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Insulin resistance is a risk factor for high blood pressure regardless of body size and fat distribution in obese children.

Maffeis C, Banzato C, Brambilla P, Cerutti F, Corciulo N, Cuccarolo G, Di Pietro M, Franzese A, Gennari M, Balsamo A, Grugni G, Iughetti L, Del Giudice EM, Petri A, Trada M, Yiannakou P; : Obesity Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology.

Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19748246 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Neutralization of a unique, negatively-charged residue in the voltage sensor of K V 7.2 subunits in a sporadic case of benign familial neonatal seizures.

Miceli F, Soldovieri MV, Lugli L, Bellini G, Ambrosino P, Migliore M, del Giudice EM, Ferrari F, Pascotto A, Taglialatela M.

Neurobiol Dis. 2009 Jun;34(3):501-10. Epub 2009 Apr 1. Erratum in: Neurobiol Dis. 2009 Aug;35(2):318. PMID: 19344764 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of pathogenetic MC4R mutations in Italian children with early onset obesity, tall stature and familial history of obesity.

Santoro N, Cirillo G, Xiang Z, Tanas R, Greggio N, Morino G, Iughetti L, Vottero A, Salvatoni A, Di Pietro M, Balsamo A, Crinò A, Grandone A, Haskell-Luevano C, Perrone L, del Giudice EM.

BMC Med Genet. 2009 Mar 12;10:25.PMID: 19284607 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

High-normal fasting glucose levels are associated with increased prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance in obese children.

Grandone A, Amato A, Luongo C, Santoro N, Perrone L, del Giudice EM.

J Endocrinol Invest. 2008 Dec;31(12):1098-102.PMID: 19246977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of the rs997509 polymorphism on the association between ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase phosphodiesterase 1 and metabolic syndrome and impaired glucose tolerance in childhood obesity.

Santoro N, Cirillo G, Lepore MG, Palma A, Amato A, Savarese P, Marzuillo P, Grandone A, Perrone L, Del Giudice EM.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jan;94(1):300-5. Epub 2008 Oct 21.PMID: 18940878 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A common CTLA4 polymorphism confers susceptibility to autoimmune thyroid disease in celiac children.

Tolone C, Cirillo G, Papparella A, Tolone S, Santoro N, Grandone A, Perrone L, del Giudice EM.

Dig Liver Dis. 2009 Jun;41(6):385-9. Epub 2008 Oct 16.PMID: 18929517 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Obesity in children and hypertension]

Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, del Giudice EM, Rea A, Natale F, Castaldi B, Gala S, Fratta F, Limongelli G, Calabrò P, Perrone L, Calabrò R.

G Ital Cardiol (Rome). 2008 Jun;9(6):394-401. Review. Italian. PMID: 18681390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Y2 receptor gene variants reduce the risk of hypertension in obese children and adolescents.

Santoro N, Del Giudice EM, Grandone A, Marzuillo P, Cozzolino D, Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Calabrò R, Perrone L.

J Hypertens. 2008 Aug;26(8):1590-4.PMID: 18622237 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Could the savory taste of snacks be a further risk factor for overweight in children?

Maffeis C, Grezzani A, Perrone L, Del Giudice EM, Saggese G, Tatò L.

J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2008 Apr;46(4):429-37.PMID: 18367957 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pontine hyperperfusion in sporadic hyperekplexia.

Vetrugno R, Mascalchi M, Vella A, Della Nave R, Guerrini L, Vattimo A, del Giudice EM, Plazzi G, D'Angelo R, Greco G, Montagna P.

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;78(9):1001-4.PMID: 17702784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Atrial myocardial deformation properties in obese nonhypertensive children.

Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Del Giudice EM, Natale F, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Rea A, Fratta F, Castaldi B, Gala S, Coppola F, Russo MG, Caso P, Perrone L, Calabro' R.

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2008 Feb;21(2):151-6. Epub 2007 Jul 12.PMID: 17628397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of the melanocortin-3 receptor C17A and G241A variants on weight loss in childhood obesity.

Santoro N, Perrone L, Cirillo G, Raimondo P, Amato A, Brienza C, Del Giudice EM.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Apr;85(4):950-3.PMID: 17413091 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do MYO9B genetic variants predispose to coeliac disease? An association study in a cohort of South Italian children.

Cirillo G, Di Domenico MR, Corsi I, Gagliardo T, Del Giudice EM, Perrone L, Tolone C.

Dig Liver Dis. 2007 Mar;39(3):228-31. Epub 2007 Jan 30.PMID: 17267307 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Low prevalence of impaired fasting glucose in obese adolescents from Southern Europe.

Grandone A, Amato A, del Giudice EM, Perrone L.

Pediatrics. 2006 Dec;118(6):2603; author reply 2603-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17142551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Abnormal myocardial deformation properties in obese, non-hypertensive children: an ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, standard echocardiographic, and strain rate imaging study.

Di Salvo G, Pacileo G, Del Giudice EM, Natale F, Limongelli G, Verrengia M, Rea A, Fratta F, Castaldi B, D'Andrea A, Calabrò P, Miele T, Coppola F, Russo MG, Caso P, Perrone L, Calabrò R.

Eur Heart J. 2006 Nov;27(22):2689-95. Epub 2006 Aug 11.PMID: 16905554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Pontine myelinolysis in a child with carbamate poisoning.

Santinelli R, Tolone C, D'Avanzo A, del Giudice EM, Perrone L, D'Avanzo M.

Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2006;44(3):327-8.PMID: 16749553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Waist circumference predicts the occurrence of sleep-disordered breathing in obese children and adolescents: a questionnaire-based study.

Carotenuto M, Bruni O, Santoro N, Del Giudice EM, Perrone L, Pascotto A.

Sleep Med. 2006 Jun;7(4):357-61. Epub 2006 May 19.PMID: 16713341 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

No evidence for association between dyslexia and DYX1C1 functional variants in a group of children and adolescents from Southern Italy.

Bellini G, Bravaccio C, Calamoneri F, Donatella Cocuzza M, Fiorillo P, Gagliano A, Mazzone D, del Giudice EM, Scuccimarra G, Militerni R, Pascotto A.

J Mol Neurosci. 2005;27(3):311-4.PMID: 16280601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Leu34Phe ProCART mutation leads to cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) deficiency: a possible cause for obesity in humans.

Yanik T, Dominguez G, Kuhar MJ, Del Giudice EM, Loh YP.

Endocrinology. 2006 Jan;147(1):39-43. Epub 2005 Oct 6.PMID: 16210370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical reactivation during lamivudine treatment correlates with mutations in the precore/core promoter and polymerase regions of hepatitis B virus in patients with anti-hepatitis B e-positive chronic hepatitis.

Marrone A, Zampino R, Karayannis P, Cirillo G, Cesaro G, Guerrera B, Ricciotti R, del Giudice EM, Utili R, Adinolfi LE, Ruggiero G.

Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2005 Oct 15;22(8):707-14.PMID: 16197491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mutational scanning of potassium, sodium and chloride ion channels in malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy.

Coppola G, Veggiotti P, Del Giudice EM, Bellini G, Longaretti F, Taglialatela M, Pascotto A.

Brain Dev. 2006 Mar;28(2):76-9. Epub 2005 Sep 15.PMID: 16168594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The N-terminal 11 amino acids of human erythrocyte band 3 are critical for aldolase binding and protein phosphorylation: implications for band 3 function.

Perrotta S, Borriello A, Scaloni A, De Franceschi L, Brunati AM, Turrini F, Nigro V, del Giudice EM, Nobili B, Conte ML, Rossi F, Iolascon A, Donella-Deana A, Zappia V, Poggi V, Anong W, Low P, Mohandas N, Della Ragione F.

Blood. 2005 Dec 15;106(13):4359-66. Epub 2005 Aug 23.PMID: 16118313 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Melanocortin-4 receptor molecular scanning and pro-opiomelanocortin R236G variant screening in binge eating disorder.

Tortorella A, Monteleone P, del Giudice EM, Cirillo G, Perrone L, Castaldo E, Maj M.

Psychiatr Genet. 2005 Sep;15(3):161. No abstract available. PMID: 16094248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improvement of glucose homeostasis after weight loss in obese children.

Santoro N, Di Nardo M, Amato A, Perrone L, del Giudice EM.

Pediatrics. 2005 May;115(5):1441; author reply 1441-2. No abstract available. PMID: 15867067 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

CART peptides: modulators of mesolimbic dopamine, feeding, and stress.

Dominguez G, Vicentic A, Del Giudice EM, Jaworski J, Hunter RG, Kuhar MJ.

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Oct;1025:363-9. Review.PMID: 15542737 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

An insertional polymorphism of the proopiomelanocortin gene is associated with fasting insulin levels in childhood obesity.

Santoro N, del Giudice EM, Cirillo G, Raimondo P, Corsi I, Amato A, Grandone A, Perrone L.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Oct;89(10):4846-9.PMID: 15472174 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

CART peptide levels are altered by a mutation associated with obesity at codon 34.

Dominguez G, del Giudice EM, Kuhar MJ.

Mol Psychiatry. 2004 Dec;9(12):1065-6. No abstract available. PMID: 15326462 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Low-protein diet and progression of retinal degeneration in gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina: a twenty-six-year follow-up.

Santinelli R, Costagliola C, Tolone C, D'Aloia A, D'Avanzo A, Prisco F, Perrone L, del Giudice EM.

J Inherit Metab Dis. 2004;27(2):187-96.PMID: 15159649 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A novel hyperekplexia-causing mutation in the pre-transmembrane segment 1 of the human glycine receptor alpha1 subunit reduces membrane expression and impairs gating by agonists.

Castaldo P, Stefanoni P, Miceli F, Coppola G, Del Giudice EM, Bellini G, Pascotto A, Trudell JR, Harrison NL, Annunziato L, Taglialatela M.

J Biol Chem. 2004 Jun 11;279(24):25598-604. Epub 2004 Apr 5.PMID: 15066993 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Core promoter mutations 3 years after anti-hepatitis B e seroconversion in patients with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis B and C infection and cancer remission.

Zampino R, Marrone A, Karayiannis P, Cirillo G, del Giudice EM, Rania G, Utili R, Ruggiero G.

Am J Gastroenterol. 2002 Sep;97(9):2426-31.PMID: 12358268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Splenectomy prolongs in vivo survival of erythrocytes differently in spectrin/ankyrin- and band 3-deficient hereditary spherocytosis.

Reliene R, Mariani M, Zanella A, Reinhart WH, Ribeiro ML, del Giudice EM, Perrotta S, Iolascon A, Eber S, Lutz HU.

Blood. 2002 Sep 15;100(6):2208-15.PMID: 12200387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sequential analysis of hepatitis B virus core promoter and precore regions in cancer survivor patients with chronic hepatitis B before, during and after interferon treatment.

Zampino R, Marrone A, Cirillo G, del Giudice EM, Utili R, Karayiannis P, Liang TJ, Ruggiero G.

J Viral Hepat. 2002 May;9(3):183-8.PMID: 12010505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Recombinant erythropoietin therapy as an alternative to blood transfusions in infants with hereditary spherocytosis.

Tchernia G, Delhommeau F, Perrotta S, Cynober T, Bader-Meunier B, Nobili B, Rohrlich P, Salomon JL, Sagot-Bevenot S, del Giudice EM, Delaunay J, DeMattia D, Schischmanoff PO, Mohandas N, Iolascon A; ESPHI working group on hemolytic anemias.

Hematol J. 2000;1(3):146-52.PMID: 11920183 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Benign familial neonatal convulsions caused by altered gating of KCNQ2/KCNQ3 potassium channels.

Castaldo P, del Giudice EM, Coppola G, Pascotto A, Annunziato L, Taglialatela M.

J Neurosci. 2002 Jan 15;22(2):RC199.PMID: 11784811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A mutation (V260M) in the middle of the M2 pore-lining domain of the glycine receptor causes hereditary hyperekplexia.

del Giudice EM, Coppola G, Bellini G, Cirillo G, Scuccimarra G, Pascotto A.

Eur J Hum Genet. 2001 Nov;9(11):873-6.PMID: 11781706 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Mutational screening of the CART gene in obese children: identifying a mutation (Leu34Phe) associated with reduced resting energy expenditure and cosegregating with obesity phenotype in a large family.

del Giudice EM, Santoro N, Cirillo G, D'Urso L, Di Toro R, Perrone L.

Diabetes. 2001 Sep;50(9):2157-60.PMID: 11522684 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Reversible erythrocyte skeleton destabilization is modulated by beta-spectrin phosphorylation in childhood leukemia.

Perrotta S, del Giudice EM, Iolascon A, De Vivo M, Di Pinto D, Cutillo S, Nobili B.

Leukemia. 2001 Mar;15(3):440-4.PMID: 11237068 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gilbert's syndrome accounts for the phenotypic variability of congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II (CDA-II).

Perrotta S, del Giudice EM, Carbone R, Servedio V, Schettini F Jr, Nobili B, Iolascon A.

J Pediatr. 2000 Apr;136(4):556-9. Review.PMID: 10753261 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Coinheritance of Gilbert syndrome increases the risk for developing gallstones in patients with hereditary spherocytosis.

del Giudice EM, Perrotta S, Nobili B, Specchia C, d'Urzo G, Iolascon A.

Blood. 1999 Oct 1;94(7):2259-62.PMID: 10498597 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Bilirubin levels in the acute hemolytic crisis of G6PD deficiency are related to Gilbert's syndrome.

Iolascon A, Faienza MF, Giordani L, Perrotta S, Ruggiu G, Meloni GF, del Giudice EM.

Eur J Haematol. 1999 May;62(5):307-10.PMID: 10359058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gilbert's syndrome and jaundice in glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficient neonates.

Iolascon A, Faienza MF, Perrotta S, Meloni GF, Ruggiu G, del Giudice EM.

Haematologica. 1999 Feb;84(2):99-102.PMID: 10091404 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Decreased band 3 anion transport activity and band 3 clusterization in congenital dyserythropoietic anemia type II.

De Franceschi L, Turrini F, del Giudice EM, Perrotta S, Olivieri O, Corrocher R, Mannu F, Iolascon A.

Exp Hematol. 1998 Aug;26(9):869-73.PMID: 9694508 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ankyrin Napoli: a de novo deletional frameshift mutation in exon 16 of ankyrin gene (ANK1) associated with spherocytosis.

del Giudice EM, Hayette S, Bozon M, Perrotta S, Alloisio N, Vallier A, Iolascon A, Delaunay J, Morlé L.

Br J Haematol. 1996 Jun;93(4):828-34.PMID: 8703812 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

p16INK4 gene deletions in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemias.

Iolasceon A, Del Giudice EM, Perrotta S, Russo GL, Oliva A, Mercurio C, Della Ragione F.

Leuk Res. 1995 Nov;19(11):883-5. No abstract available. PMID: 8551807 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Alpha I/65 hereditary elliptocytosis in southern Italy: evidence for an African origin.

del Giudice EM, Ducluzeau MT, Alloisio N, Wilmotte R, Delaunay J, Perrotta S, Cutillo S, Iolascon A.

Hum Genet. 1992 Jul;89(5):553-6.PMID: 1353056 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles