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AUTHOR
Giancarlo Puccio
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OTTIMIZZAZIONE DEI CRITERI DI SICUREZZA E DI COMFORT NELLA MOBILITA’ NON MOTORIZZATA: LA RETE CICLABILE DI PALERMO
2011
Screening ecografico cerebrale nel neonato sano:descrizione di 3 casi di cisti aracnoidea
2007
QT interval in a population of normal newborns:an epidemiologic study
2004
Epidemiology of jaundice in a neonatology ward
2004
Pregnant women as a sentinel population to target and implement hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine coverage: a three-year survey in Palermo, Sicily.
2004
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine coverage was assessed using serologic patterns of infection (HBsAg, anti HBc) and vaccine-induced immunity (isolated anti HBs) among 3318 pregnant women attending the Obstetrical Unit of the University Hospital in Palermo who were screened over 3 years (2001-2003). Three thousand and eight of them (90.6%) were born in Sicily, whereas 310 (9.4%) were immigrants from non-EU countries. The overall prevalence of HBsAg was 1.1%, and it was significantly higher among immigrant than indigenous women (4.2% versus 0.8%; OR 5.26; p < 0.0001). Serologic evidence of past HBV infection (anti HBc) also was significantly higher in immigrants than in Sicilian women (24.5% ve…