Original Articles

• ARTICULAR FRACTURES OF DISTAL RADIUS: COMPARISON OF TREATMENT AND CLINICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL OUTCOMES WITH VOLAR PLATE VERSUS HOFFMANN BRIDGING EXTERNAL FIXATOR.

  Michele Bisaccia, Giuseppe Rinonapoli, Cristina Ibáñez Vicente, Paolo Ceccarini, Giovanni Colleluori, Andrea Schiavone, Auro Caraffa, Olga Bisaccia, Luigi Meccariello

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.6

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• COMBINATION OF AMPLATZER VASCULAR PLUG 4 IN OCCLUSION OF THE LEFT VERTEBRAL ARTERY, WITH MICROSPHERES PLUS COILS FOR EMBOLIZATION OF THE DEEP CERVICAL BRANCHES FOR PRESURGICAL TREATMENT OF A HYPERVASCULAR C-5 METASTASIS: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE L

  Antonio Basile, Serafino Maria Santonocito, Giuseppe Arturo Caltabiano, Marco Vittorio Pizzarelli, Salvatore Cicero, Guido Nicola Zanghì, Nunzio Maria Angelo Rinzivillo

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.13

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• VALUE-BASED EVIDENCES TO FACE THE NEW CHALLENGES OF HEALTH PROMOTION IN A SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

  Claudia Marotta, Walter Mazzucco

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.36

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• ACETYL-L-CARNITINE AFFECTS THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF MECHANOSENSORY NEURONS IN HIRUDO MEDICINALIS GANGLIA

  Giovanna Traina, Rossana Scuri

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.8

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• BRACHIAL PLEXUS: CONSIDERATIONS AFTER A CADAVERIC STUDY

  Francesco P. Busardò, Rossella Capitummino, Beatrice Liguoro, Enrco Seidita, Feres Slama, Pietro Pollara, Martina Inzerauto, Noemi Ravì, Claudio Tomasino, Alberto Scorsone, Giovanni Tomasello, Francesco Carini, Cristoforo Pomara

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.27

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• PROXIMAL HUMERUS RECONSTRUCTION AFTER TUMOR RESECTION: ENDOPROSTHESIS IMPLANT FOR ELDERLY PATIENTS.

  Federico Sacchetti, Nicola Bianchi, Fabio Cosseddu, Rodlfo Capanna, Stefano Giannotti, Roberta Ghezzi

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.43

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• ANTERIOR PALATOPLASTY: EFFECTIVENESS FOR TREATMENT OF SIMPLE SNORING AND MILD OSAS

  Donatella Marchese, Domenico Michele Modica, Silvia Cancemi, Riccardo Speciale, Salvatorw Gallina

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.12

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• IS THERE A RATIONALE IN THE USE OF THE BONE STRUT ALLOGRAFT FOR MANAGEMENT AND INTERNAL FIXATION IN PERIPROSTHETIC HUMERAL FRACTURES? A CASE REPORT

  Serafino Carta, Mattia Fortina, Carlo Cataldi, Giovanni Battista Colasanti, Paolo Ferrata, Alberto Riva, Luigi Meccariello

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.24

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• FROM AMENABLE MORTALITY INDEX TO NO BLAME CULTURE: IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN ITALY

  Davide Ferorelli, Domenico Posa, Federico Mastroleo, Antonio Di Mauro

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.41

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• APOPTOSIS RATE IN CUMULUS CELLS AS POSSIBLE MOLECULAR BIOMARKER FOR OOCYTE COMPETENCE.

  Liana Bosco, Maria C. Roccheri, Chiara Martino, Roberto Chiarelli, Monica Lispi, Giovanni Ravolo

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.11

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• ASSOCIATION OF THREE POLYMORPHISMS IN RP1 HOTSPOT REGION IN SICILIAN PATIENTS WITH RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA: PRELIMINARY DATA.

  Elvira Velardi, Lucia Denaro

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.18

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• CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS AFTER SPINAL ANAESTHESIA: PREDISPOSING FACTORS, OPERATING DIFFICULTIES AND DIAGNOSTIC PROBLEMS

  Edoardo De Robertis, Serafino Ricci, Francesco Massoni, Maria Pieri, Angela Silvestre, Gennaro Scibelli, Giuseppe Vacchiano

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.34

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• ROLE OF CCR5 -2150 A>G AND Δ32 POLYMORPHISMS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN A SICILIAN POPULATION

  Simona Alibrandi

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.15

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• THE APPLICATION OF 3D PRINTING IN PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY: CASE-CONTROL STUDY IN FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

  Luigi Di Rosa, Anita Farinella, Marco Carmisciano, Francesca Toia, Sara Di Lorenzo, Adriana Cordova

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.32

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• ANATOMICAL DISSECTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURES OF THE UPPER LIMB

  Andrea Etrusco, Leonardo Salvaggio, Giulia Arrigo, Simone Cataldi, Claudio Farina, Irene Gattuso, Mauro La Bruna, Mirco Pistone, Sarah Tinaglia, Fabio Torregrossa, Francesco Carini, Cristoforo Pomara, Giovanni Tomasello

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.4

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• ROLE OF HEME OXYGENASE-1 (HSP32) AND HSP90 IN GLIOBLASTOMA.

  Carlo Castruccio Castracani, Michelino Di Rosa, Pio Maria Furneri, Roberto Avola, Daniele Tibullo, Giovanni Li Volti, Francesca Rappa, Tiziana Bono

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.21

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• STUDY OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN IGF-1 GENE POLYMORPHISM AND OBESE ADULTS IN BABYLON GOVERNORATE

  Amera Kamal Mohammed

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.42

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• NOVEL INTRONIC VARIANTS IN UNCONVENTIONAL GENE CLUSTER COULD LEAD TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF A NEW RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA PHENOTYPE

  Luigi Donato

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.7

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• TIGER NUT (CYPERUS ESCULENTUS): SOURCE OF NATURAL ANTICANCER DRUG? BRIEF REVIEW OF EXISTING LITERATURE

  Elom Seyram Achoribo, Ming THong Ong

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.19

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• WHO HAS TO UNDERGO CANCER GENETIC TESTING? A PERSPECTIVE.

  Carmen Rinaldi, Alessandro Pitruzzella

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.31

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• IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CROHN’S DISEASE: A REGULATORY FUNCTION OF TIM-3/ GALECTIN-9 IN LYTH1

  Francesco Carini, Alice Gerges Geagea, Francesca Rappa, Sabrina David, Giovanni Tomasello, Margherita Mazzola, Carola Gagliardo, Marco Scaglione, Elena Lo Presti, Abdo Jurjus, Raymond Zerbe, Angelo Leone

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.14

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• LOW AND HIGH RESPONDERS AFTER POLYPROPYLENE MESH IMPLANTATION FOR INGUINAL HERNIOPLASTY

  Justyna Godos, Giuseppe La Camera, Giovanni Li Volti, Francesco Basile, Antonio Biondi, Giovanna Brancato, Marcello Donati

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.28

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• POSSIBLE RELATED FUNCTIONS OF THE NON-HOMOLOGOUS CO-REGULATED GENE PAIR PDCD10 AND SERPINI1

  Concetta Scimone

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.9

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• EXPERIENCES THAT “REACH THE HEART”. TAKING PART IN A WHOLE BODY DISSECTION COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

  Pietro Pollara, Martina Inzerauto, Noemi Ravì, Claudio Tomasino, Alberto Scorsone, Beatrice Liguoro, Francesco P. Busardò, Feres Slama, Rossella Capitummino, Enrico Seidita, Giovanni Tomasello, Francesco Carini, Cristoforo Pomara

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.22

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• SOMATOTOPY OF THE TRIGEMINAL COMPLEX: NERVE, GANGLION, NUCLEUS

  Alessio Lipari, Luana Lipari, Francesco Carini, Aldo Gerbino, Elvira Farina

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.37

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• EUROMEDITERRANEAN BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL: THE RENEWED MANUSCRIPT LAYOUT AND WEB RENDERING FORESHADOW FURTHER JOURNAL IMPROVEMENT.

  Claudio Costantino, Salvatore Moscadini, Giuseppe Puccio, Francesco Cappello, Walter Mazzucco

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.1

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• GERM-LINE/SOMATIC DNA COMPARISON IN SPORADIC PATIENTS WITH CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATIONS

  Ivan Anchesi

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.20

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• STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIV CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH: THE EXPERIENCE TOOK PLACE IN BEIRA, MOZAMBIQUE

  Tiziana Serra, Daniele Trevisanuto, Alexandra George, Graciana Pita, Guillermo Marquez, Francesco Di Gennaro, GioVANNI Putoto, Damiano Pizzol

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.25

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• AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, AND BEHAVIOR REGARDING HIV/AIDS AMONG FRESHMAN STUDENTS AT OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

  Sean Mackman, Inaya Hajj Hussein

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.16

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• CEREBRAL CAVERNOUS MALFORMATION COEXISTING WITH PITUITARY ADENOMA, HASHIMOTO THYROIDITIS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: FIRST CASE REPORT.

  Sara Guido

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.35

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• PSEUDOANEURYSM OF SUPERIOR THYROID ARTERY FOLLOWING A TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY: A CASE PRESENTATION

  Frank Rikki Canevari, Raffaele Sorrentino, Matteo Nicolotti, Francesco Martines, Federico Sireci

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.3

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• BLOOD LIPID LEVELS RELATED TO ALLERGIC RHINITIS: A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATION?

  Ignazio La Mantia, Claudio Andaloro, Pasquale Gianluca Albanese, Attilio Varricchio

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.30

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• THE BIAS (BULLYING IN SICILIAN SCHOOL) PILOT STUDY: INVESTIGATING THE PREVALENCE OF BULLYING IN SCHOOL OF PALERMO CITY. A RESEARCH STUDY PROTOCOL

  Claudia Marotta, Vincenzo Restivo, Gianmarco Ventura, Walter Mazzucco, Alessandra Casuccio, Claudio Costantino, Evelina Arcidiacono, Stefania Bono, Maurizio Gentile, Roberto Gambino, Pierfrancesco Sannasardo

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.44

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• CHILD ABUSE IN A MEDICAL SETTING: CASE ILLUSTRATIONS OF TWO VARIANTS OF MUNCHAUSEN SINDROME BY PROXY.

  Antonietta Lanzarone, Stefania Zerbo, Rosaria Nardello, Eugenia Conti, Antonina Argo

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.10

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• National Conference of Public Health Medical Residents of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine, and Public Health (S.It.I.) 4th Edition - New GenerActions for Public Health

  D Authors

  https://doi.org/10.3269/embj.2017.286

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• SYSTEMATIC USE OF CAUSALITY ASSESSMENT IN AEFI SURVEILLANCE: A 2013-2016 PILOT STUDY IN PUGLIA

  Pasquale Stefanizzi, Giulia Calabrese, Vittoria Infantino, Giulia Del Matto, Silvio Tafuri, Michele Quarto

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.33

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• MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS AND LEVEL OF SATISFACTION OF ITALIAN JUNIOR DOCTORS WITH REGARD TO KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ACQUIRED ATTENDING SPECIFIC GENERAL PRACTICE TRAINING COURSES. A NATIONAL WEB SURVEY

  Walter Mazzucco, Claudia Marotta, Chiara de Waure, Gianluca Marini, David Fasoletti, Antonio Colicchio, Davide Luppi, Fabio Pignatti, Giorgio Sessa, Andrea Silenzi, Giuseppe Puccio, Paolo Parente, Claudio Costantino, The Italian General Practice and Primary Health Care Working Group

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.17

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• POSTURAL CHANGES IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING HYOID SURGERY FOR OSAS

  Francesco Lorusso, Francesco Dispenza, Gioacchino Martinciglio, Alessia Battaglia, Salvatore Gallina, Aldo Messina

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.29

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• SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND SPORT. PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE INTERACTION BETWEEN COGNITIVE, AFFECTIVE-EMOTIONAL AND MOTOR AREA

  Fedele Termini, Caterina Sciurca

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.5

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• CONTRAST-INDUCED NEPHROPATHY (CIN): A RAPID OVERVIEW FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND PREVENTION.

  Daniele Bissacco

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.26

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• A 30 YEAR EXPERIENCE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ANAL FISTULA

  Doureid Ouiedat, Tarek Bou Assi, Lara Youssef, Alain Rizkallah, Raymond Zerbe, Francesco Capello, Giovanni Tomasello, Angelo Leone, Abdo Jurjus

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.39

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• SOMATOTOPIC ORGANIZATION OF THE CRANIAL NERVE NUCLEI INVOLVED IN EYE MOVEMENTS: III, IV, VI

  Alessio Lipari, Luana Lipari, Alessia Morreale Bubella, Elvira Farina, Marcello Romano

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.2

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• PREMARITAL SCREENING TESTS: AN ISLAMIC VIEW

  Hasan Shammout, Moawiah Khatabeh, Omar Al Omari

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.23

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• A NOVEL METHOD FOR ANALYZING ELECTRIC FIELD DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRO CAPACITIVE CANCER TREATMENT (ECCT) USING WIRE MESH ELECTRODES: A CASE STUDY OF BRAIN CANCER THERAPY

  Linahtadiya Andiani, Endarko Endarko, Mahfudz Al Huda, Warsito Purwo Taruno

  https://doi.org/10.3269/1970-5492.2017.12.38

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