Publications by authors named "Sofia Santareno"

Background: Photographic documentation of the nose is the standard procedure for many surgeons who perform rhinoplasty across the world. One of the most challenging views in the photograph documentation is the frontal view that requires special photographic skills and may create a bias. Our dynamic video recording process allows us to improve the quality of patient evaluation, making the assessment more convenient and enabling the documentation of high-level rhinoplasty database.

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Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) or Lyell's syndrome is a rare, however, life-threatening mucocutaneous disorder with an epidermal detachment of a total body surface area (TBSA) of >30%. It is triggered by an idiosyncratic immune-allergic reaction to a drug, with many possible drugs implicated. Treatment success relies on early diagnosis and withdrawal of suspected/causative drug(s) and supportive care.

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In the last decades, life style modifications particularly those related to food patterns and food choices, gave risen to a worldwide pandemic disease with no precedent in Human History: obesity. Energy storing and free fatty acids production were the only adipose tissue functions. However, it has been well established other adipose tissue functions like low grade pro-inflammatory molecules production (cytokines, adipokines and chemotactic factors) evolved in obese inflammatory condition.

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