Publications by authors named "B Carabellese"
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- Visceral muscle dysmotility syndrome (VMDS) is a rare condition seen in lupus patients, marked by issues like thickened intestinal walls and dilated organs.
- The best imaging method for diagnosing VMDS isn't well-defined, but computed tomography (CT) has been commonly used, while this study introduced the use of 18FDG-PET-CT for the first time.
- The case study revealed significant metabolic activity in the intestines and liver during a lupus flare, prompting a literature review on VMDS, symptoms, and imaging methods.
Introduction: This review provides an update of 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose ([F] FDG) for Brown adipose tissue (BAT) activity quantification, whose role is not completely understood.
Areas Covered: We conducted an unstructured search of the literature for any studies employing the [F] FDG PET in BAT assessment. We explored BAT quantification both in healthy individuals and in different pathologies, after cold exposure and as a metabolic biomarker.
Fibromyalgia (FM) represents a condition that is still controversial in its entity, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management. The aim of this review is to focus on imaging aspects of FM, especially on novel approaches in molecular imaging, with a special focus on neuroimaging. Novel functional and molecular imaging findings may represent, eventually, future biomarkers both in research settings and in terms of clinical practice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral biosimilar versions of recombinant human erythropoietin are currently approved for use in Europe, including a biosimilar epoetin-α. The aim of this the study was to verify that biosimilar epoetin-α is similar in terms of efficacy, safety and cost to originator epoetin-α for the treatment of refractory anemia in patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. A total of 92 patients with myelodysplasia and refractory anemia were investigated.
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