Context: Metabolic syndrome shows clustered metabolic abnormalities with major roles for
insulin resistance and obesity. Ghrelin is a gastric hormone whose total plasma concentration …

Objectives: It is important to recognize osteonecrosis of the jaws in patients treated with
bisphosphonates because an early diagnosis can make a significant difference to the outcome of …

Aim To investigate the prevalence of amyloid cardiomyopathy (AC) and the diagnostic
accuracy of echocardiographic red flags of AC among consecutive adult patients undergoing …

Endovenous bisphosphonate therapy seems associated with osteonecrosis of the jaw. The
aim of this study was to evaluate the additional diagnostic value of hybrid SPECT/CT in 99m …

Over the last several years, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been isolated from
different tissues following a variety of different procedures. Here, we comparatively assess the …

J Oral Pathol Med (2010) 39: 390–396 The aim of this study was to evaluate a novel animal
model of bisphosphonates‐associated osteonecrosis, which realistically recapitulates the …

Aims Members of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family are among the most
promising cytokines to induce neovascularization of ischaemic tissues; however, their …

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merlo79@ gmail. com† The first two authors contributed equally as first authors.‡ The last two …

The epidemiology of cardiac amyloidosis (CA), traditionally considered a rare and incurable
disease, has changed drastically over the last ten years, particularly due to the advances in …

Abdominal aortic graft infections (AGIs) occur in 1–5% of aortic prosthetic placements. It can
result in limb amputation, pseudo-aneurysm formation, septic emboli, aorto-enteric fistulae, …