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2. Molecular cytogenetics characterization of seven small supernumerary marker chromosomes derived from chromosome 19: Genotype-phenotype correlation and review of the literature
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Recalcati, Maria Paola, Bonati, Maria Teresa, Beltrami, Nicola, Cardarelli, Laura, Catusi, Ilaria, Costa, Asia, Garzo, Maria, Mammi, Isabella, Mattina, Teresa, Nalesso, Elisa, Nardone, Anna Maria, Postorivo, Diana, Sajeva, Anna, Varricchio, Aminta, Verri, Annapia, Villa, Nicoletta, Larizza, Lidia, and Giardino, Daniela
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- 2018
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3. Positive predictive values and outcomes for uninformative cell‐free DNA tests: An Italian multicentric Cytogenetic and cytogenomic Audit of diagnOstic testing (ICARO study)
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Grati, Francesca Romana, primary, Bestetti, Ilaria, additional, De Siero, Daria, additional, Malvestiti, Francesca, additional, Villa, Nicoletta, additional, Sala, Elena, additional, Crosti, Francesca, additional, Parisi, Valentina, additional, Nardone, Anna Maria, additional, Di Giacomo, Gianluca, additional, Pettinari, Antonella, additional, Tortora, Giada, additional, Montaldi, Annamaria, additional, Calò, Annapaola, additional, Saccilotto, Donatella, additional, Zanchetti, Sara, additional, Celli, Paola, additional, Guerneri, Silvana, additional, Silipigni, Rosamaria, additional, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, Lippi, Elisabetta, additional, Cavani, Simona, additional, Malacarne, Michela, additional, Genesio, Rita, additional, Beltrami, Nicola, additional, Pittalis, Maria Carla, additional, Desiderio, Laura, additional, Gentile, Mattia, additional, Ficarella, Romina, additional, Recalcati, Maria Paola, additional, Catusi, Ilaria, additional, Garzo, Maria, additional, Miele, Lorena, additional, Corti, Cecilia, additional, Ghezzo, Sara, additional, Bertini, Veronica, additional, Cambi, Francesca, additional, Valetto, Angelo, additional, Facchinetti, Barbara, additional, Bernardini, Laura, additional, Capalbo, Anna, additional, Balducci, Federica, additional, Pelo, Elisabetta, additional, Minuti, Barbara, additional, Pescucci, Chiara, additional, Giuliani, Costanza, additional, Renieri, Alessandra, additional, Longo, Ilaria, additional, Tita, Rossella, additional, Castello, Giuseppe, additional, Casalone, Rosario, additional, Righi, Rossana, additional, Raso, Barbara, additional, Civolani, Alessandro, additional, Muzi, Maria Cristina, additional, di Natale, Manuela, additional, Varriale, Luigia, additional, Gasperini, Daniela, additional, Nuzzi, Maria Cristina, additional, Cellamare, Angelo, additional, Casieri, Paola, additional, Busuito, Rosa, additional, Ceccarini, Caterina, additional, Cesarano, Carla, additional, Privitera, Orsola, additional, Melani, Daniela, additional, Menozzi, Cristina, additional, Falcinelli, Cristina, additional, Calabrese, Olga, additional, Battaglia, Paola, additional, Tanzariello, Antonella, additional, Stampalija, Tamara, additional, Ardisia, Carmela, additional, Gasparini, Paolo, additional, Benn, Peter, additional, and Novelli, Antonio, additional
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- 2022
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4. Efficacy of Fluorecare SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Test Kit for SARS-CoV-2 detection in nasopharyngeal samples of 121 individuals working in a manufacturing company
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Tonelotto, Valentina, primary, Davini, Annamaria, additional, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, Calderone, Milena, additional, and Marin, Paola, additional
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- 2022
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5. Positive Predictive Values and Outcomes for Uninformative Cell-Free DNA Tests: An Italian Multicentric Cytogenetic and Cytogenomic Audit of DiagnOstic Testing (ICARO Study).
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Grati, Francesca Romana, Bestetti, Ilaria, de Siero, Daria, Malvestiti, Francesca, Villa, Nicoletta, Sala, Elena, Crosti, Francesca, Parisi, Valentina, Nardone, Anna Maria, Di Giacomo, Gianluca, Pettinari, Antonella, Tortora, Giada, Montaldi, Annamaria, Calò, Annapaola, Saccilotto, Donatella, Zanchetti, Sara, Celli, Paola, Guerneri, Silvana, Silipigni, Rosamaria, and Cardarelli, Laura
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- 2023
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6. Cytogenetic and Array-CGH Characterization of a Simple Case of Reciprocal t(3;10) Translocation Reveals a Hidden Deletion at 5q12
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Cellamare, Angelo, primary, Coccaro, Nicoletta, additional, Nuzzi, Maria Cristina, additional, Casieri, Paola, additional, Tampoia, Marilina, additional, Maggiolini, Flavia Angela Maria, additional, Gentile, Mattia, additional, Ficarella, Romina, additional, Ponzi, Emanuela, additional, Conserva, Maria Rosa, additional, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, Panarese, Annunziata, additional, Antonacci, Francesca, additional, and Gesario, Antonia, additional
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- 2021
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7. Risks of COVID-19 transmission in blood and serum during surgery A prospective cross-sectional study from a single dedicated COVID-19 center
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Fabbri, Nicolò, Righini, Eriminio, Cardarelli, Laura, Di Marco, Luigi, and V Feo, Carlo
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Risk ,Serum ,Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional ,Infectious Disease Transmission ,Pneumonia, Viral ,NO ,Patient-to-Professional ,Betacoronavirus ,Intraoperative Period ,Fatal Outcome ,Nasopharynx ,80 and over ,Ascitic Fluid ,Humans ,Aerosols ,Aged, 80 and over ,COVID-19 ,Coronavirus Infections ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Diverticulum ,Female ,Intestinal Perforation ,Postoperative Period ,Prospective Studies ,RNA, Viral ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Sigmoid Diseases ,Viremia ,Viral ,Pandemics ,Aged ,Laparotomy ,Pneumonia ,RNA - Abstract
The present pandemic caused by the SARS COV-2 coronavirus is still ongoing, although it is registered a slowdown in the spread for new cases. The main environmental route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is through droplets and fomites or surfaces, but there is a potential risk of virus spread also in smaller aerosols during various medical procedures causing airborne transmission. To date, no information is available on the risk of contagion from the peritoneal fluid with which surgeons can come into contact during the abdominal surgery on COVID-19 patients. We have investigated the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the peritoneal cavity of patients affected by COVID-19, intraoperatively and postoperatively. KEY WORDS: Covid-19, Laparotomy, Surgery.La principale via di trasmissione ambientale di SARSCoV- 2 è aerea, ed esiste un rischio potenziale di diffusione del virus durante varie procedure mediche attraverso la produzione di aerosol. L’Istituto Superiore di Sanità ha recentemente messo in guardia sulla possibilità di trasmissione virale anche da feci e urine. Infatti, oltre il 20% dei pazienti positivi al COVID-19 rimangono positivi al test del tampone fecale anche dopo la negativizzazione del tampone orofaringeo. Recentemente sono stati adottati diversi protocolli per garantire il minor rischio di contagio per il personale sanitario e i professionisti che gestiscono pazienti COVID-19 che necessitano di procedure chirurgiche urgenti o pianificate. Tuttavia, l’entità di tale rischio non è stato ancora adeguatamente studiato. Ad oggi, non sono disponibili informazioni sul rischio di contagio dal fluido peritoneale con il quale i chirurghi possono entrare in contatto durante la chirurgia addominale su pazienti COVID-19. L’obiettivo del nostro studio è quello di ricercare la presenza dell’RNA virale del SARS-CoV-2 nel fluido peritoneale mediante campionamenti seriati in corso di intervento e nell’immediato post-operatorio. Data l’urgente necessità di informazioni in merito a questo argomento, riportiamo i risultati sul primo paziente di tale studio. CASO CLINICO: Presentiamo il caso di una donna di 80 anni con sintomi addominali (algie e diarrea) da circa due settimane e trattata a domicilio con antibiotici ad ampio spettro. Per la persistenza dei sintomi la paziente è stata ricoverata in ospedale dove gli esami hanno posto sospetto di malattia da COVID-19, confermata poi da tampone naso-faringeo mantenutosi positivo nei controlli successivi fino a 40 giorni dopo l’inizio dei sintomi. Circa 3 giorni dopo la negativizzazione del tampone naso-faringeo la paziente ha sviluppato un quadro di addome acuto e shock settico con riscontro TC di perforazione intestinale che ha richiesto una laparotomia esplorativa urgente, senza evidenza di contaminazione peritoneale ma rivelando una piccola perforazione diverticolare. Sono stati eseguiti 2 tamponi addominali per ricerca di COVID-19 in corso di intervento chirurgico ed un terzo tampone è stato eseguito il giorno successivo da liquido di drenaggio addominale, con esito negativo. La paziente è deceduta in quinta giornata postoperatoria per insufficienza multiorganica. Nonostante la manifestazione più frequente della malattia da COVID-19 sia respiratoria, sono state riportate presentazioni meno comuni con diarrea, nausea, vomito ed algie addominali. Nel nostro caso la presenza di SARS COV-2 RNA non è stata identificata nei fluidi biologici, tuttavia rimane l’ipotesi di una diffusione sistemica della malattia con la possibilità di una tempesta infiammatoria, soprattutto per l’assenza di una peritonite evidenziabile al momento dell’intervento chirurgico. Sarebbe importante valutare l’esistenza di un rischio variabile di contaminazione in corso di intervento chirurgico nei pazienti positivi, a seconda dei diversi stadi della malattia SARS COV-2. Ciò potrebbe consentire di riconsiderare le norme sul rischio di contagio del personale sanitario durante l’intervento chirurgico. Infatti, gli interventi chirurgici su pazienti positivi o sospetti sono resi più complessi per l’uso dei dispositivi che obbligano il chirurgo ad operare in condizioni non ideali rendendo le operazioni più complesse.
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- 2020
8. De novo balanced chromosome rearrangements in prenatal diagnosis
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Giardino, Daniela, Corti, Cecilia, Ballarati, Lucia, Colombo, Daniela, Sala, Elena, Villa, Nicoletta, Piombo, Giuseppe, Pierluigi, Mauro, Faravelli, Francesca, Guerneri, Silvana, Coviello, Domenico, Lalatta, Faustina, Cavallari, Ugo, Bellotti, Daniela, Barlati, Sergio, Croci, Gianfranco, Franchi, Fabrizia, Savin, Elisa, Nocera, Gianfranco, Amico, Francesco Paolo, Granata, Paola, Casalone, Rosario, Nutini, Lucia, Lisi, Ermanna, Torricelli, Francesca, Giussani, Ursula, Facchinetti, Barbara, Guanti, Ginevra, Giacomo, Marilena Di, Susca, Francesco Paolo, Pecile, Vanna, Romitti, Lorenza, Cardarelli, Laura, Racalbuto, Erika, Police, Maria Adalgisa, Chiodo, Francamaria, Rodeschini, Ornella, Falcone, Patrizia, Donti, Emilio, Grimoldi, Maria Grazia, Martinoli, Emanuela, Stioui, Sabine, Caufin, Daniele, Lauricella, Salvatrice Antonia, Tanzariello, Salvatrice Antonella, Voglino, Gianfranco, Lenzini, Elisabetta, Besozzi, Marco, Larizza, Lidia, and Dalprà, Leda
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- 2009
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9. Insertional translocation involving an additional nonchromothriptic chromosome in constitutional chromothripsis: Rule or exception?
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Kurtas, Nehir Edibe, primary, Xumerle, Luciano, additional, Giussani, Ursula, additional, Pansa, Alessandra, additional, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, Bertini, Veronica, additional, Valetto, Angelo, additional, Liehr, Thomas, additional, Clara Bonaglia, Maria, additional, Errichiello, Edoardo, additional, Delledonne, Massimo, additional, and Zuffardi, Orsetta, additional
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- 2018
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10. Testis development in the absence of SRY: chromosomal rearrangements at SOX9 and SOX3
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Vetro, Annalisa, primary, Dehghani, Mohammad Reza, additional, Kraoua, Lilia, additional, Giorda, Roberto, additional, Beri, Silvana, additional, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, Merico, Maurizio, additional, Manolakos, Emmanouil, additional, Parada-Bustamante, Alexis, additional, Castro, Andrea, additional, Radi, Orietta, additional, Camerino, Giovanna, additional, Brusco, Alfredo, additional, Sabaghian, Marjan, additional, Sofocleous, Crystalena, additional, Forzano, Francesca, additional, Palumbo, Pietro, additional, Palumbo, Orazio, additional, Calvano, Savino, additional, Zelante, Leopoldo, additional, Grammatico, Paola, additional, Giglio, Sabrina, additional, Basly, Mohamed, additional, Chaabouni, Myriam, additional, Carella, Massimo, additional, Russo, Gianni, additional, Bonaglia, Maria Clara, additional, and Zuffardi, Orsetta, additional
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- 2014
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11. Deletion 4q and duplication 20p discovered using array-CGH: correlation between genotype and phenotype
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Baldan, Alessandro, Mammi, Isabella, Nalesso, Elisa, Gomirato, Sara, and Cardarelli, Laura
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- 2009
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12. Silver-Russell Syndrome and Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Phenotypes Associated with 11p Duplication in a Single Family
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Cardarelli, Laura, primary, Sparago, Angela, additional, De Crescenzo, Agostina, additional, Nalesso, Elisa, additional, Zavan, Barbara, additional, Cubellis, Maria Vittoria, additional, Selicorni, Angelo, additional, Cavicchioli, Paola, additional, Pozzan, Giovanni Battista, additional, Petrella, Marilena, additional, and Riccio, Andrea, additional
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- 2010
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13. Testis development in the absence of SRY: chromosomal rearrangements at SOX9 and SOX3.
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Vetro, Annalisa, Dehghani, Mohammad Reza, Kraoua, Lilia, Giorda, Roberto, Beri, Silvana, Cardarelli, Laura, Merico, Maurizio, Manolakos, Emmanouil, Parada-Bustamante, Alexis, Castro, Andrea, Radi, Orietta, Camerino, Giovanna, Brusco, Alfredo, Sabaghian, Marjan, Sofocleous, Crystalena, Forzano, Francesca, Palumbo, Pietro, Palumbo, Orazio, Calvano, Savino, and Zelante, Leopoldo
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SEX differentiation disorders ,HUMAN cytogenetics ,CEREBRAL amyloid angiopathy ,GONADAL dysgenesis ,PROTECTIVE coloration (Biology) - Abstract
Duplications in the ~2 Mb desert region upstream of SOX9 at 17q24.3 may result in familial 46,XX disorders of sex development (DSD) without any effects on the XY background. A balanced translocation with its breakpoint falling within the same region has also been described in one XX DSD subject. We analyzed, by conventional and molecular cytogenetics, 19 novel SRY-negative unrelated 46,XX subjects both familial and sporadic, with isolated DSD. One of them had a de novo reciprocal t(11;17) translocation. Two cases carried partially overlapping 17q24.3 duplications ~500 kb upstream of SOX9, both inherited from their normal fathers. Breakpoints cloning showed that both duplications were in tandem, whereas the 17q in the reciprocal translocation was broken at ~800 kb upstream of SOX9, which is not only close to a previously described 46,XX DSD translocation, but also to translocations without any effects on the gonadal development. A further XX male, ascertained because of intellectual disability, carried a de novo cryptic duplication at Xq27.1, involving SOX3. CNVs involving SOX3 or its flanking regions have been reported in four XX DSD subjects. Collectively in our cohort of 19 novel cases of SRY-negative 46,XX DSD, the duplications upstream of SOX9 account for ~10.5% of the cases, and are responsible for the disease phenotype, even when inherited from a normal father. Translocations interrupting this region may also affect the gonadal development, possibly depending on the chromatin context of the recipient chromosome. SOX3 duplications may substitute SRY in some XX subjects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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14. Primary Malignant Melanoma Arising in the Parotid Gland: Case Report and Literature Review
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Bussi, Mario, primary, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, Riontino, Elena, additional, and Valente, Guido, additional
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- 1999
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15. Antioxidant effects of hyaluronan and its α-methyl-prednisolone derivative in chondrocyteand cartilage cultures
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Cortivo, Roberta, primary, Brun, Paola, additional, Cardarelli, Laura, additional, O'Regan, Michael, additional, Radice, Marco, additional, and Abatangelo, Giovanni, additional
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- 1996
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16. Insertional translocation involving an additional nonchromothriptic chromosome in constitutional chromothripsis: Rule or exception?
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Kurtas, Nehir Edibe, Xumerle, Luciano, Giussani, Ursula, Pansa, Alessandra, Cardarelli, Laura, Bertini, Veronica, Valetto, Angelo, Liehr, Thomas, Clara Bonaglia, Maria, Errichiello, Edoardo, Delledonne, Massimo, and Zuffardi, Orsetta
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Background: Chromothripsis, which is the local massive shattering of one or more chromosomes and their reassembly in a disordered array with frequent loss of some fragments, has been mainly reported in association with abnormal phenotypes. We report three unrelated healthy persons, two of which parenting a child with some degree of intellectual disability, carrying a chromothripsis involving respectively one, two, and three chromosomes, which was detected only after whole‐genome sequencing. Unexpectedly, in all three cases a fragment from one of the chromothripsed chromosomes resulted to be inserted within a nonchromothripsed one. Methods: Conventional cytogenetic techniques, paired‐end whole‐genome sequencing, polymerase chain reaction, and Sanger sequencing were used to characterize complex rearrangements, copy‐number variations, and breakpoint sequences in all three families. Results: In two families, one parent was carrier of a balanced chromothripsis causing in the index case a deletion and a noncontiguous duplication at 3q in case 1, and a t(6;14) translocation associated with interstitial 14q deletion in case 2. In the third family, an unbalanced chromothripsis involving chromosomes 6, 7, and 15 was inherited to the proband by the mosaic parent. In all three parents, the chromothripsis was concurrent with an insertional translocation of a portion of one of the chromothriptic chromosomes within a further chromosome that was not involved in the chromothripsis event. Conclusion: Our findings show that (a) both simple and complex unbalanced rearrangements may result by the recombination of a cryptic parental balanced chromothripsis and that (b) insertional translocations are the spy of more complex rearrangements and not simply a three‐breakpoint event. We detected, by paired‐end whole‐genome sequencing, constitutional chromothripsis in all three unrelated healthy parents having affected (in two cases) and unaffected probands (in one case). The detailed characterization of chromothripsis in all three parents revealed an unexpected genomic "behavior" of chromothriptic fragments and repair mechanisms, showing that some of the fragments may escape the reconstitution of the new chromosome and instead be adopted by a nonchromothriptic chromosome, creating an insertional translocation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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17. Positive predictive values and outcomes for uninformative cell-free DNA tests: An Italian multicentric Cytogenetic and cytogenomic Audit of diagnOstic testing (ICARO Study)
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Francesca Romana Grati, Ilaria Bestetti, Daria De Siero, Francesca Malvestiti, Nicoletta Villa, Elena Sala, Francesca Crosti, Valentina Parisi, Anna Maria Nardone, Gianluca Di Giacomo, Antonella Pettinari, Giada Tortora, Annamaria Montaldi, Annapaola Calò, Donatella Saccilotto, Sara Zanchetti, Paola Celli, Silvana Guerneri, Rosamaria Silipigni, Laura Cardarelli, Elisabetta Lippi, Simona Cavani, Michela Malacarne, Rita Genesio, Nicola Beltrami, Maria Carla Pittalis, Laura Desiderio, Mattia Gentile, Romina Ficarella, Maria Paola Recalcati, Ilaria Catusi, Maria Garzo, Lorena Miele, Cecilia Corti, Sara Ghezzo, Veronica Bertini, Francesca Cambi, Angelo Valetto, Barbara Facchinetti, Laura Bernardini, Anna Capalbo, Federica Balducci, Elisabetta Pelo, Barbara Minuti, Chiara Pescucci, Costanza Giuliani, Alessandra Renieri, Ilaria Longo, Rossella Tita, Giuseppe Castello, Rosario Casalone, Rossana Righi, Barbara Raso, Alessandro Civolani, Maria Cristina Muzi, Manuela di Natale, Luigia Varriale, Daniela Gasperini, Maria Cristina Nuzzi, Angelo Cellamare, Paola Casieri, Rosa Busuito, Caterina Ceccarini, Carla Cesarano, Orsola Privitera, Daniela Melani, Cristina Menozzi, Cristina Falcinelli, Olga Calabrese, Paola Battaglia, Antonella Tanzariello, Tamara Stampalija, Carmela Ardisia, Paolo Gasparini, Peter Benn, Antonio Novelli, Grati, Francesca Romana, Bestetti, Ilaria, De Siero, Daria, Malvestiti, Francesca, Villa, Nicoletta, Sala, Elena, Crosti, Francesca, Parisi, Valentina, Nardone, Anna Maria, Di Giacomo, Gianluca, Pettinari, Antonella, Tortora, Giada, Montaldi, Annamaria, Calò, Annapaola, Saccilotto, Donatella, Zanchetti, Sara, Celli, Paola, Guerneri, Silvana, Silipigni, Rosamaria, Cardarelli, Laura, Lippi, Elisabetta, Cavani, Simona, Malacarne, Michela, Genesio, Rita, Beltrami, Nicola, Pittalis, Maria Carla, Desiderio, Laura, Gentile, Mattia, Ficarella, Romina, Recalcati, Maria Paola, Catusi, Ilaria, Garzo, Maria, Miele, Lorena, Corti, Cecilia, Ghezzo, Sara, Bertini, Veronica, Cambi, Francesca, Valetto, Angelo, Facchinetti, Barbara, Bernardini, Laura, Capalbo, Anna, Balducci, Federica, Pelo, Elisabetta, Minuti, Barbara, Pescucci, Chiara, Giuliani, Costanza, Renieri, Alessandra, Longo, Ilaria, Tita, Rossella, Castello, Giuseppe, Casalone, Rosario, Righi, Rossana, Raso, Barbara, Civolani, Alessandro, Muzi, Maria Cristina, di Natale, Manuela, Varriale, Luigia, Gasperini, Daniela, Nuzzi, Maria Cristina, Cellamare, Angelo, Casieri, Paola, Busuito, Rosa, Ceccarini, Caterina, Cesarano, Carla, Privitera, Orsola, Melani, Daniela, Menozzi, Cristina, Falcinelli, Cristina, Calabrese, Olga, Battaglia, Paola, Tanzariello, Antonella, Stampalija, Tamara, Ardisia, Carmela, Gasparini, Paolo, Benn, Peter, and Novelli, Antonio
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cfDNAtesting ,Obstetrics and Gynecology ,Genetics (clinical) - Abstract
Objectives: To establish the positive predictive values (PPV) of cfDNA testing based on data from a nationwide survey of independent clinical cytogenetics laboratories. Methods: Prenatal diagnostic test results obtained by Italian laboratories between 2013 and March 2020 were compiled for women with positive non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT), without an NIPT result, and cases where there was sex discordancy between the NIPT and ultrasound. PPV and other summary data were reviewed. Results: Diagnostic test results were collected for 1327 women with a positive NIPT. The highest PPVs were for Trisomy (T) 21 (624/671, 93%) and XYY (26/27, 96.3%), while rare autosomal trisomies (9/47, 19.1%) and recurrent microdeletions (8/55, 14.5%) had the lowest PPVs. PPVs for T21, T18, and T13 were significantly higher when diagnostic confirmation was carried out on chorionic villi (97.5%) compared to amniotic fluid (89.5%) (p < 0.001). In 19/139 (13.9%), of no result cases, a cytogenetic abnormality was detected. Follow-up genetic testing provided explanations for 3/6 cases with a fetal sex discordancy between NIPT and ultrasound. Conclusions: NIPT PPVs differ across the conditions screened and the tissues studied in diagnostic testing. This variability, issues associated with fetal sex discordancy, and no results, illustrate the importance of pre- and post-test counselling.
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- 2022
18. The Making of an Icon: the Madonna Bruna del Carmine in Naples (13th-17th centuries)
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Stefano D'Ovidio, Sandra Cardarelli, Laura Fenelli, and D'Ovidio, Stefano
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Carmelite Madonna, Miraculous Images, History of the Carmelite Order, Marian Iconography, History of Naples - Abstract
The icon of the Madonna Bruna del Carmine is the most famous cult image in Naples. Its immense devotional status has earned it a place on the high altar of the fourteenth-century church situated in Piazza Mercato, the bustling hub of Neapolitan social and economic life for more than seven centuries. Venerated as miraculous since the sixteenth century, its prodigious healing powers have continued to inspire the devotion of all social classes. The icon as we see it today is an enigmatic artefact. Its format and iconography testify to medieval origins, while its current appearance dates to 1975 when the overpainting of earlier restorations was removed, and it was almost entirely repainted. This article hypothetically reconstructs the material history of the Madonna del Carmine and explores the social dynamics that gave rise to its veneration. A close examination of the painting and its restorations allows a better understanding of the icon’s history, style, and iconography. The possible dating to c. 1280 links the icon to the early history of the church and convent of Santa Maria del Carmine in Naples. Founded in 1270, the church was rebuilt at the beginning of the 1300’s but its importance in the city emerged in the second half of the 1400’s when it was incorporated into the city walls and became a destination of processions and the site of public rituals. Textual and visual sources testify to the events that determined the affirmation of the icon as a cult image in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when it became a formidable tool of propaganda and social control.
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- 2017
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