Maternal impairments in folate metabolism and elevated homocysteinemia are known risk factors for having a child with Down syndrome (DS) at a young age. The 80G>A polymorphism of the reduced folate… (More)
Several recent studies have documented that a widespread practice of dumping toxic wastes has taken place for many years in the Provinces of Naples and Caserta. Extensive programs of environmental… (More)
OBJECTIVES
Waste management in the Campania region has been characterised, since the 1980s, by widespread uncontrolled and illegal practices of waste dumping, generating concerns over the health… (More)
The possible adverse health effects associated with the residence in the neighbourhood of toxic dump sites have been the object of many epidemiological studies in the last two decades;some of these… (More)
BACKGROUND
Gaucher disease is the first lysosomal storage disease for which specific therapy became available. Over 4800 patients have been treated with enzyme replacement therapy. Analysis of… (More)
SENTIERI Project (Mortality study of residents in Italian polluted sites) studies mortality of residents in 44 sites of national interest for environmental remediation (Italian polluted sites, IPS).… (More)
Upper motor neuron (UMN) dysfunction in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is not easy to identify clinically: Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) and single-voxel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (H-MRS)… (More)
OBJECTIVE
Describing mortality of populations residing in the neighbourhoods of selected waste landfill sites and contributing to the definition of their health status.
DESIGN
Descriptive study of… (More)
INTRODUCTION
Arsenic and its inorganic compounds are classified as carcinogenic to humans. Exposures to inorganic arsenic (iAs) in drinking water are associated with both carcinogenic and… (More)
There is evidence that spontaneous blinking correlates with cognitive functions. This arises from the observation that blinking rate (BR) is modulated by arousal levels, basic cognitive processes… (More)