16 results match your criteria: "IRCCS Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital Rome[Affiliation]"

Background: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a progressive multisystemic neurodegenerative disease. The phenotypic spectrum includes conditions (variant A-T) with mild, late-onset, and atypical clinical presentations characterized by the prevalence of dyskinetic rather than ataxic features.

Cases: We describe the clinical presentations of 3 siblings with early-onset truncal ataxia without obvious neurological deterioration or biological markers of classic A-T phenotype.

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Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is a life-threatening condition characterized by severe and recurrent episodes of hypoglycaemia due to defects in key genes involved in regulating insulin secretion. The delay in diagnosis and inappropriate management of HI lead to high risk of permanent hypoglycemic brain injury. The management of HI is challenging as each form of HI (focal, diffuse, and atypical) requires its own therapeutic strategy.

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Clinical course of paroxysmal dyskinesias throughout pregnancy.

Parkinsonism Relat Disord

November 2020

Department of System Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy; IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, European Centre for Brain Research, Rome, Italy.

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Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the internal consistency and validity of the Italian version of the Jebsen- Taylor Hand Function Test (JTHFT-IT) in Italian post-stroke adults with chronic hemiplegia or hemiparesis.

Methods: The test's internal consistency and validity were assessed by following international guidelines. Its internal consistency was examined using Cronbach's alpha (α) coefficient.

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Pathogenic Variants in GPC4 Cause Keipert Syndrome.

Am J Hum Genet

May 2019

Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. Electronic address:

Glypicans are a family of cell-surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans that regulate growth-factor signaling during development and are thought to play a role in the regulation of morphogenesis. Whole-exome sequencing of the Australian family that defined Keipert syndrome (nasodigitoacoustic syndrome) identified a hemizygous truncating variant in the gene encoding glypican 4 (GPC4). This variant, located in the final exon of GPC4, results in premature termination of the protein 51 amino acid residues prior to the stop codon, and in concomitant loss of functionally important N-linked glycosylation (Asn514) and glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor (Ser529) sites.

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Recent data suggests that several psychopathological conditions are associated with alterations in the variability of behavioral and physiological responses. Pathological worry, defined as the cognitive representation of a potential threat, has been associated with reduced variability of heart beat oscillations (i.e.

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Interleukin (IL)-1 inhibitors have been suggested as possible therapeutic options in a large number of old and new clinical entities characterized by an IL-1 driven pathogenesis. To perform a nationwide snapshot of the on-label and off-label use of anakinra (ANA) and canakinumab (CAN) for different conditions both in children and adults. We retrospectively collected demographic, clinical, and therapeutic data from both adult and pediatric patients treated with IL-1 inhibitors from January 2008 to July 2016.

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Characterization of children with FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the AIEOP AML-2002 study group.

Leukemia

January 2017

Dipartimento di Salute della Donna e del Bambino, Clinica di Oncoematologia Pediatrica, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy.

Recurrent molecular markers have been routinely used in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for risk assessment at diagnosis, whereas their post-induction monitoring still represents a debated issue. We evaluated the prognostic value and biological impact of minimal residual disease (MRD) and of the allelic ratio (AR) of FLT3-internal-tandem duplication (ITD) in childhood AML. We retrospectively screened 494 children with de novo AML for FLT3-ITD mutation, identifying 54 harboring the mutation; 51% of them presented high ITD-AR at diagnosis and had worse event-free survival (EFS, 19.

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Williams syndrome (WS) is associated with a distinct profile of relatively proficient skills within the verbal domain compared to the severe impairment of visuo-spatial processing. Abnormalities in executive functions and deficits in planning ability and spatial working memory have been described. However, to date little is known about the influence of executive function deficits on navigational abilities in WS.

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Bladder urothelial neoplasms in pediatric age: experience at three tertiary centers.

J Pediatr Urol

February 2015

Department Nephrology-Urology, Division of Pediatric Urology, 'Bambino Gesù' Children's Hospital Rome, IRCCS, Piazza S. Onofrio, 4, 00165 Roma, Italy. Electronic address:

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Walking strategies in subjects with congenital or early onset strabismus.

Front Hum Neurosci

July 2014

Department of Surgical Sciences of Head and Neck, Institute of Ophtalmology, Catholic University Rome, Italy.

Introduction: In congenital strabismus, sensory adaptations occur hampering the correct development of normal binocular vision. The aim of this study is to investigate if patients with congenital or early onset exotropic or esotropic strabismus adopt different walking strategies with respect to healthy subjects. Our hypothesis is that the abnormal binocular cooperation, occurring in patients with exotropic or esotropic strabismus, could influence neurosensorial adaptation of the gait pattern.

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Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying voltage-dependent gating in voltage-gated ion channels (VGICs) has been a major effort over the last decades. In recent years, changes in the gating process have emerged as common denominators for several genetically determined channelopathies affecting heart rhythm (arrhythmias), neuronal excitability (epilepsy, pain), or skeletal muscle contraction (periodic paralysis). Moreover, gating changes appear as the main molecular mechanism by which several natural toxins from a variety of species affect ion channel function.

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