a Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University of Rome, ‘‘La Sapienza’’, Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Rome, Italy b Special Service for Diagnosis, Prevention and Care of Cancer, ‘‘Palazzo Baleani’’, ‘‘La Sapienza’’ University of Rome, Italy c O.U. Orthognathic Surgery, ‘‘G. Eastman’’ Hospital, Rome, Italy d O.U. AnatomoPathology and Histology, ‘‘S. Giovanni-Addolorata’’ Hospit...

Zulema A. Percario1, Giorgio Mangino1,4, Valentina Gallo1 , Maria Vincenza Chiantore2, Gianna Fiorucci2,3, Giovanna Romeo2,4 and Elisabetta Affabris1 1Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Rome 2Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome 3Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Rome, 4Depar...

This comprehensive survey is published more than half a century after the last – and first – monograph about subject, The Kūfic Inscription in Verses Court of Royal Palace Masʻūd III at Ghazni (Rome, 1966), written by Alessio Bombaci. When Bombaci found out that most epigraphy from palace were to be read Persian, discovery was justly hailed as major scientific breakthrough, given earlier attemp...

a European Association for the Study of Obesity, London , UK; b Department of Endocrinology & Nutrition, Clínica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, IdiSNA, CIBEROBN, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Pamplona , Spain; c Società Italiana dell’Obesità", Rome , Italy; d Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ and Obesity Center, University Hospital Policlinico Tor...

1 Fondazione Ugo Bordoni (FUB), Rome, Italy [email protected] 2 Italian National Centre for ICT in the Public Administrations (CNIPA), Rome, Italy [email protected], [email protected] 3 Computer Science Department at University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy [email protected] 4 Matematics Department at University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy [email protected] 5 NESTOR Laborator...

Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs), represented by functional dyspepsia (FD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), are a group of disorders that include variable combinations of chronic or recurrent gastrointestinal symptoms not explained by struc-tural or biochemical abnormalities. FGIDs account for a significant percentage of patients seen in primary care settings with ab-dominal sym...

AIM The purpose of this study was to describe the occurrence of self report bloating and related factors in patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). BACKGROUND Bloating symptoms are common in patients with IBS and have significant impact on normal daily function. PATIENTS AND METHODS This study was a community-based cross-sectional survey that conducted using a valid questionnaire base...

When designing clinical trials focused on functional constipation therapies, understanding the normative values of populations selected using the Rome III criteria is important for estimating baseline symptom severity, and for power analysis and sample size calculations. The objective of this review was to determine normative ranges for stool frequency and form in adults with functional constip...

INTRODUCTION Circulating anti-CdtB/anti-vinculin antibodies have been validated as biomarkers to distinguish IBS-D from IBD, but there is no experience with them in Latin America. MATERIALS AND METHODS The analysis was carried out on patients seen at a FGIDs/motility clinic over the last 7 months for diarrhea with abdominal pain and/or bloating who were tested for these antibodies. The patien...

Aim of the research is to establish the prevalence of constipation in Osjecko-baranjska County, to establish its specific characteristics and to determine the effect of demographic, anthropometric and socioeconomic factors. It is a cross-sectional study conducted in 2010. on systematic sample of 900 subjects between 20 and 69 years of age. Every subject was sent an invitation letter and a Rome ...