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Assessment of disease severity and prognosis by Medsger, Jr, T A, Bombardieri, S, Czirjak, L, Scorza, R, Della Rossa, A, Bencivelli, W

“…The Subcommittee members initially agreed on the concepts of disease activity, damage and severity, defining severity as the total effect of disease on organ…”
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European Scleroderma Study Group to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. IV. Assessment of skin thickening by modified Rodnan skin score by Valentini, G, D’Angelo, S, Della Rossa, A, Bencivelli, W, Bombardieri, S

“…[...]because both KTSS and mRTSS are based on a three point scale, we assigned a score to each of the 17 areas specified by the modified Rodnan system; this…”
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Salivary glands ultrasound examination after radioiodine-131 treatment for differentiated thyroid cancer by Brozzi, F., Rago, T., Bencivelli, W., Bianchi, F., Santini, P., Vitti, P., Pinchera, A., Ceccarelli, C.

“…Background: The most important side effect of radioiodine ( 131 I) therapy is sialoadenitis and xerostomy. Aim: To evaluate by ultrasound (US) parotid and…”
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European Scleroderma Study Group to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. III. Assessment of the construct validity of the preliminary activity criteria by Valentini, G, Bencivelli, W, Bombardieri, S, D’Angelo, S, Della Rossa, A, Silman, A J, Black, C M, Czirjak, L, Nielsen, H, Vlachoyiannopoulos, P G

“…Objective: To further assess the construct validity of the three European Scleroderma Study Group (EScSG) preliminary activity indices for systemic sclerosis…”
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In vitro treatment of monocytes with 8-methoxypsolaren and ultraviolet A light induces dendritic cells with a tolerogenic phenotype by Legitimo, A, Consolini, R, Failli, A, Fabiano, S, Bencivelli, W, Scatena, F, Mosca, F

“…Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) has been considered an efficient dendritic cell (DC) therapy, used for treating both T cell malignancy, as well as T…”
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Minor salivary gland biopsy and Sjögren's syndrome: comparative analysis of biopsies among different Italian rheumatologic centres by TAVONI, A, BALDINI, C, DONATI, V, MONTECUCCO, C. M, MORBINI, P, PILATO, F. P, RESTA, L, SCOTT, C. A, MOSCA, M, VITALI, C, BOMBARDIERI, S, BENCIVELLI, W, CAVAZZINI, L, COVELLI, M, DE VITA, S, CAPORALI, R, GERLI, R, GIANSANTI, M, GOVONI, M

“…The minor salivary gland biopsy (MSGB) is widely considered an important component of the diagnostic algorithm of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and is…”
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European multicentre study to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. II. Identification of disease activity variables and development of preliminary activity indexes by Valentini, G, Della Rossa, A, Bombardieri, S, Bencivelli, W, Silman, A J, D'Angelo, S, Cerinic, M Matucci, Belch, J F, Black, C M, Bruhlmann, P, Czirják, L, De Luca, A, Drosos, A A, Ferri, C, Gabrielli, A, Giacomelli, R, Hayem, G, Inanc, M, McHugh, N J, Nielsen, H, Rosada, M, Scorza, R, Stork, J, Sysa, A, van den Hoogen, F H J, Vlachoyiannopoulos, P J

“…OBJECTIVE To develop criteria for disease activity in systemic sclerosis (SSc) that are valid, reliable, and easy to use. METHODS Investigators from 19…”
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Mortality rate and outcome factors in mixed cryoglobulinaemia: the impact of hepatitis C virus by Rossa, A Della, Tavoni, A, D'Ascanio, A, Catarsi, E, Marchi, F, Bencivelli, W, Salvadori, S, Migliorini, P, Bombardieri, S

“…Objectives: Mixed cryoglobulinaemia (MC) is a chronic small-vessel vasculitis. Shortly after the discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989, an association…”
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The validity of the ECLAM index for the retrospective evaluation of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus by Mosca, M, Bencivelli, W, Vitali, C, Carrai, P, Neri, R, Bombardieri, S

“…Aim: To determine whether the European Consensus Lupus Activity Measurement Index (ECLAM) can be used to evaluate disease activity in patients retrospectively…”
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The development of a simple questionnaire to screen patients with SLE for the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in routine clinical practice by Mosca, M, Govoni, M, Tomietto, P, Aringer, M, Boumpas, D, Cervera, R, Conti, F, D’Cruz, D, Doria, A, De La Fuente, D, Galeazzi, M, Houssiau, F, Huizinga, TWJ, Khamashta, MA, Ines, L, Duarte, C, Couto, M, Meroni, P, Montecucco, C, Norkuviene, E, Riemekasten, G, Rios, V, Schneider, M, Shoenfeld, Y, Steup-Beekman, GM, Szmyrka-Kaczmarek, M, Tani, C, Tincani, A, Tzioufas, AG, Voll, R, Bencivelli, W, Salaffi, F, Bombardieri, S

“…Aim: The creation of a physician-administered questionnaire to screen patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) for the presence of symptoms suggestive…”
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131I Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Leads to an Earlier Onset of Menopause: Results of a Retrospective Study by Ceccarelli, Claudia, Bencivelli, Walter, Morciano, Donata, Pinchera, Aldo, Pacini, Furio

“…Treatment with 131I for differentiated thyroid cancer may give a follicle-damaging radiation dose to the ovaries. This damage to the ovarian function could…”
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The newly developed three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) thyroid ultrasound are strongly correlated, but 2D overestimates thyroid volume in the presence of nodules by Rago, T, Bencivelli, W, Scutari, M, Di Cosmo, C, Rizzo, C, Berti, P, Miccoli, P, Pinchera, A, Vitti, P

“…The newly developed three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) thyroid ultrasound (US) were compared in assessing thyroid volume (TV) in 104 patients: 53…”
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Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases: the clinical and serological profiles of 91 patients followed for at least 1 year by Mosca, M, Tavoni, A, Neri, R, Bencivelli, W, Bombardieri, S

“…The objective of this work was to evaluate the clinical and serological profiles of patients with undifferentiated connective tissue diseases (UCTD) who had…”
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European multicentre study to define disease activity criteria for systemic sclerosis. I. Clinical and epidemiological features of 290 patients from 19 centres by Della Rossa, A, Valentini, G, Bombardieri, S, Bencivelli, W, Silman, A J, D'Angelo, S, Cerinic, M Matucci, Belch, J F, Black, C M, Becvar, R, Bruhlman, P, Cozzi, F, Czirják, L, Drosos, A A, Dziankowska, B, Ferri, C, Gabrielli, A, Giacomelli, R, Hayem, G, Inanc, M, McHugh, N J, Nielsen, H, Scorza, R, Tirri, E, van den Hoogen, F H J, Vlachoyiannopoulos, P G

“…OBJECTIVE To investigate the existence of differences among European referral centres for systemic sclerosis (SSc) in the pattern of attendance and referral…”
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Serum PSA levels are not affected by the menstrual cycle or the menopause, but are increased in subjects with polycystic ovary syndrome by Burelli, A, Cionini, R, Rinaldi, E, Benelli, E, Fiore, E, Canale, D, Bencivelli, W, Nencetti, C, Pinchera, A, Pucci, E

“…Prostatic specific antigen (PSA) is the most specific prostatic tumor marker in man. Recently, PSA has been detected in a variety of tissues and fluids in…”
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Psoralen and UVA Light: An in Vitro Investigation of Multiple Immunological Mechanisms Underlying the Immunosuppression Induction in Allograft Rejection by Legitimo, A., Consolini, R., Di Stefano, R., Bencivelli, W., Mosca, F.

“…ABSTRACT Photopheresis (ECP) is a novel immunomodulatory therapy effectively used to treat several T-cell-mediated diseases and to reverse allograft rejection…”
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Therapy with pulse methylprednisolone and short course pulse cyclophosphamide for diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis by Mosca, M, Neri, R, Giannessi, S, Pasquariello, A, Puccini, R, Bencivelli, W, Bombardieri, S

“…The incidence of renal flares and the long-term outcome in a group of 33 systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients with diffuse proliferative…”
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Custom breast phantom for an accurate tumor SNR analysis by Cinti, M.N., Pani, R., Garibaldi, F., Pellegrini, R., Betti, M., Lanconelli, N., Riccardi, A., Campanini, R., Zavattini, G., Di Domenico, G., Del Guerra, A., Belcari, N., Bencivelli, W., Motta, A., Vaiano, A., Weinberg, I.N.

“…The capability of the scintimammography to diagnose subcentimeters sized tumors was increased by the employment of a dedicated gamma camera. The introduction…”
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Evaluation of the immunomodulatory mechanisms of photochemotherapy in transplantation by Legitimo, A, Consolini, R, Di Stefano, R, Bencivelli, W, Calleri, A, Mosca, F

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The role of compact PSPMTs for image quality enhancement in nuclear medicine by Cinti, M.N., Pani, R., Pellegrini, R., Garibaldi, F., Cusanno, F., Campanini, R., Lanconelli, N., Riccardi, A., Zavattini, G., Di Domenico, G., Belcari, N., Bencivelli, W., Motta, Alfonso, Vaiano, Angela, Del Guerra, A.

“…Compact gamma cameras based on arrays of compact Position Sensitive Photomultipliers (PSPMTs) (Hamamatsu R7600–C8/12) were recently developed by several…”
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