Mario Castorina

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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Daniela Antuzzi

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Susanna Catuogno

University of Padua

Roberta Ricci

University of Ferrara

Alessandro P. Burlina

Ospedale San Bassiano

PA Perrone

Catia Cavicchi

Meyer Children's Hospital

M. Di Rocco

Istituto Giannina Gaslini

Mario Aricò

Institut Systèmes Intelligents et de Robotique

Sandro Ferriozzi

Ospedale di Belcolle

Giuseppe Pistone

University of Palermo

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Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic

Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico

Catholic University of America

Sapienza University of Rome

University of the Sacred Heart

University of Padua

University of Rome Tor Vergata

Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova

University of Florence

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Acute hydrocephalus as a consequence of mumps meningoencephalitis

Pediatric Emergency Care (1998)

Luigi Viola Antonio Chiaretti Mario Castorina Luca Tortorolo Marco Piastra

Aqueductal stenosis can result from mumps meningoencephalitis. We report a case of acute hydrocephalus from an aqueductal stenosis developed immediately after a clinically evident mumps infection. The patient, aged two years, was treated with an antiedema therapy, and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was placed. His clinical conditions rapidly improved. Only mumps virus was found in his cerebrospinal fluid culture. This case probably represents the earliest hydrocephalus from mumps, among those reported in the literature.

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10.1097/00006565-199806000-00011

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Different outcome in isovaleric acidemia might be related to unsatisfactory diet compliance

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology (2008)

Mario Castorina Donato Rigante Daniela Antuzzi Giada Sciascia Cannizzaro Roberta Ricci

To the Editor: Isovaleric acidemia (IVA) is an inborn error of leucine catabolism caused by the deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase, characterized by the storage of isovaleric acid and its d...

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10.1080/00365520801912128

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Construct system as a knowing system

International Journal of Personal Construct Psychology (1992)

Mario Castorina Francesco Mancini

Abstract Our objective in this article is to construct a theoretical framework that directs the simulation of certain salient human characteristics. We believe that George Kelly's personal construct psychology is the philosophical-theoretical instrument most suitable for us to use to construct this theoretical framework. Nevertheless, to make the theory more solid we have had to differentiate some of our assumptions from those of Kelly. A construct system is considered not simply as a form of knowledge representation but also as a knowing system that, according to the fundamental postulate of personal construct psychology, is able to generate psychological phenomena such as preferences, emotions, and reasoning. To present our model, we first define principles of the system's organization and dynamics. From the dynamic principle (i.e., the increasing of predictive capacity), we derive the notion of preference. As a result, we consider emotions as a way of solving some typical difficulties of the system dynamics. We also consider how the system can generate abstract representations.

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10.1080/08936039208404317

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Primo studio epidemiologico e collaborativo italiano sulla malattia di Fabry

Annali Italiani di Medicina Interna (2004)

Roberta Ricci Mario Castorina Mariangela Di Lillo Daniela Antuzzi Andrea Frustaci

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Homocysteine, folate, lipid profile and MTHFR genotype and disability in children with myelomeningocele

Child s Nervous System (2006)

Claudia Rendeli E. Ausili Mario Castorina Daniela Antuzzi F Tabacco

Lipid Profile

Homocystinuria

10.1007/s00381-006-0056-0

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[Parity and the quantity of suckled maternal milk produced in the 1st 4 days of the puerperium].

PubMed (1986)

Antonio Alberto Zuppa Assunta Tornesello PA Perrone Patrizia Papacci Giovanni Vento

In 120 nursing mothers, the quantity of milk suckled was evaluated during the first days of the puerperium. Measurements of the milk intake were based on the difference between the weights of the neonate before and after each feeding. It was noted that, as the parity of the mother increased, the mean quantity of breast milk suckled/24 hours increased on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd day of the puerperium, as well as during the last 24 hours prior to discharge from the hospital (3rd or 4th post-partum day). Given the importance of a satisfactory flow of breast milk during the first days of the puerperium in the successful initiation of the breast-feeding experience, the authors would like to emphasize the increased risk of failure in the primipara and to suggest that greater attention be given to the effect of maternal parity in programs which promote breast-feeding.

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[Fabry disease in Italy: first epidemiologic and collaborative study].

Roberta Ricci Mario Castorina Mariangela Di Lillo Daniela Antuzzi Andrea Frustaci

The authors sought to define the prevalence of Fabry disease and to establish the incidence and its natural history in Italy. The aim of this study was to point out the first clinical signs and symptoms to perform an early diagnosis and hence to start a specific therapeutic treatment. Fabry disease is an inborn error of metabolism caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A. Fabry disease is a severe X-linked disorder presenting with a higher morbidity between the third and the fourth decade of life. Fabry disease may be confused with other diseases or completely misdiagnosed: its frequency is estimated worldwide to be 1:117000. In Italy, 65 patients have been identified by several specialized institutions; age, sex, onset of first clinical signs and symptoms were analyzed and reported. In conclusion, this is the first Italian collaborative study that allows to delineate and point out the clinical signs of Fabry disease to perform a correct and early diagnosis. Enzyme replacement therapy is now available and its early beginning can prevent renal and cardiac failure, improve the quality of life and life expectancy in these patients.

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MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphisms and cerebral stroke in two twin gestations

Child s Nervous System (2010)

Carla Arpino Eliana Compagnone Denise Cacciatore Antonella Coniglio Mario Castorina

Twin Pregnancy

Factor V

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10.1007/s00381-010-1340-6

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[Type of diet and "ambulatory" pathology in the first 6 months of life].

PubMed (1987)

Antonio Alberto Zuppa PA Perrone Mario Castorina Assunta Tornesello Patrizia Papacci

This work is a contribution to the investigation that mainly in the last year have been widely performed to evaluate the protecting action of breast feeding against some typical pathological occurrences in the first months of life. Authors studied, for six months, 117 babies. The respiratory and intestinal illness have been found (in progress or anamnestically) during pediatric monthly or occasionally visits. 33% of the babies were fed with milk formula since the first life months; the remainder 67% were breastfed during one month at least. By statistic correlation of type of feeding and disease frequency, there is evidence of the following: 1) Babies, breastfed during 6 months, have lower frequency of respiratory pathology, when compared (p 0.05) with 6 months bottle fed ones. 2) Babies, breastfed during 2 months have lower frequency of intestinal pathology when compared (p 0.05) with bottle fed ones. Therefore, it seems that the most interesting results coming out from this study is that the protective action of breast feeding concerns not only the intestinal disease, but the respiratory ones too, when, however, the breast feeding period is enough extended.

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