Publications by authors named "A Filosa"

Article Synopsis
  • Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD) is linked to higher risks of lung and liver diseases, primarily associated with the common PI*ZZ genotype.
  • Researchers studied patients with severe AATD from the Italian Registry for AATD, focusing on those with rare genotypes like PI*R.
  • Results showed that patients with rare genotypes exhibited similar clinical characteristics and respiratory profiles to those with the PI*ZZ genotype, emphasizing the need for timely diagnosis of PI*R for effective management.
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(1) Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) accounts for 70% of dementia cases and with no effective pharmacological treatments, new rehabilitation methods are needed. Motor and cognitive activities and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have shown promise in stabilizing and enhancing cognitive functions. Objective: we want to investigate the effects of tDCS combined with motor or cognitive activity on cognitive functions in AD patients.

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Comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) has gained an important role in patients with advanced prostate cancer following the introduction of PARP inhibitors in daily clinical practice. Here, we report an overview of CGP results, specifically of BRCA1 and BRCA2 HRD-repair system genes, from patients with prostate cancer analyzed in our institution, and we compare our results with those available from more recent scientific literature. The study cohort consisted of 70 patients.

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Solitary primary extraosseous plasmacytoma is a rare disease in the gastrointestinal tract, recently classified as an "exceptional" tumor of the colon site. The real incidence (one case/population/year) is unknown but reasonably less than 1/10,000,000 cases/year with very few descriptions in the literature. The rare cases described in the literature are often diagnosed after surgery for perforation and with predominant localization of the left colon.

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A 43-year-old patient with a history of uterine fibromatosis was referred to our hospital for menometrorrhagia and pelvic pain. At the pelvic ultrasound, a highly-vascularized myometrial lesion in volumetric increase was described. An elongated, solid, hypoechoic, painless, and highly vascularized left parauterine mass was identified.

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