Publications by authors named "Katia Passarin"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers studied the impact of mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines on patients with autoimmune liver diseases to see if vaccination worsened their conditions.
- A total of 49 patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), 35 with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), and 9 with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) were tested for autoantibodies before and after vaccination, with results indicating higher rates of autoantibody positivity in liver disease patients compared to healthcare workers.
- Despite some fluctuations in autoantibody levels following vaccination, the study concluded that mRNA vaccines do not cause significant short-term worsening of autoimmunity in these patients.
Cervical mucus symptom and daily fecundability: first results from a new database.
Stat Methods Med Res
April 2006
With the collaboration of Italian centres providing services on natural family planning, a prospective study collected data on 2755 menstrual cycles of 193 women. A database was constructed using information on the daily characteristics of cervical mucus and episodes of intercourse. Taking the day of peak mucus as a conventional marker of ovulation, the database identified the length (12 days) and location of a 'window' of potential fertility, the highest level of conception probability being confined to the central five to six days.
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