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Chiara Costa

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Clinical features and comorbidity pattern of HCV infected migrants compared to native patients in care in Italy: A real-life evaluation of the PITER …

2021

Background: Direct-acting antivirals are highly effective for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, regardless race/ethnicity. We aimed to evaluate demographic, virological and clinical data of HCV-infected migrants vs. natives consecutively enrolled in the PITER cohort. Methods: Migrants were defined by country of birth and nationality that was different from Italy. Mann-Whitney U test, Chi-squared test and multiple logistic regression were used. Results: Of 10,669 enrolled patients, 301 (2.8%) were migrants: median age 47 vs. 62 years, (p < 0.001), females 56.5% vs. 45.3%, (p < 0.001), HBsAg positivity 3.8% vs. 1.4%, (p < 0.05). Genotype 1b was prevalent in both gro…

MaleHCV genotypesEthnic groupLinked-to-care patientComorbidityHepacivirusLogistic regressionmedicine.disease_causeComorbidities; Direct acting antivirals; HCV Cohort; Linked-to-care patients; Aged; Antiviral Agents; Coinfection; Comorbidity; Female; Hepacivirus; Hepatitis C Chronic; Humans; Italy; Male; Middle Aged; Transients and MigrantsComorbidities0302 clinical medicineMedicineComorbidities; Direct acting antivirals; HCV Cohort; Linked-to-care patientsChronicTransients and MigrantsCoinfectionGastroenterologyvirus diseasesMiddle AgedHepatitis CLife evaluationItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisLinked-to-care patientsCohort030211 gastroenterology & hepatologyFemaleComorbiditieHumanHepatitis C virusSettore MED/12 - GASTROENTEROLOGIAAntiviral AgentsDirect acting antivirals03 medical and health sciencesDisease severityHumansAgedAntiviral AgentHepaciviruHepatologybusiness.industrySettore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNAHepatitis C Chronicmedicine.diseaseComorbiditydigestive system diseasesDirect acting antiviralHCV CohortbusinessDemography
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NMDA receptor antagonist felbamate reduces behavioral deficits and blood-brain barrier permeability changes after experimental subarachnoid hemorrhag…

2007

Increased levels of glutamate and aspartate have been detected after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) that correlate with neurological status. The NMDA receptor antagonist felbamate (FBM; 2-phenyl-1,3-propanediol dicarbamate) is an anti-epileptic drug that elicits neuroprotective effects in different experimental models of hypoxia-ischemia. The aim of this dose-response study was to evaluate the effect of FBM after experimental SAH in rats on (1) behavioral deficits (employing a battery of assessment tasks days 1-5 post-injury) and (2) blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability changes (quantifying microvascular alterations according to the extravasation of protein-bound Evans Blue by a spectropho…

Malemedicine.medical_specialtyExcitotoxicityPhenylcarbamatesBehavioral deficitsmedicine.disease_causeCisterna magnaBlood–brain barrierNeuroprotectionReceptors N-Methyl-D-AspartateFelbamateRats Sprague-Dawleychemistry.chemical_compoundInternal medicinemedicineAnimalsAnimals; Blood-Brain Barrier; Rats; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; Evans Blue; Behavioral deficits; Cognitive deficits; NMDA receptor; FelbamatePostural BalanceEvans BlueBehavior AnimalDose-Response Relationship Drugbusiness.industryCognitive deficitsMicrocirculationBody WeightGlutamate receptorSubarachnoid HemorrhageNMDA receptorFelbamateRatsEndocrinologymedicine.anatomical_structureNeuroprotective AgentsSpectrometry FluorescencechemistryBlood-Brain BarrierPropylene GlycolsAnesthesiaCerebrovascular CirculationNMDA receptorNeurology (clinical)businessmedicine.drugEvans BlueJournal of neurotrauma
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