Maria Rita Piras
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Terracciano A, Piras M, Sutin A, Delitala A, Curreli N, Balaci L, et al.
J Alzheimers Dis
. 2022 Jul;
88(4):1651-1661.
PMID: 35811532
Background: Few studies have examined the associations between personality facets and dementia risk and rarely included individuals from rural settings or with low education. Objective: To examine the association between...
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Sanna G, Nusdeo G, Piras M, Forteleoni A, Murru M, Saba P, et al.
JACC Heart Fail
. 2019 Feb;
7(2):121-128.
PMID: 30704603
Objectives: This case control study sought to assess the presence and characteristics of cardiac abnormalities in patients with Alzheimer disease (AD). Background: Protein misfolding is involved in the pathophysiology of...
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Nuvoli S, Spanu A, Piras M, Nieddu A, Mulas A, Rocchitta G, et al.
Medicine (Baltimore)
. 2017 May;
96(21):e6967.
PMID: 28538394
We evaluated the clinical usefulness of the combined use of I-ioflupane brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) cardiac scintigraphy in discriminating uncertain parkinsonism with vascular lesions...
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Solinas A, Piras M, Deplano A
World J Hepatol
. 2015 May;
7(7):922-5.
PMID: 25954475
Cognitive dysfunction in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a distinct form of minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE). In fact, the majority of HCV-positive patients, irrespective of the...
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Albani D, Roiter I, Artuso V, Batelli S, Prato F, Pesaresi M, et al.
Neurobiol Aging
. 2006 Sep;
28(11):1682-8.
PMID: 16952411
Presenilin-1 (PSEN-1) is a component of the gamma-secretase complex involved in beta-amyloid precursor protein (betaAPP) processing. To date about 140 pathogenic mutations in the PSEN-1 gene have been identified and...
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Piscopo P, Manfredi A, Malvezzi-Campeggi L, Crestini A, Spadoni O, Cherchi R, et al.
Neurosci Lett
. 2006 Jan;
398(1-2):124-8.
PMID: 16423463
We describe the genetic analysis of an Alzheimer's disease (AD) sample derived from a genetically isolated population. Genetic assessment included the analysis of genes involved in AD, such as the...
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Canu E, Magnano I, Paulus K, Piras M, Conti M, Costantino S, et al.
Neurosci Lett
. 2005 Jun;
385(1):24-9.
PMID: 15936143
Long-standing overt ventriculomegaly in adults (LOVA) is a clinical entity characterized by chronic hydrocephalus with infant onset, slow evolution and clinical disturbances during adulthood. Few cases are reported in literature...