (L-AmB) 20/84 (24%) and L-AmB+voriconazole 15/84 (18%). The median duration of combo was 19 days (range 3-180). The overall response rate (ORR) was 73% (61/84 responders) without significant differences between the combo regimens. The most important factor that significantly influenced the response was granulocyte (PMN) recovery (P 0.009). Only one patient discontinued therapy (voriconazole-related neurotoxicity) and 22% experienced mild and reversible adverse events (hypokalaemia, ALT/AST increase and creatinine increase). The IFDs-attributable mortality was 17%. This study indicates that combo was both well tolerated and effective in haematological patients. The most used combo regimens were caspofungin + voriconazole (ORR 80%) and caspofungin + L-AmB (ORR 70%). The ORR was 73% and the mortality IFD related was 17%. PMN recovery during combo predicts a favourable outcome. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION NCT00906633.
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- Division of Hematology, University of Udine, Italy
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Cattaneo C, Antoniazzi F, Caira M, Castagnola C, Delia M, Tumbarello M, Rossi G, Pagano L. Nocardia spp infections among hematological patients: results of a retrospective multicenter study. Int J Infect Dis 2013; 17:e610-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2012] [Revised: 12/22/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Gibelli D, Mazzarelli D, Rizzi A, Kustermann A, Cattaneo C. Persistence of spermatozoa on decomposing human skin: a scanning electron microscopy study. Int J Legal Med 2013; 127:975-9. [PMID: 23324810 DOI: 10.1007/s00414-013-0817-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/02/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Finding spermatozoa is of the utmost importance in judicial cases involving both the living and the dead; however, most of literature actually deals with inner genitalia and does not take into consideration the chance of external deposition of semen on skin, which is not rare. In addition, the most advanced microscopic technologies such as scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have not been thoroughly investigated within this specific field of research. This study aims at applying SEM analysis to samples of decomposed skin in order to test its potential in detecting spermatozoa particularly in decomposed cadavers. A sample of skin was obtained at autopsy and divided into two thin strips; one of the samples was used as a negative control. Semen was then taken from a "donor" (with a normal spermiogram) and was spread onto the other skin sample. Every 3 days for the first 15 days (for a total of six samples), a standard slide was prepared from swabs on the treated and control skin and analyzed by standard light microscopy. In addition, every 7 days up to 91 days (3 months circa), a skin sample was taken from the positive and negative control and examined by SEM for a total of 14 samples. Results show that after 12 days, light microscopy failed in detecting spermatozoa, whereas they were still visible up to 84 days by SEM analysis. This study therefore suggests the persistence of sperm structures in time and in decomposing material as well as the possible application of SEM technology to decomposed skin in order to detect semen.
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- D Gibelli
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, V. Mangiagalli 37, Milan, Italy
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Nosari AM, Caira M, Pioltelli ML, Fanci R, Bonini A, Cattaneo C, Castagnola C, Capalbo SF, De Fabritiis P, Mettivier V, Morselli M, Pastore D, Aversa F, Rossi G, Pagano L. Hema e-Chart registry of invasive fungal infections in haematological patients: improved outcome in recent years in mould infections. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 19:757-62. [PMID: 23279327 DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The electronic surveillance system Hema e-Chart allowed us to prospectively collect data and to perform an analysis of invasive fungal infections (IFI) diagnosed in febrile patients as well as the procedures allowing their diagnosis and outcome according to the treatment given. Every patient admitted to 26 Italian Haematology Units with a new diagnosis of haematological malignancy and who was a candidate for chemotherapy was consecutively registered between March 2007 and March 2009. In all, 147 haematological patients with mycoses were identified. Yeasts were found in 23 infections; moulds were diagnosed in 17 proven, 35 probable and 72 possible mycoses. Galactomannan (GM) antigen was the most important test to diagnose probable mould infection; it was positive (cut-off >0.5) in 27 (77%) probable and in nine (53%) proven mould infections. Among patients with probable/proven mould infection who received no prophylaxis or non-mould-active prophylaxis with fluconazole, more patients (n = 26, 78.8%) had GM antigen positivity compared with patients (n = 10, 52.6%) given prophylaxis with mould-active drugs (p <0.05). First-line antifungal therapy was effective in 11/23 (48%) yeast infections and in 37/52 (71.2%) proven/probable mould infections. Twenty patients (14%) died within 12 weeks. The fungal attributable mortality was 30.4% and 17.3% in yeast and proven/probable mould infections, respectively. Among risk factors only age was independently associated (p 0.013) with mortality; sex, underlying haematological malignancy, previous prophylaxis and presence of neutropenia at diagnosis were not significant. A diagnosis of mould infection seemed to have a trend for a better outcome than the diagnosis of yeast infection (p 0.064).
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- A M Nosari
- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Midollo, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy.
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Gibelli D, Mapelli A, Obertovà Z, Poppa P, Gabriel P, Ratnayake M, Tutkuviene J, Sforza C, Ritz-Timme S, Cattaneo C. Age changes of facial measurements in European young adult males: Implications for the identification of the living. HOMO 2012; 63:451-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchb.2012.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Gibelli D, Mazzarelli D, Porta D, Rizzi A, Cattaneo C. Detection of metal residues on bone using SEM-EDS—Part II: Sharp force injury. Forensic Sci Int 2012; 223:91-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cameriere R, De Luca S, De Angelis D, Merelli V, Giuliodori A, Cingolani M, Cattaneo C, Ferrante L. Reliability of Schmeling’s stages of ossification of medial clavicular epiphyses and its validity to assess 18 years of age in living subjects. Int J Legal Med 2012; 126:923-32. [DOI: 10.1007/s00414-012-0769-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Pagano L, Caira M, Rossi G, Tumbarello M, Fanci R, Garzia MG, Vianelli N, Filardi N, De Fabritiis P, Beltrame A, Musso M, Piccin A, Cuneo A, Cattaneo C, Aloisi T, Riva M, Rossi G, Salvadori U, Brugiatelli M, Sannicolò S, Morselli M, Bonini A, Viale P, Nosari A, Aversa F. A prospective survey of febrile events in hematological malignancies. Ann Hematol 2011; 91:767-774. [PMID: 22124621 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-011-1373-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Hema e-Chart prospectively collected data on febrile events (FEs) in hematological malignancy patients (HMs). The aim of the study was to assess the number, causes and outcome of HM-related FEs. Data were collected in a computerized registry that systematically approached the study and the evolution of FEs developing in a cohort of adult HMs who were admitted to 19 hematology departments in Italy from March 2007 to December 2008. A total of 869 FEs in 3,197 patients with newly diagnosed HMs were recorded. Fever of unidentified origin (FUO) was observed in 386 cases (44.4%). The other causes of FE were identified as noninfectious in 48 cases (5.5%) and infectious in 435 cases (50.1%). Bacteria were the most common cause of infectious FEs (301 cases), followed by fungi (95 cases), and viruses (7 cases). Mixed agents were isolated in 32 episodes. The attributable mortality rate was 6.7% (58 FEs). No deaths were observed in viral infection or in the noninfectious groups, while 25 deaths were due to FUO, 16 to bacterial infections, 14 to fungal infections, and three to mixed infections. The Hema e-Chart provided a complete system for the epidemiological study of infectious complications in HMs.
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, I-00168, Roma, Italy.
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito, 1, I-00168, Roma, Italy
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- U.O. Ematologia, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Università Cattolica S. Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Azienda Osp. Univ. Careggi, Ematologia, Firenze, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia Az. Osp. S. Camillo Forlanini, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto Seragnoli, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Ematologia, Azienda Osp. Osp. S. Carlo, Potenza, Italy
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- U.O. Ematologia Pol. Univ. Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ematoncologia ed Unità Trap. Mid. Osseo, La Maddalena, Palermo, Italy
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- Divione di Ematologia, Ospedale Generale di Bolzano, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Az. Osp. Univ. Arcispedale S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy
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- U.O. Ematologia, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Midollo, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy
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- Unità di Ematologia, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Ospedale Civile "Ca Foncello", Treviso, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Umberto I, Mestre, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Policlinico Universitario di Modena e Reggio, Modena, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia, Arciospedale S. Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Divisione di Ematologia e Centro Trapianti Midollo, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milano, Italy
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- Istituto di Ematologia, Università di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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De Angelis D, Riboli F, Gibelli D, Cappella A, Cattaneo C. Palatal rugae as an individualising marker: reliability for forensic odontology and personal identification. Sci Justice 2011; 52:181-4. [PMID: 22841142 DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2011.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2010] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 09/02/2011] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Personal identification is based on the comparison between ante mortem and post mortem data which can be considered unique for each individual: palatal rugae represent a useful element for such a comparison, thanks to their apparent low variability with time and unique patterns. Literature however is scarce. This pilot study aims at assessing the reliability of palatal rugae in time and at developing an identification method based on their comparison. Two casts from the upper dental arch of 39 subjects were obtained in different periods of time; at their first cast, 85.2% of patients were less than 16 years old. The second cast was performed after a period of time which varied between 4 and 65 months later than the first cast. The first cast can be taken to simulate ante mortem information, the second post mortem information. Every cast was then digitised with a scanner. In the digital images the palatal rugae were highlighted by using Adobe® Photoshop® 7.0 software; each image was coded and a comparison between "simulated" ante mortem and post mortem data was performed. In all cases ante mortem and post mortem data from the same individual were correctly matched. The study seems to indicate that this technique is highly reliable and user friendly, even on subadults, where growth processes seem not to affect the specific morphology of palatal rugae.
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- D De Angelis
- LABANOF, Laboratorio di Antropologia e Odontologia Forense, Sezione di Medicina Legale, DMU, Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana e Scienze Biomediche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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Ritz-Timme S, Gabriel P, Tutkuviene J, Poppa P, Obertová Z, Gibelli D, De Angelis D, Ratnayake M, Rizgeliene R, Barkus A, Cattaneo C. Metric and morphological assessment of facial features: a study on three European populations. Forensic Sci Int 2011; 207:239.e1-8. [PMID: 21388762 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Identification from video surveillance systems is becoming more and more frequent in the forensic practice. In this field, different techniques have been improved such as height estimation and gait analysis. However, the most natural approach for identifying a person in everyday life is based on facial characteristics. Scientifically, faces can be described using morphological and metric assessment of facial features. The morphological approach is largely affected by the subjective opinion of the observer, which can be mitigated by the application of descriptive atlases. In addition, this approach requires one to investigate which are the most common and rare facial characteristics in different populations. For the metric approach further studies are necessary in order to point out possible metric differences within and between different populations. The acquisition of statistically adequate population data may provide useful information for the reconstruction of biological profiles of unidentified individuals, particularly concerning ethnic affiliation, and possibly also for personal identification. This study presents the results of the morphological and metric assessment of the head and face of 900 male subjects between 20 and 31 years from Italy, Germany and Lithuania. The evaluation of the morphological traits was performed using the DMV atlas with 43 pre-defined facial characteristics. The frequencies of the types of facial features were calculated for each population in order to establish the rarest characteristics which may be used for the purpose of a biological profile and consequently for personal identification. Metric analysis performed in vivo included 24 absolute measurements and 24 indices of the head and face, including body height and body weight. The comparison of the frequencies of morphological facial features showed many similarities between the samples from Germany, Italy and Lithuania. However, several characteristics were rare or significantly more or less common in one population compared to the other two. On the other hand, all measurements and indices, except for labial width and intercanthal-mouth index showed significant differences between the three populations. As far as comparisons with other samples are concerned, the three European Caucasian samples differed from North American Caucasian, African and Asian groups as concerns the frequency of the morphological traits and the mean values of the metric analysis. The metric and morphological data collected from three European populations may be useful for forensic purposes in the construction of biological profiles and in screening for personal identification.
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- S Ritz-Timme
- Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Moorenstrasse 5, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Possenti V, Mei BD, Cattaneo C, Giovannelli I, D'Argenio P, Benelli E, Menna S, Salmaso S, Ferrante G, Minardi V, Quarchioni E, Baldissera S, Bertozzi N, Carrozzi G, D'Argenzio A, Fateh-Moghadam P, Trinito MO, Vasselli S, Campostrini S. P1-293 Involving local community: testing models for communicating surveillance data. From planning to elaborating and evaluating effective communicative tools to specific target groups at local level. J Epidemiol Community Health 2011. [DOI: 10.1136/jech.2011.142976e.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Cattaneo C, Monte S, Algarotti A, Audisio E, Borlenghi E, Campiotti L, Cerqui E, Fanizza C, Giuliani R, Mico C, Rocconi R, Salvi A, Salvi F, Verga L, Levis A, Lambertenghi Deliliers G, Pogliani EM, Tognoni G, Rambaldi A, Rossi G. A randomized comparison of caspofungin versus antifungal prophylaxis according to investigator policy in acute leukaemia patients undergoing induction chemotherapy (PROFIL-C study). J Antimicrob Chemother 2011; 66:2140-5. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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