Publications by authors named "Elena Fraccaroli"
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- This study examines fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome, and how different patient subgroups perceive their illness, which may affect their treatment outcomes.* -
- Through cluster analysis of 53 fibromyalgia patients, researchers identified two groups: one with higher emotional distress and worse physical functioning, and another with better health perceptions but similar pain intensity.* -
- The findings highlight the importance of understanding patients' illness perceptions and attitudes towards pain to tailor treatments more effectively and address the specific needs of each subgroup.*
Several extrinsic factors, like drugs and chemicals, can foster autoimmunity. Tetracyclines, in particular oxytetracycline (OTC), appear to correlate with the emergence of immune-mediated diseases. Accumulation of OTC, the elective drug for gastrointestinal and respiratory infectious disease treatment in broiler chickens, was reported in chicken edible tissues and could represent a potential risk for pets and humans that could assume this antibiotic as residue in meat or in meat-derived byproducts.
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