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Letizia Ragusa

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Iughetti L, Antoniazzi F, Giavoli C, Bellone S, Aversa T, Guazzarotti L, et al.
Endocrine . 2024 Nov; 87(3):933-942. PMID: 39612101
Purpose: Omnitrope (a somatropin biosimilar), used to treat growth disturbances, is considered to have a good safety profile in children. Here, we present the analysis of final data of the...
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Licenziati M, Bacchini D, Crino A, Grugni G, Fintini D, Osimani S, et al.
Front Pediatr . 2022 Mar; 10:829486. PMID: 35237541
Background/objectives: The present study aimed to validate the Italian version of the Hyperphagia Questionnaire (HQ), a 11-items questionnaire developed to assess hyperphagia in individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). This is...
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Greco D, Vetri L, Ragusa L, Vinci M, Gloria A, Occhipinti P, et al.
Medicina (Kaunas) . 2021 Jun; 57(5). PMID: 34066798
We report the second case, to the best of our knowledge, of a mother with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) who gave birth to a daughter with Angelman syndrome (AS). The menarche...
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Ragusa L, Crino A, Grugni G, Reale L, Fiorencis A, Licenziati M, et al.
BMJ Open . 2020 Aug; 10(8):e036502. PMID: 32764084
Objectives: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) significantly impacts health-related quality of life; however, its relational and existential aspects remain unknown in Italian clinical and social debate. The project aimed to investigate the...
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Palmieri V, Lonero A, Bocchini S, Cassano G, Convertino A, Corica D, et al.
Growth Horm IGF Res . 2019 Sep; 48-49:9-15. PMID: 31487604
Pediatric patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) can be treated with recombinant human GH (rhGH). These patients are highly sensitive to rhGH and the standard doses suggested by the international guidelines...
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Iughetti L, Vivi G, Balsamo A, Corrias A, Crino A, Delvecchio M, et al.
J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab . 2019 Feb; 32(2):159-165. PMID: 30703060
Background Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder due to loss of expression of paternally transcribed genes of the imprinted region of chromosome 15q11-13. PWS is characterized by peculiar signs...
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Valerio G, Maffeis C, Saggese G, Ambruzzi M, Balsamo A, Bellone S, et al.
Ital J Pediatr . 2018 Aug; 44(1):88. PMID: 30064525
The Italian Consensus Position Statement on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of Obesity in Children and Adolescents integrates and updates the previous guidelines to deliver an evidence based approach to the...
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Iughetti L, Tornese G, Street M, Napoli F, Giavoli C, Antoniazzi F, et al.
Ital J Pediatr . 2016 Nov; 42(1):93. PMID: 27809913
Background: PATRO Children is an ongoing observational, longitudinal, non-interventional, global post-marketing surveillance study, which is investigating the long-term safety and effectiveness of Omnitrope®, a somatropin biosimilar to Genotropin®, in children...
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Grugni G, Beccaria L, Corrias A, Crino A, Cappa M, De Medici C, et al.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) . 2013 Jan; 79(3):371-8. PMID: 23311724
Objective: A high prevalence (60%) of central adrenal insufficiency (CAI) has been reported in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) using the metyrapone test. We have assessed CAI in adults with PWS using...