Long-term first line medical treatment in a 4-year- old girl with Xq26.3 microduplication-negative somatotropinoma.
Case report and literature review.

Maggioli C, Cambiaso P, Ciccone S, Colafati GS, Cappa M.
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Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy: report of seven additional sicilian patients and overview of the overall series from Sicily.

Valenzise M., Fierabracci A., Cappa M., Porcelli P., Barcellona R., De Luca F., Barollo S., Garelli S., Betterle C.

Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2014, 82:127-32.


Peroxisomal Pathways, their Role in Neurodegenerative Disorders and Therapeutic Strategies in:Omega-3 fatty acids in brain and neurological health.

Risé P., Paroni R., Petroni A.

Elsevier, Edited by Watson, De Meester, 2014, 19-30.


Functional and structural analysis of four novel mutations of CYP21A2 gene in italian patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency.

Massimi A., Malaponti M., Federici L., Vinciguerra D., Manca Bitti ML., Vottero A., Ghizzoni L., Maccarrone M., Cappa M., Bernardini S., Porzio O.

Hormone & Metabolic Research, 2014, 46:515-20.


Glucose tolerance affects pubertal growth and final height of children with cystic fibrosis.

Bizzarri C., Montemitro E., Pedicelli S., Ciccone S., Majo F., Cappa M., Lucidi V.

Pediatric Pulmonology, 2014.


Use of GLP-1 receptor agonists in Prader-Willi Syndrome: report of six cases.

Fintini D., Grugni G., Brufani C., Bocchini S., Cappa M., Crinò A. Diabetes Care, 2014, 37:76-7.


Epidemiology, presentation and long-term evolution of Graves' disease in children, adolescents and young adults with Turner syndrome.

Valenzise M., Aversa T., Corrias A., Mazzanti L., Cappa M., Ubertini G., Scarano E., Mussa A., Messina MF., De Luca F., Wasniewska M.

Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2014, 81:245-50.


Growth hormone response to standard provocative stimuli and combined tests in very young children with Prader-Willi syndrome.

Di Giorgio G,, Grugni G., Fintini D., Bocchini S., Spera S., Cuttini M., Cappa M., Crinò A. Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 2014, 81:189-95.


Cardiovascular fitness is impaired in children born small for gestational age.

Cafiero G., Fintini D., Brufani C., Fiori R., Giordano U., Turchetta A., Deodati A., Cappa M., Cianfarani S.

Acta Paediatrica, 2014, 103, 93-99.


Genetic sensitivity to the bitter taste of 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) and

its association with physiological mechanisms controlling body mass

index (BMI).

Tepper BJ., Banni S., Melis M., Crnjar R., Tomassini Barbarossa I.

Nutrients, 2014, 6:3363-81.


Pain and thyroid hormones.

Aloisi AM., Vodo S., Buonocore M. Neurological Sciences, 2013, 34:1501-8.


Gonadal ERα/β, AR and TRPV1 gene expression: modulation by pain and morphine treatment in male and female rats.

Vodo S., Arcelli D., Fiorenzani P., Meriggiola MC., Butkevich I., Di Canio C., Mikhailenko V., Aloisi AM.

Physiology & Behavior, 2013, 110-111:80-6.


Synthesis of esters of androgens with unsaturated fatty acids for androgen requiring therapy.

Aiello F., Garofalo A., Aloisi AM., Lamponi S., Magnani A., Petroni A. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, 2013, 36:390-5.


The Pex1-G844D mouse: a model for mild human Zellweger spectrum disorder.

Hiebler S., Masuda T., Hacia JG., Moser AB., Faust PL., Liu A., Chowdhury N., Huang N., Lauer A., Bennett J., Watkins PA., Zack DJ., Braverman NE., Raymond GV., Steinberg SJ.

Molecular Genetics & Metabolism, 2014,111:522-32.


Metabolic Interactions between vitamin A and conjugated linoleic acid.

Carta G., Murru E., Cordeddu L., Ortiz B., Giordano E., Belury MA., Quadro

L., Banni S.

Nutrients, 2014, 6:1262-72.


Effects of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation on acyl-CoA oxidase

deficiency: a sibling comparison study.

Wang RY., Monuki ES., Powers J., Schwartz PH., Watkins PA., Shi Y., Moser

A., Shrier DA., Waterham HR., Nugent DJ., Abdenur JE.

Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2014, 37:791-9.


Testosterone-induced effects on lipids and inflammation.

Vodo S., Bechi N., Petroni A., Muscoli C., Aloisi AM.

Mediators in Inflammation, 2013, 2013:1-8..


Very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase 3: overexpression and growth

dependence in lung cancer.

Pei Z., Fraisl P., Shi X., Gabrielson E., Forss-Petter S., Berger J., Watkins PA.

PLoS One, 2013, 8:69392.


Increased long chain acyl-Coa synthetase activity and fatty acid import

is linked to membrane synthesis for development of picornavirus

replication organelles.

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PLoS Pathogens, 2013, 9:1003401.