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2. 7.1 A 2.69pJ/b 212Gb/s DSP-Based PAM-4 Transceiver for Optical Direct-Detect Application in 5nm FinFET

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Wang, J. Q., primary, Tan, A., additional, Iyer, A., additional, Fan, A., additional, Farhoodfar, A., additional, Alnabulsi, B., additional, Smith, B., additional, Loi, C., additional, Ho, C. R., additional, Cartina, D., additional, Riani, J., additional, Casanova, J., additional, Raviprakash, K., additional, Patra, L., additional, Wang, L., additional, Bachu, M., additional, Ray, S., additional, Chong, S., additional, Dallaire, S., additional, Nguyen, T., additional, Wu, T.-F., additional, Giridharan, V., additional, Gurumoorthy, V., additional, Ding, X., additional, Yin, Y., additional, Sun, Z., additional, Jantzi, S., additional, and Tse, L., additional

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2024
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4. Clinical course and therapeutic management of juvenile pemphigus vulgaris: A retrospective analysis from an Italian referral centre.

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Filippi, F., Loi, C., Chessa, M. A., Sacchelli, L., Gabusi, A., Gissi, D. B., and Bardazzi, F.

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*PEMPHIGUS vulgaris, *PEMPHIGUS, *RETROSPECTIVE studies, *CHILD patients
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This article provides a retrospective analysis of the clinical course and therapeutic management of juvenile pemphigus vulgaris (PV) at an Italian referral center. The study included five Caucasian female patients with a mean age of 15.4 years at diagnosis. The patients were treated with rituximab, a monoclonal antibody, and all achieved a complete clinical response without any side effects. The study suggests that rituximab is an effective and safe treatment option for juvenile PV, although further research is needed to validate its use as a first-line option. [Extracted from the article]

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2024
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5. A 200Gb/s Low Power DSP-Based Optical Receiver and Transmitter with Integrated TIA and Laser Drivers

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Zafrany, A., primary, Burgos, D., additional, Cai, L., additional, Chong, S., additional, Cramm, C., additional, Dadash, S., additional, Giridharan, V., additional, Gurumoorthy, V., additional, Helal, B., additional, Ho, C., additional, Iyer, A., additional, Jantzi, S., additional, Loi, C., additional, Nguyen, T., additional, Parker, K., additional, Pillai, E., additional, Raviprakash, K., additional, Ray, S., additional, Rossi, P., additional, Sun, Z., additional, Tan, A., additional, Tse, L., additional, Wall, B., additional, Wang, L., additional, Wang, J., additional, and Wu, T., additional

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2023
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8. Mortality and prognostic factors in patients with bullous pemphigoid: a retrospective multicenter Italian study

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Bardazzi, F., primary, Filippi, F., additional, Chessa, M.A., additional, Iommi, M., additional, Loi, C., additional, Campanati, A., additional, Rizzetto, G., additional, Tagliati, C., additional, Atzori, L., additional, Muratori, S., additional, Genovese, G., additional, Gisondi, P., additional, Schena, D., additional, Balestri, R., additional, Rech, G., additional, Feliciani, C., additional, Lasagni, C., additional, Bigi, L., additional, De Simone, C., additional, Di Zenzo, G., additional, Moro, F., additional, Borghi, A., additional, Di Lernia, V., additional, D'Arrigo, G., additional, Tripepi, G., additional, Gori, M., additional, and Pitino, A., additional

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2022
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12. Dupilumab therapy of atopic dermatitis of the elderly: a multicentre, real-life study

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Patruno C., Napolitano M., Argenziano G., Peris K., Ortoncelli M., Girolomoni G., Offidani A., Ferrucci S. M., Amoruso G. F., Rossi M., Stingeni L., Malara G., Grieco T., Foti C., Gattoni M., Loi C., Iannone M., Talamonti M., Stinco G., Rongioletti F., Pigatto P. D., Cristaudo A., Nettis E., Corazza M., Guarneri F., Amerio P., Esposito M., Belloni Fortina A., Potenza C., Fabbrocini G., Angileri L., Bianchelli T., Borghi A., Buligan C., Calabrese G., Calzavara Pinton P., Caroppo F., Chello C., Dal Bello G., Damiani G., Fargnoli M. C., Ferrillo M., Galluzzo M., Gori N., Gualdi G., Hansel K., Macchia L., Mariano M., Nistico S. P., Pertusi G., Piras V., Provenzano E., Ravaioli G. M., Ribero S., Romanelli M., Romita P., Tolino E., Trifiro C., Patruno, C., Napolitano, M., Argenziano, G., Peris, K., Ortoncelli, M., Girolomoni, G., Offidani, A., Ferrucci, S. M., Amoruso, G. F., Rossi, M., Stingeni, L., Malara, G., Grieco, T., Foti, C., Gattoni, M., Loi, C., Iannone, M., Talamonti, M., Stinco, G., Rongioletti, F., Pigatto, P. D., Cristaudo, A., Nettis, E., Corazza, M., Guarneri, F., Amerio, P., Esposito, M., Belloni Fortina, A., Potenza, C., Fabbrocini, G., Angileri, L., Bianchelli, T., Borghi, A., Buligan, C., Calabrese, G., Calzavara Pinton, P., Caroppo, F., Chello, C., Dal Bello, G., Damiani, G., Fargnoli, M. C., Ferrillo, M., Galluzzo, M., Gori, N., Gualdi, G., Hansel, K., Macchia, L., Mariano, M., Nistico, S. P., Pertusi, G., Piras, V., Provenzano, E., Ravaioli, G. M., Ribero, S., Romanelli, M., Romita, P., Tolino, E., and Trifiro, C.

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Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, multicentre, Treatment outcome, Eczema, Socio-culturale, Dermatitis, Dupilumab, atopic dermatitis, multicentre, real-life study, Dermatology, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, elderly, Severity of Illness Index, Antibodies, Atopic, Dermatitis, Atopic, 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Settore MED/35, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Aged, Humans, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Monoclonal, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Adverse effect, Humanized, atopic dermatitis, business.industry, dupilumab, Atopic dermatitis, medicine.disease, humanities, Safety profile, Infectious Diseases, Observational study, real-life study, Settore MED/35 - MALATTIE CUTANEE E VENEREE, Life study, business, Prurigo nodularis
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Background: Treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in the elderly may be challenging, due to side-effects of traditional anti-inflammatory drugs and to comorbidities often found in this age group. Furthermore, efficacy and safety of innovative drugs such as dupilumab are not yet well known. Objectives: A multicentre retrospective, observational, real-life study on the efficacy and safety of dupilumab was conducted in a group of patients aged ≥65years and affected by severe AD. Their main clinical features were also examined. Methods: Data of elderly patients with severe (EASI ≥24) AD treated with dupilumab at label dosage for 16weeks were retrospectively collected. Treatment outcome was assessed by comparing objective (EASI) and subjective (P-NRS, S-NRS and DLQI) scores at baseline and after 16weeks of treatment. Results: Two hundred and seventy-six patients were enrolled in the study. They represented 11.37% of all patients with severe AD. Flexural eczema was the most frequent clinical phenotype, followed by prurigo nodularis. The coexistence of more than one phenotype was found in 63/276 (22.82%) subjects. Data on the 16-week treatment with dupilumab were available for 253 (91.67%) patients. Efficacy of dupilumab was demonstrated by a significant reduction of all the scores. No statistically significant difference regarding efficacy was found in elderly patients when compared to the group of our AD patients aged 18–64years, treated with dupilumab over the same period. Furthermore, only 18 (6.52%) patients discontinued the drug due to inefficacy. Sixty-one (22.51%) patients reported adverse events, conjunctivitis and flushing being the most frequent. One (0.36%) patient only discontinued dupilumab due to an adverse event. Conclusions: Therapy with dupilumab led to a significant improvement of AD over a 16-week treatment period, with a good safety profile. Therefore, dupilumab could be considered as an efficacious and safe treatment for AD also in the elderly.

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2020

13. The unforeseen during biotechnological therapy for moderate-to-severe psoriasis: How to manage pregnancy and breastfeeding, infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and HIV, surgery, vaccinations, diagnosis of malignancy, and dose tapering

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Sacchelli L., Magnano M., Loi C., Patrizi A., Bardazzi F., Sacchelli L., Magnano M., Loi C., Patrizi A., and Bardazzi F.

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Hepatitis B virus, tapering, Drug Tapering, Vaccination, HIV Infections, vaccinations, Hepacivirus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, infection, surgery, Breast Feeding, malignancie, real life, unforeseen, Pregnancy, Neoplasms, Humans, Psoriasis, Female, biotechnological therapy, psoriasi
Abstract

The use of biotechnological therapies for moderate-to-severe psoriasis is ever-expanding and it is becoming increasingly more frequent to encounter different unforeseen events during their use, such as fertile patients becoming pregnant and breastfeeding, development of infections due to personal habits like tuberculosis, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or HIV, scheduling of surgical procedures, need of vaccinations, development of malignancy, and evaluation of dose tapering. As any clinician may experience at least one of these unexpected events, it should be good practice to know how to manage them. Thus, a practical analysis has been proposed in this study.

Published
2020

15. A theory-based, multidisciplinary approach to cocreate a patient-centric digital solution to enhance perioperative health outcomes among colorectal cancer patients and their family caregivers:development and evaluation study

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Wan, S. W. (Su Wei), Chong, C. S. (Choon Seng), Toh, E.-L. (Ee-Lin), Lim, S. H. (Siew Hoon), Loi, C. T. (Carol T.T.), Lew, Y. F. (Yuen Foong Henry), Chua, M. C. (Matthew Chin Heng), Jee, X. P. (Xin Pei), Liu, G. (Guangyu), Zhu, L. (Lixia), Pikkarainen, M. (Minna), and He, H.-G. (Hong-Gu)

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psychosocial, smartphone app, mHealth, colorectal cancer, digital solutions, mobile phone app, mobile health
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Background: Elective colorectal cancer (CRC) surgeries offer enhanced surgical outcomes but demand high self-efficacy in prehabilitation and competency in self-care and disease management postsurgery. Conventional strategies to meet perioperative needs have not been pragmatic, and there remains a pressing need for novel technologies that could improve health outcomes. Objective: The aim of this paper was to describe the development of a smartphone-based interactive CRC self-management enhancement psychosocial program (iCanManage) in order to improve health outcomes among patients who undergo elective CRC surgeries and their family caregivers. Methods: A multidisciplinary international team comprising physicians, specialist nurses, a psychologist, software engineers, academic researchers, cancer survivors, patient ambassadors, and ostomy care medical equipment suppliers was formed to facilitate the development of this patient-centric digital solution. The process occurred in several stages: (1) review of current practice through clinic visits and on-site observations; (2) review of literature and findings from preliminary studies; (3) content development grounded in an underpinning theory; (4) integration of support services; and (5) optimizing user experience through improving interface aesthetics and customization. In our study, 5 participants with CRC performed preliminary assessments on the quality of the developed solution using the 20-item user version of the Mobile App Rating Scale (uMARS), which had good psychometric properties. Results: Based on the collected uMARS data, the smartphone app was rated highly for functionality, aesthetics, information quality, and perceived impact, and moderately for engagement and subjective quality. Several limiting factors such as poor agility in the adoption of digital technology and low eHealth literacy were identified despite efforts to promote engagement and ensure ease of use of the mobile app. To overcome such barriers, additional app-training sessions, an instruction manual, and regular telephone calls will be incorporated into the iCanManage program during the trial period. Conclusions: This form of multidisciplinary collaboration is advantageous as it can potentially streamline existing care paths and allow the delivery of more holistic care to the CRC population during the perioperative period. Should the program be found to be effective and sustainable, hospitals adopting this digital solution may achieve better resource allocation and reduce overall health care costs in the long run. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04159363; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04159363

Published
2021

18. 8.7 A 112Gb/s ADC-DSP-Based PAM-4 Transceiver for Long-Reach Applications with >40dB Channel Loss in 7nm FinFET

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Mishra, P., primary, Tan, A., additional, Helal, B., additional, Ho, C.R., additional, Loi, C., additional, Riani, J., additional, Sun, J., additional, Mistry, K., additional, Raviprakash, K., additional, Tse, L., additional, Davoodi, M., additional, Takefman, M., additional, Fan, N., additional, Prabha, P., additional, Liu, Q., additional, Wang, Q., additional, Nagulapalli, R., additional, Cyrusian, S., additional, Jantzi, S., additional, Scouten, S., additional, Dusatko, T., additional, Setya, T., additional, Giridharan, V., additional, Gurumoorthy, V., additional, Karam, V., additional, Liew, W., additional, Liao, Y., additional, and Ou, Y., additional

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2021
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19. An accurate optical method for the measurement of contact angle and interface shape of evaporative thin liquids films

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S. Guignard and Loi¨c Tachon

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Materials science, General Chemical Engineering, Evaporation, Aerospace Engineering, 02 engineering and technology, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Physics::Fluid Dynamics, Contact angle, Optics, law, 0103 physical sciences, Perpendicular, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, business.industry, Mechanical Engineering, 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology, Laser, Refraction, Light intensity, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, Goniometer, Meniscus, 0210 nano-technology, business
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The aim of this study was to present an original method to compute the shape of the interface in the vicinity of the contact line after liquid film breakup. The liquid film is a controlled volume of evaporating liquid (HFE7100) filling a millimetric cylindrical vertical well. During the evaporation process, the liquid-gas interface takes on a toroidal shape delimiting an axisymmetric liquid meniscus (together with the well bottom and side walls). The first step of the evaporation process occurs without a contact line on the bottom and is followed, in the second step, by the creation and growth of a dry patch delimited by a circular contact line on the well bottom. The shape of the meniscus interface and the position of the contact line are instantaneously measured by laser sheet sounding from below and numerical inversion. This technique determines the variation of the light intensity of a laser sheet due to its refraction through consecutive interfaces (solid-liquid-vapor).The intensity of the laser sheet impact on a perpendicular screen is inverted. The inversion results provide the shape of the interface and the position of the contact line during the evaporation process. By this new method contact angles between 2 and 40 degrees can be measured and the interface shape can be obtained with high accuracy. This method is specially adapted for concave shape, as meniscus, where side view is not possible. It is perfectly complementary with the other classical methods (e.g., interferometry and goniometry).

Published
2018

20. Citrulline increases arginine pools and restores nitrogen balance after massive intestinal resection

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Osowska, S., Moinard, C., Neveux, N., Loi, C., and Cynober, L.

Subjects
Colorectal diseases -- Research, Colorectal diseases -- Care and treatment, Colorectal diseases -- Varieties, Colorectal diseases -- Statistics, Diet -- Usage, Diet -- Methods, Citrulline -- Research, Gastrointestinal diseases -- Research, Gastrointestinal diseases -- Care and treatment, Gastrointestinal diseases -- Varieties, Gastrointestinal diseases -- Statistics, Health
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2004

28. Developmental timing of programmed DNA elimination in Paramecium tetraureliarecapitulates germline transposon evolutionary dynamics

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Zangarelli, Coralie, Arnaiz, Olivier, Bourge, Mickae¨l, Gorrichon, Kevin, Jaszczyszyn, Yan, Mathy, Nathalie, Escoriza, Loi¨c, Bétermier, Mireille, and Régnier, Vinciane

Abstract

With its nuclear dualism, the ciliate Parameciumconstitutes a unique model to study how host genomes cope with transposable elements (TEs). P. tetraureliaharbors two germline micronuclei (MICs) and a polyploid somatic macronucleus (MAC) that develops from one MIC at each sexual cycle. Throughout evolution, the MIC genome has been continuously colonized by TEs and related sequences that are removed from the somatic genome during MAC development. Whereas TE elimination is generally imprecise, excision of approximately 45,000 TE-derived internal eliminated sequences (IESs) is precise, allowing for functional gene assembly. Programmed DNA elimination is concomitant with genome amplification. It is guided by noncoding RNAs and repressive chromatin marks. A subset of IESs is excised independently of this epigenetic control, raising the question of how IESs are targeted for elimination. To gain insight into the determinants of IES excision, we established the developmental timing of DNA elimination genome-wide by combining fluorescence-assisted nuclear sorting with high-throughput sequencing. Essentially all IESs are excised within only one endoreplication round (32C to 64C), whereas TEs are eliminated at a later stage. We show that DNA elimination proceeds independently of replication. We defined four IES classes according to excision timing. The earliest excised IESs tend to be independent of epigenetic factors, display strong sequence signals at their ends, and originate from the most ancient integration events. We conclude that old IESs have been optimized during evolution for early and accurate excision by acquiring stronger sequence determinants and escaping epigenetic control.

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2022
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29. HIV testing in termination of pregnancy and colposcopy services: a scoping review

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Filippidis, Paraskevas, Francini, Katyuska, Jacot-Guillarmod, Martine, Mathevet, Patrice, Lhopitallier, Loi¨c, Cavassini, Matthias, and Darling, Katharine E.A.

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BackgroundWomen and girls are relatively under-represented across the HIV treatment cascade. Two conditions unique to women, pregnancy and cervical cancer/dysplasia, share a common acquisition mode with HIV. This scoping review aimed to explore HIV testing practices in voluntary termination of pregnancy (TOP) and colposcopy services.MethodsThe scoping review was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. We searched articles published up to 20 December 2020 using three electronic databases (PubMed/Medline, Embase, Google Scholar) and including the keywords “HIV Testing”, “Abortion, Induced”, “Colposcopy”, “HIV screen*” and “termination of pregnancy”.ResultsA total of 1496 articles were identified, of which 55 met the inclusion criteria. We included studies providing background HIV prevalence in addition to prevalence in the study population and studies of women seeking TOP rather than presenting with TOP complications. This limited our review to high-income, low HIV prevalence settings. We observed two study phases: studies pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) using unlinked anonymous testing data and examining HIV risk factors associated with positive HIV tests and studies post-ART using routine testing data and exploring HIV testing uptake. HIV prevalence was estimated at >0.2% in most TOP settings and >1% (range 1.7%–11.4%) in colposcopy services. Many TOP providers did not have local HIV testing policies and HIV testing was not mentioned in many specialist guidelines. Testing uptake was 49%–96% in TOP and 23%–75% in colposcopy services.ConclusionGiven the estimated HIV prevalence of >0.1% among women attending TOP and colposcopy services, HIV testing would be economically feasible to perform in high-income settings. Explicit testing policies are frequently lacking in these two settings, both at the local level and in specialist guidelines. Offering HIV testing regardless of risk factors could normalise testing, reduce late HIV presentation and create an opportunity for preventive counselling.

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2022
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30. Effects on the incidence of cardiovascular events of the addition of pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas in patients with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin (TOSCA.IT): a randomised, multicentre trial

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Vaccaro, O, Masulli, M, Nicolucci, A, Bonora, E, Del Prato, S, Maggioni, Ap, Rivellese, Aa, Squatrito, S, Giorda, Cb, Sesti, G, Mocarelli, P, Lucisano, G, Sacco, M, Signorini, S, Cappellini, F, Perriello, G, Babini, Ac, Lapolla, A, Gregori, G, Giordano, C, Corsi, L, Buzzetti, R, Clemente, G, Di Cianni, G, Iannarelli, R, Cordera, R, La Macchia, O, Zamboni, C, Scaranna, C, Boemi, M, Iovine, C, Lauro, D, Leotta, S, Dall'Aglio, E, Cannarsa, E, Tonutti, L, Pugliese, G, Bossi, Ac, Anichini, R, Dotta, F, Di Benedetto, A, Citro, G, Antenucci, D, Ricci, L, Giorgino, F, Santini, C, Gnasso, A, De Cosmo, S, Zavaroni, D, Vedovato, M, Consoli, A, Calabrese, M, di Bartolo, P, Fornengo, P, Riccardi, G, IT) study group, Thiazolidinediones Or Sulfonylureas Cardiovascular Accidents Intervention Trial (TOSCA., Collaborators: Vaccaro O, Italian Diabetes Society., D'Angelo, F, Giansanti, R, Tanase, L, Lanari, L, Testa, I, Pancani, F, Ranchelli, A, Vagheggi, P, Scatona, A, Fontana, L, Laviola, L, Tarantino, L, Ippolito, C, Gigantelli, V, Manicone, M, Conte, E, Trevisan, R, Rota, R, Corsi, A, Dodesini, Ar, Reggiani, Gm, Montesi, L, Mazzella, N, Forlani, G, Caselli, C, Di Luzio, R, Mazzotti, A, Aiello, A, Barrea, A, Musto, A, D'Amico, F, Sinagra, T, Longhitano, S, Trowpea, V, Sparti, M, Italia, S, Lisi, E, Grasso, G, Pezzino, V, Insalaco, F, Carallo, C, Scicchitano, C, De Franceschi MS, Calbucci, G, Ripani, R, Cuneo, G, Corsi, S, Romeo, F, Lesina, A, Comoglio, M, Bonetto, C, Robusto, A, Nada, E, Asprino, V, Cetraro, R, Impieri, M, Lucchese, G, Donnarumma, G, Tizio, B, Lenza, L, Paraggio, P, Tomasi, F, Dozio, N, Scalambra, E, Mannucci, E, Lamanna, C, Cignarelli, M, Macchia, O, Fariello, S, Sorrentino, Mr, Franzetti, I, Radin, R, Annunziata, F, Bonabello, La, Durante, A, Dolcino, M, Gallo, F, Mazzucchelli, C, Aleo, A, Melga, P, Briatore, L, Maggi, D, Storace, D, Cecoli, F, D'Ugo, E, Pupillo, M, Baldassarre, Mpa, Salvati, F, Minnucci, A, De Luca, A, Zugaro, A, Santarelli, L, Bosco, A, Petrella, V, La Verghetta GG, De Gregorio, A, D'Andrea, S, Giuliani, Ae, Polidoro, Wl, Sperandio, A, Sciarretta, F, Pezzella, A, Carlone, A, Potenziani, S, Venditti, C, Foffi, C, Carbone, S, Cipolloni, L, Moretti, C, Leto, G, Serra, R, Petrachi, F, Romano, I, Lacaria, E, Russo, L, Goretti, C, Sannino, C, Dolci, M, Bruselli, L, Mori, Ml, Baccetti, F, Del Freo, M, Cucinotta, D, Giunta, L, Ruffo, Mc, Cannizzaro, D, Pintaudi, B, Perrone, G, Pata, P, Ragonese, F, Lettina, G, Mancuso, T, Coppolino, A, Piatti, Pm, Monti, L, Stuccillo, M, Lucotti, P, Setola, M, Crippa, Gv, Loi, C, Oldani, M, Bottalico, Ml, Pellegata, B, Bonomo, M, Menicatti, Lsm, Resi, V, Bertuzzi, F, Disoteo, Eo, Pizzi, G, Annuzzi, G, Capaldo, B, Nappo, R, Auciello, Sm, Turco, Aa, Costagliola, L, Corte, Gd, Vallefuoco, P, Nappi, F, Vitale, M, Cocozza, S, Ciano, O, Massimino, E, Garofalo, N, Avogaro, A, Guarneri, G, Fedele, D, Sartore, G, Chilelli, Nc, Burlina, S, Bonsembiante, B, Galluzzo, A, Torregrossa, V, Mancastroppa, G, Arsenio, L, Cioni, F, Caronna, S, Papi, M, Babini, M, Santeusanio, F, Calagreti, G, Timi, A, Tantucci, A, Marino, C, Ginestra, F, Di Biagio, R, Taraborelli, M, Miccoli, R, Bianchi, C, Garofolo, M, Politi, Ks, Penno, G, Livraga, S, Calzoni, F, Mancastroppa, Glf, Corsini, E, Tedeschi, A, Gaglianò, Ms, Ippolito, G, Salutini, E, Cervellino, F, Natale, M, Salvatore, V, Zampino, A, Sinisi, R, Arcangeli, A, Zogheri, A, Guizzotti, S, Longo, R, Di Bartolo, P, Pellicano, F, Scolozzi, P, Termine, S, Luberto, A, Ballardini, G, Trojani, C, Mazzuca, P, Bruglia, M, Ciamei, M, Genghini, S, Zannoni, C, Rangel, G, Salvi, L, Zappaterreno, A, Cordone, S, Simonelli, P, Meggiorini, M, Frasheri, A, Di Pippo, C, Maglio, C, Mazzitelli, G, Rinaldi, Me, Galli, A, Romano, M, D'Angelo, P, Suraci, C, Bacci, S, Palena, Ap, Genovese, S, Mancino, M, Rondinelli, M, Capone, F, Calabretto, E, Bulgheroni, M, Bucciarelli, L, Ceccarelli, E, Fondelli, C, Santacroce, C, Guarino, E, Nigi, L, Lalli, C, Di Vizia, G, Scarponi, M, Montani, V, Di Bernardino, P, Romagni, P, Dolcetti, K, Forte, E, Tamburo, L, Perin, Pc, Prinzis, T, Gruden, G, Bruno, G, Zucco, C, Perotta, M, Marena, S, Monsignore, S, Panero, F, Ponzi, F, Carpinteri, R, Casagrande, Ml, Coletti, Mf, Balini, A, Filopanti, M, Madaschi, S, Pulcina, A, Grimaldi, F, Venturini, G, Agus, S, Pagnutti, S, Guidotti, F, Cavarape, A, Cigolini, M, Pichiri, I, Brangani, C, Fainelli, G, Tomasetto, E, Zoppini, G, Galletti, A, Perrone, D, Capra, C, Bianchini, F, Ceseri, M, Di Nardo, B, Sasso, E, Bartolomei, B, Suliman, I, Fabbri, G, Romano, G, Maturo, N, Nunziata, G, Capobianco, G, De Simone, G, Villa, V, Rota, G, Pentangelo, C, Carbonara, O, Caiazzo, G, Cutolo, M, Sorrentino, T, Mastrilli, V, Amelia, U, Masi, S, Corigliano, G, Gaeta, I, Armentano, V, Calatola, P, Capuano, G, Angiulli, B, Auletta, P, Petraroli, E, Iodice, Ce, Agrusta, M., Vaccaro, Olga, Masulli, Maria, Nicolucci, Antonio, Bonora, Enzo, Del Prato, Stefano, Maggioni, Aldo P, Rivellese, Angela A, Squatrito, Sebastiano, Giorda, Carlo B, Sesti, Giorgio, Mocarelli, Paolo, Lucisano, Giuseppe, Sacco, Michele, Signorini, Stefano, Cappellini, Fabrizio, Perriello, Gabriele, Babini, Anna Carla, Lapolla, Annunziata, Gregori, Giovanna, Giordano, Carla, Corsi, Laura, Buzzetti, Raffaella, Clemente, Gennaro, Di Cianni, Graziano, Iannarelli, Rossella, Cordera, Renzo, La Macchia, Olga, Zamboni, Chiara, Scaranna, Cristiana, Boemi, Massimo, Iovine, Ciro, Lauro, Davide, Leotta, Sergio, Dall'Aglio, Elisabetta, Cannarsa, Emanuela, Tonutti, Laura, Pugliese, Giuseppe, Bossi, Antonio C, Anichini, Roberto, Dotta, Francesco, Di Benedetto, Antonino, Citro, Giuseppe, Antenucci, Daniela, Ricci, Lucia, Giorgino, Francesco, Santini, Costanza, Gnasso, Agostino, De Cosmo, Salvatore, Zavaroni, Donatella, Vedovato, Monica, Consoli, Agostino, Calabrese, Maria, Di Bartolo, Paolo, Fornengo, Paolo, Riccardi, Gabriele, Maggioni, Aldo Pietro, D'Angelo, Federica, Giansanti, Roberto, Tanase, Laura, Lanari, Luigi, Testa, 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Giovanna, Tizio, Biagio, Lenza, Lazzaro, Paraggio, Pia, Tomasi, Franco, Dozio, Nicoletta, Scalambra, Egle, Mannucci, Edoardo, Lamanna, Caterina, Cignarelli, Mauro, Macchia, Olga La, Fariello, Stefania, Sorrentino, Maria Rosaria, Franzetti, Ivano, Radin, Raffaella, Annunziata, Francesca, Bonabello, Laura Affinito, Durante, Arianna, Dolcino, Mara, Gallo, Fiorenza, Mazzucchelli, Chiara, Aleo, Anna, Melga, Pierluigi, Briatore, Lucia, Maggi, Davide, Storace, Daniela, Cecoli, Francesca, D'Ugo, Ercole, Pupillo, Mario, Baldassarre, Maria Pompea Antonia, Salvati, Filippo, Minnucci, Anita, De Luca, Angelo, Zugaro, Antonella, Santarelli, Livia, Bosco, Angela, Petrella, Vittorio, La Verghetta, Grazia Giovanna, De Gregorio, Antonella, D'Andrea, Settimio, Giuliani, Anna Elisa, Polidoro, W. 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L, Testa, I, Pancani, F, Ranchelli, A, Vagheggi, P, Scatona, A, Fontana, L, Laviola, L, Tarantino, L, Ippolito, C, Gigantelli, V, Manicone, M, Conte, E, Trevisan, R, Rota, R, Dodesini, A, Reggiani, G, Montesi, L, Mazzella, N, Forlani, G, Caselli, C, Di Luzio, R, Mazzotti, A, Aiello, A, Barrea, A, Musto, A, D'Amico, F, Sinagra, T, Longhitano, S, Trowpea, V, Sparti, M, Italia, S, Lisi, E, Grasso, G, Pezzino, V, Insalaco, F, Carallo, C, Scicchitano, C, De Franceschi, M, Calbucci, G, Ripani, R, Cuneo, G, Corsi, S, Romeo, F, Lesina, A, Comoglio, M, Bonetto, C, Robusto, A, Nada, E, Asprino, V, Cetraro, R, Impieri, M, Lucchese, G, Donnarumma, G, Tizio, B, Lenza, L, Paraggio, P, Tomasi, F, Dozio, N, Scalambra, E, Mannucci, E, Lamanna, C, Cignarelli, M, Macchia, O, Fariello, S, Sorrentino, M, Franzetti, I, Radin, R, Annunziata, F, Bonabello, L, Durante, A, Dolcino, M, Gallo, F, Mazzucchelli, C, Aleo, A, Melga, P, Briatore, L, Maggi, D, Storace, D, Cecoli, F, D'Ugo, E, Pupillo, M, Baldassarre, 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Male, Diabetes and Metabolism, ipoglycemic drugs, cardiovascualr event, Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna, endocrine system diseases, IMPACT, pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, GLIMEPIRIDE, Diabetes, cardiovascular events, metformin, pioglitazone, sulphonylureas, Type 2 diabetes, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, law.invention, Settore MED/13 - Endocrinologia, Glibenclamide, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, law, GLYCEMIC CONTROL, Gliclazide, Internal medicine, diabetes and metabolism, RISK, education.field_of_study, diabetes, Incidence, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, endocrinology, Middle Aged, INSULIN, Metformin, Treatment Outcome, Editorial, sulphonylureas, Cardiovascular Diseases, Combination, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Type 2, medicine.drug, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Aged, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Pioglitazone, Sulfonylurea Compounds, Thiazolidinediones, Cardiovascular events, 03 medical and health sciences, GLUCOSE-LOWERING DRUGS, Drug Therapy, Diabetes Mellitus, medicine, sulfonylureas, education, TOSCA.IT, business.industry, MORTALITY, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Insulin resistance, medicine.disease, Surgery, Glimepiride, business, FOLLOW-UP
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Background The best treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes in whom treatment with metformin alone fails to achieve adequate glycaemic control is debated. We aimed to compare the long-term effects of pioglitazone versus sulfonylureas, given in addition to metformin, on cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods TOSCA.IT was a multicentre, randomised, pragmatic clinical trial, in which patients aged 50–75 years with type 2 diabetes inadequately controlled with metformin monotherapy (2–3 g per day) were recruited from 57 diabetes clinics in Italy. Patients were randomly assigned (1:1), by permuted blocks randomisation (block size 10), stratified by site and previous cardiovascular events, to add-on pioglitazone (15–45 mg) or a sulfonylurea (5–15 mg glibenclamide, 2–6 mg glimepiride, or 30–120 mg gliclazide, in accordance with local practice). The trial was unblinded, but event adjudicators were unaware of treatment assignment. The primary outcome, assessed with a Cox proportional-hazards model, was a composite of first occurrence of all-cause death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, non-fatal stroke, or urgent coronary revascularisation, assessed in the modified intention-to-treat population (all randomly assigned participants with baseline data available and without any protocol violations in relation to inclusion or exclusion criteria). This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT00700856. Findings Between Sept 18, 2008, and Jan 15, 2014, 3028 patients were randomly assigned and included in the analyses. 1535 were assigned to pioglitazone and 1493 to sulfonylureas (glibenclamide 24 [2%], glimepiride 723 [48%], gliclazide 745 [50%]). At baseline, 335 (11%) participants had a previous cardiovascular event. The study was stopped early on the basis of a futility analysis after a median follow-up of 57·3 months. The primary outcome occurred in 105 patients (1·5 per 100 person-years) who were given pioglitazone and 108 (1·5 per 100 person-years) who were given sulfonylureas (hazard ratio 0·96, 95% CI 0·74–1·26, p=0·79). Fewer patients had hypoglycaemias in the pioglitazone group than in the sulfonylureas group (148 [10%] vs 508 [34%], p

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2017

32. Dupilumab therapy of atopic dermatitis of the elderly: a multicentre, real‐life study.

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Patruno, C., Napolitano, M., Argenziano, G., Peris, K., Ortoncelli, M., Girolomoni, G., Offidani, A., Ferrucci, S.M., Amoruso, G.F., Rossi, M., Stingeni, L., Malara, G., Grieco, T., Foti, C., Gattoni, M., Loi, C., Iannone, M., Talamonti, M., Stinco, G., and Rongioletti, F.

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ATOPIC dermatitis, OLDER patients, DRUG efficacy, OLDER people, AGE groups, DUPILUMAB
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Background: Treatment of moderate‐to‐severe atopic dermatitis (AD) in the elderly may be challenging, due to side‐effects of traditional anti‐inflammatory drugs and to comorbidities often found in this age group. Furthermore, efficacy and safety of innovative drugs such as dupilumab are not yet well known. Objectives: A multicentre retrospective, observational, real‐life study on the efficacy and safety of dupilumab was conducted in a group of patients aged ≥65 years and affected by severe AD. Their main clinical features were also examined. Methods: Data of elderly patients with severe (EASI ≥24) AD treated with dupilumab at label dosage for 16 weeks were retrospectively collected. Treatment outcome was assessed by comparing objective (EASI) and subjective (P‐NRS, S‐NRS and DLQI) scores at baseline and after 16 weeks of treatment. Results: Two hundred and seventy‐six patients were enrolled in the study. They represented 11.37% of all patients with severe AD. Flexural eczema was the most frequent clinical phenotype, followed by prurigo nodularis. The coexistence of more than one phenotype was found in 63/276 (22.82%) subjects. Data on the 16‐week treatment with dupilumab were available for 253 (91.67%) patients. Efficacy of dupilumab was demonstrated by a significant reduction of all the scores. No statistically significant difference regarding efficacy was found in elderly patients when compared to the group of our AD patients aged 18–64 years, treated with dupilumab over the same period. Furthermore, only 18 (6.52%) patients discontinued the drug due to inefficacy. Sixty‐one (22.51%) patients reported adverse events, conjunctivitis and flushing being the most frequent. One (0.36%) patient only discontinued dupilumab due to an adverse event. Conclusions: Therapy with dupilumab led to a significant improvement of AD over a 16‐week treatment period, with a good safety profile. Therefore, dupilumab could be considered as an efficacious and safe treatment for AD also in the elderly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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36. 6.5 A 400Gb/s Transceiver for PAM-4 Optical Direct-Detect Application in 16nm FinFET

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Loi, C., primary, Mellati, A., additional, Tan, A., additional, Farhoodfar, A., additional, Tiruvur, A., additional, Helal, B., additional, Killips, B., additional, Rad, F., additional, Riani, J., additional, Pernillo, J., additional, Sun, J., additional, Wong, J., additional, Abdelhalim, K., additional, Gopalakrishnan, K., additional, Kim, K., additional, Tse, L., additional, Davoodi, M., additional, Le, M., additional, Zhang, M., additional, Talegaonkar, M., additional, Prabha, P., additional, Mohanavelu, R., additional, Chong, S., additional, Forey, S., additional, Netto, S., additional, Bhoja, S., additional, Liew, W., additional, Duan, Y., additional, and Liao, Y., additional

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2019
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40. Pre-operative Factors Predicting Mortality in Six Months and Functional Recovery in Elderly Patients with Hip Fractures

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Nam NH, Minh ND, Hai TX, Sinh CT, Loi CB, and Anh LT

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hip fracture, mortality, functional recovery, harris hip score, vietnam, Orthopedic surgery, RD701-811
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Introduction: This study aimed to determine on-admission and perioperative factors predicting six-month mortality and functional recovery in Vietnamese patients with hip fracture. Materials and methods: Between April 2020 and July 2021, 118 patients participated in this prospective study. Patients’ data were collected from medical records. Harris hip score (HHS) was used to evaluate the functional recovery six months after fractures. The obtained data were analysed using a univariate and multivariate model. Results: The mean age of the participants was 79.5±9.4 years and 68.6% of the patients were female. The six-month mortality rate was 5.9% and independently associated with age (odds ratio (OR): 3.512, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.538 – 8.019; P80 years vs those aged ≤80 years) and hypoproteinemia (OR: 2.859, 95% CI: 1.001 – 8.166, P=0.049). Among 111 survivors there were 66 (59.5%) of patients with a good functional recovery. Patients aged >80 years had a higher risk of poor functional outcome (OR: 3.167, 95% CI: 1.386 – 7.235, P: 0.006) compared to those aged ≤ 80 years. No significant correlations between other clinical (gender, body mass index, comorbidities, type of fractures or surgery, time until surgery) or laboratory parameters (anaemia, hyperglycemia, marked elevation of C reactive protein level, electrolyte abnormalities, elevated urea) and mortality or functional outcome were found. Conclusion: Advanced age is the most important factor affecting both mortality and functional outcome while hypoproteinemia is associated with a higher risk of mortality in elderly patients with hip fractures.

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2023
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43. Distinct Carbon Isotope Fractionation Signatures during Biotic and Abiotic Reductive Transformation of Chlordecone

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Chevallier, Marion L., Cooper, Myriel, Ku¨mmel, Steffen, Barbance, Agne`s, Le Paslier, Denis, Richnow, Hans H., Saaidi, Pierre-Loi¨c, and Adrian, Lorenz

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Chlordecone is a synthetic organochlorine pesticide, extensively used in banana plantations of the French West Indies from 1972 to 1993. Due to its environmental persistence and bioaccumulation, it has dramatic public health and socio-economic impact. Here we describe a method for carbon-directed compound specific isotope analysis (CSIA) for chlordecone and apply it to monitor biotic and abiotic reductive transformation reactions, selected on the basis of their distinct product profiles (polychloroindenes versus lower chlorinated hydrochlordecones). Significant carbon isotopic enrichments were observed for all microbially mediated transformations (ebulk= -6.8‰ with a Citrobacterstrain and ebulk= -4.6‰ with a bacterial consortium) and for two abiotic transformations (ebulk= -4.1‰ with zerovalent iron and ebulk= -2.6‰ with sodium sulfide and vitamin B12). The reaction with titanium(III) citrate and vitamin B12, which shows the product profile most similar to that observed in biotic transformation, led to low carbon isotope enrichment (ebulk=-0.8‰). The CSIA protocol was also applied on representative chlordecone formulations previously used in the French West Indies, giving similar chlordecone d13C values from -31.1 ± 0.2‰ to -34.2 ± 0.2‰ for all studied samples. This allows the in situ application of CSIA for the assessment of chlordecone persistence.

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2024
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45. Secukinumab in multi-failure psoriatic patients: the last hope?

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Magnano, M., primary, Loi, C., additional, Patrizi, A., additional, Sgubbi, P., additional, Balestri, R., additional, Rech, G., additional, Tasin, L, additional, Girardelli, C. R., additional, Conti, A., additional, Odorici, G., additional, Campanati, A., additional, Offidani, A. M., additional, and Bardazzi, F., additional

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2018
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46. Keratoconus staging by decades: a baseline ABCD classification of 1000 patients in the Homburg Keratoconus Center

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Flockerzi, Elias, Xanthopoulou, Kassandra, Goebels, Susanne Christiane, Zemova, Elena, Razafimino, Sonia, Hamon, Loi¨c, Jullien, Theresia, Klu¨hspies, Ulrike, Eppig, Timo, Langenbucher, Achim, and Seitz, Berthold

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BackgroundThis retrospective cross-sectional study aims to analyse the keratoconus (KC) stage distribution at different ages within the Homburg Keratoconus Center (HKC).Methods1917 corneae (1000 patients) were allocated to decades of age, classified according to Belin’s ABCD KC grading system and the stage distribution was analysed.Results73 per cent (n=728) of the patients were males, 27% (n=272) were females. The highest KC prevalence occurred between 21 and 30 years (n=585 corneae, 294 patients). Regarding anterior (A) and posterior (B) curvature, the frequency of A was significantly higher than B in all age groups for stage 0, 1 and 2 (A0>B0; A1>B1; A2>B2; p<0.03, Wilcoxon matched-pairs test). There was no significant difference between the number of A3 and B3, but significantly more corneae were classified as B4 than A4 in all age groups (p<0.02). The most frequent A|B combinations were A4|B4 (n=451), A0|B0 (n=311), A2|B4 (n=242), A2|B2 (n=189) and A1|B2 (n=154). Concerning thinnest pachymetry (C), most corneae in all age groups were classified as C0>C1>C2>C3>C4 (p<0.04, Wilcoxon matched-pairs test). For the best distance visual acuity (D), a significantly higher number of corneae were classified as D1 compared to D0 (p<0.008; D1>D0>D2>D3>D4).ConclusionThe stage distributions in all age groups were similar. Early KC rather becomes manifest in the posterior than the anterior corneal curvature whereas advanced stages of posterior corneal curvature coincide with early and advanced stages of anterior corneal curvature. Thus, this study emphasises the necessity of posterior corneal surface assessment in KC as enabled by the ABCD grading system.

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2021
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47. IgA Vasculitis With Underlying Liver Cirrhosis: A French Nationwide Case Series of 20 Patients

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Elhani, Ines, Pillebout, Evangéline, Terrier, Benjamin, Hankard, Antoine, Vrtovsnik, Francois, Jourde-Chiche, Noémie, Greillier, Sophie, Groh, Matthieu, Belfeki, Nabil, Bigot, Adrien, de Boysson, Hubert, Pageaux, Georges-Philippe, Raffray, Loi¨c, Urbanski, Geoffrey, Ollivier, Isabelle, Maillot, Francois, Aouba, Achille, and Audemard-Verger, Alexandra

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ObjectiveImmunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV) and nephropathy (IgAN) share common immunological mechanisms. Liver cirrhosis is well known to be associated with IgAN. Here, we aimed to describe the presentation and outcome of IgAV patients with underlying cirrhosis.MethodsWe conducted a French nationwide retrospective study of adult patients presenting with both IgAV and cirrhosis. Baseline characteristics were compared to those of the 260 patients included in the French nationwide IgAV registry (IGAVAS).ResultsTwenty patients were included, and 7 (35%) were female. The mean ± SD age was 62.7 ± 11 years. At baseline, compared with IGAVAS patients, patients with underlying cirrhosis were older (62.7 ± 11 vs 50.1 ± 18, P< 0.01) and displayed more constitutional symptoms (weight loss 25% vs 8%, P= 0.03). Patients with underlying cirrhosis were also more likely to exhibit elevated serum IgA levels (5.6 g/L vs 3.6 g/L, P= 0.02). Cirrhosis and IgAV were diagnosed simultaneously in 12 patients (60%). Cirrhosis was mainly related to alcohol intake (n = 15, 75%), followed by nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis (n = 2), chronic viral hepatitis (n = 1), hemochromatosis (n = 1), and autoimmune hepatitis (n = 1). During follow-up with a median of 17 months (IQR 12–84), 10/13 (77%) exhibited IgAV remission at Month 3. One patient presented a minor relapse. Six patients died, but no deaths were related to IgAV.ConclusionWe report the first case series of IgAV patients with underlining cirrhosis, to our knowledge, which was mainly alcohol related. The liver disease did not seem to affect baseline vasculitis characteristics. Physicians should investigate the existence of liver cirrhosis at IgAV diagnosis, especially in the context of alcohol abuse.

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2021
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50. 409P CARAMEL study: ClinicAl prognostic biomarkers for Ipilimumab-Related outcome in metastatic MELanoma patients

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Orgiano, L., primary, Bruder, F., additional, Madeddu, C., additional, Marconcini, R., additional, Gambale, E., additional, Galizia, E., additional, Stucci, S., additional, Spagnolo, F., additional, Di Guardo, L., additional, Loi, C., additional, Dessi, A., additional, Massa, E., additional, Massa, D., additional, Astara, G., additional, Del Vecchio, M., additional, Silvestris, F., additional, De Tursi, M., additional, Falcone, A., additional, Queirolo, P., additional, and Scartozzi, M., additional

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2016
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