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List of works by Salvatore Cucchiara

A Case of Protein-Losing Enteropathy Caused by Intestinal Lymphangiectasia in a Preterm Infant

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

A New Formulation of Oral Viscous Budesonide in Treating Paediatric Eosinophilic Oesophagitis

A child with aphthae and diarrhoea

scientific article published in The Lancet

A critical appraisal of current management practices for infant regurgitation--recommendations of a working party.

scientific article published on May 1997

A distinctive 'microbial signature' in celiac pediatric patients

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A normal gastrointestinal motility excludes chronic intestinal pseudoobstruction in children

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A pediatric non-protein losing Menetrier's disease successfully treated with octreotide long acting release

scientific article published on June 2012

A potential role of Escherichia coli pathobionts in the pathogenesis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 22 March 2012

A proposition for the diagnosis and treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in children: a report from a working group on gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Working Group of the European Society of Paediatric Gastro-enterology and Nutrition (

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A randomized, prospective, comparison study of a mixture of acacia fiber, psyllium fiber, and fructose vs polyethylene glycol 3350 with electrolytes for the treatment of chronic functional constipation in childhood.

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Abnormalities of gastrointestinal motility in children with nonulcer dyspepsia and in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease

scientific article published in August 1991

Activation of NOD2-mediated intestinal pathway in a pediatric population with Crohn's disease

scientific article published in August 2009

Advances in the medical management of paediatric IBD.

scientific article published on 20 August 2013

Allergic proctocolitis refractory to maternal hypoallergenic diet in exclusively breast-fed infants: a clinical observation

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Altered expression of innate immunity genes in different intestinal sites of children with ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 7 May 2010

Altered gut-liver axis and hepatic adiponectin expression in OSAS: novel mediators of liver injury in paediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver

scientific article published on 11 June 2015

An unusual cause of rectal bleeding in a child

scientific article published on 15 June 2010

Analysis of Candidate Genes on Chromosomes 5q and 19p in Celiac Disease

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Antacids and cimetidine treatment for gastro-oesophageal reflux and peptic oesophagitis.

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Antroduodenal motor effects of intravenous erythromycin in children with abnormalities of gastrointestinal motility

scientific article published in April 1997

Apoptosis, Necrosis, and Necroptosis in the Gut and Intestinal Homeostasis

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Are ESPGHAN "biopsy-sparing" guidelines for celiac disease also suitable for asymptomatic patients?

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Association study of a polymorphism in clock gene PERIOD3 and risk of inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 10 August 2012

Atrioventricular block associated with Crohnʼs relapsing colitis in a 12-year-old child

Atypical disease phenotypes in pediatric ulcerative colitis: 5-year analyses of the EUROKIDS Registry

scientific article published in February 2013

Autoimmune Enteropathy in a 13-Year-Old Celiac Girl Successfully Treated With Infliximab

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Azathioprine in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: an Italian multicentre survey

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Barium Studies

Barrett Esophagus in Long-term Survivors of Childhood Solid Tumors

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Bifidobacteria and lactobacilli in the gut microbiome of children with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: which strains act as health players?

scientific article published on 6 September 2016

Biological therapy in a pediatric Crohn disease population at a referral center.

scientific article published in May 2014

Bowel preparations for colonoscopy: an RCT.

scientific article published on 7 July 2014

Campylobacter colitis in infants

scientific article published on 01 January 1983

Capsule endoscopy in pediatrics: a 10-years journey

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Cardiac involvement in children with IBD during infliximab therapy

scientific article published on 01 August 2006

Celiac disease in a large cohort of children and adolescents with recurrent headache: A retrospective study

scientific article published on 31 December 2015

Characterization of adherent-invasive Escherichia coli isolated from pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 12 October 2011

Chronic granulomatous disease mimicking early-onset Crohn's disease with cutaneous manifestations

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Chronic intestinal inflammation and seronegative spondyloarthropathy in children

scientific article published on 01 October 2005

Cisapride therapy for gastrointestinal disease

scientific article published on April 1996

Clinical Trials (Clinical Perspective)

Clinical Trials (Clinician Perspective)

Clinical features in familial cases of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis in Italy: a GISC study. Italian Study Group for the Disease of Colon and Rectum

scientific article published on 01 October 2001

Coeliac disease and ganglioneuroblastoma: An unusual association

Colon capsule endoscopy compared with other modalities in the evaluation of pediatric Crohn's disease of the small bowel and colon

scientific article published on 9 September 2015

Common variants at five new loci associated with early-onset inflammatory bowel disease

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Comparison between the effects of neostigmine and ranitidine on interdigestive gastroduodenal motility of patients with gastroparesis

scientific article published in January 1995

Comparison of gastric electrical activity and gastric emptying in healthy and dyspeptic children

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Consensus for managing acute severe ulcerative colitis in children: a systematic review and joint statement from ECCO, ESPGHAN, and the Porto IBD Working Group of ESPGHAN.

scientific article published on 11 January 2011

Contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging of the terminal ileum in children with Crohn's disease

scientific article published on March 2003

Crohn's-like ileo-colitis in patients affected by glycogen storage disease Ib: two years' follow-up of patients with a wide spectrum of gastrointestinal signs

scientific article published in December 2003

Current status of MR imaging in the evaluation of IBD in a pediatric population of patients

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

Detection of Crohn disease lesions of the small and large bowel in pediatric patients: diagnostic value of MR enterography versus reference examinations

Diabetes and gastrointestinal tract: the intrigue continues.

scientific article published in January 2004

Diagnosis and treatment of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction in children: report of consensus workshop

scientific article published on January 1997

Dietary treatment for regurgitation - recommendations from a working party

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

Differences in the location and activity of intestinal Crohn's disease lesions between adult and paediatric patients detected with MRI

Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate Inhibits HMGB1-Dependent Inflammation and Ameliorates Colitis in Mice

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Dipotassium glycyrrhizate via HMGB1 or AMPK signaling suppresses oxidative stress during intestinal inflammation

scientific article published on 4 August 2015

Disease course and efficacy of medical therapy in stricturing paediatric Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 05 March 2013

Disorders of oesophageal motility in children with psychomotor retardation and gastro-oesophageal reflux

scientific article published in July 1991

Docosahexanoic Acid Plus Vitamin D Treatment Improves Features of NAFLD in Children with Serum Vitamin D Deficiency: Results from a Single Centre Trial

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Dominant genotypes in mucosa-associated Escherichia coli strains from pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

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Domperidone is more effective than cisapride in children with diabetic gastroparesis.

scientific article published in May 2002

Drug Development

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Dual vs. triple therapy for childhood Helicobacter pylori gastritis: a double-blind randomized multicentre trial

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ESPGHAN revised porto criteria for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents

scientific article published on June 2014

Effect of cisapride on chronic idiopathic constipation in children

scientific article published on 01 June 1991

Effects of Disease Activity on Anti–Saccharomyces cerevisiae Antibodies

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Effects of omeprazole on mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux in childhood.

scientific article published in February 1997

Efficacy and tolerability of peg-only laxative on faecal impaction and chronic constipation in children. A controlled double blind randomized study vs a standard peg-electrolyte laxative

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Efficacy and tolerability of α-galactosidase in treating gas-related symptoms in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial.

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Efficacy of adalimumab in moderate-to-severe pediatric Crohn's disease.

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Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response are involved in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 19 June 2014

Enteroscopy in paediatric Crohn's disease

scientific article published on September 2012

Epicardial oesophageal duplication with hiatal hernia in a case of Turner's syndrome

scientific article published on 01 January 1983

Esophageal motor abnormalities in children with gastroesophageal reflux and peptic esophagitis

scientific article published on 01 June 1986

Evolution of gastric electrical features and gastric emptying in children with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy

scientific article published in March 2005

Fasting Neurotensin Levels in Pediatric Celiac Disease Compared with a Control Cohort

scientific article published on 22 February 2020

Fasting and postprandial mechanisms of gastroesophageal reflux in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease

scientific article published in January 1993

Fecal HMGB1 Is a Novel Marker of Intestinal Mucosal Inflammation in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

scholarly article by Roberta Vitali et al published 26 July 2011 in The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Gastric electrical dysrhythmias (tachygastria and tachyarrhythmia) in a girl with chronic intractable vomiting

scientific article published on 01 February 1986

Gastric emptying and myoelectrical activity in children with nonulcer dyspepsia

scientific article published on 01 July 1995

Gastric emptying delay and gastric electrical derangement in IDDM.

scientific article published in March 1998

Gastrointestinal transit time, frequency of defecation, and anorectal manometry in healthy and constipated children

scientific article published in March 1985

Gender-stratified analysis of DLG5 R30Q in 4707 patients with Crohn disease and 4973 controls from 12 Caucasian cohorts

scientific article published on 10 August 2007

Gestational maturation of electrical activity of the stomach.

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Gluten-free Sourdough Wheat Baked Goods Appear Safe for Young Celiac Patients: A Pilot Study

Gut Microbiota Dysbiosis as Risk and Premorbid Factors of IBD and IBS Along the Childhood-Adulthood Transition

scientific article published on 21 October 2015

Gut-associated bacterial microbiota in paediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

scientific article published on 28 April 2006

Headache and recurrent abdominal pain: a controlled study by the means of the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL).

scientific article published in March 2007

Helicobacter pylori infection and follicular gastritis in childhood

scientific article published on 01 June 1994

Higher prevalence and abundance of Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus in the human gut of healthy subjects

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Human Polyomavirus JC monitoring and noncoding control region analysis in dynamic cohorts of individuals affected by immune-mediated diseases under treatment with biologics: an observational study

scientific article published on 30 September 2013

Human herpes virus-6 chromosomal integration misled the management of Crohn's disease.

scientific article published on 6 June 2011

Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy associated with coeliac disease: the effect of a gluten-free diet on cardiac performance.

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Incidence in pediatric IBD is rising: Help from health administrative data

scientific article published on November 4, 2010

Increased Concentrations of Eosinophilic Cationic Protein in Whole-Gut Lavage Fluid From Children With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

scientific article published on 01 February 1999

Increased Levels of Prostaglandins and Nitric Oxide in Esophageal Mucosa of Children with Reflux Esophagitis

scientific article published on 01 February 1998

Inflammation Is The Main Determinant of Low Bone Mineral Density in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Inflammation of the gastric cardia in children with symptoms of acid peptic disease

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Inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents in Italy: data from the pediatric national IBD register (1996-2003).

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Infliximab for pediatric ulcerative colitis: a retrospective Italian multicenter study.

scientific article published in July 2008

Infliximab heals intestinal inflammatory lesions and restores growth in children with Crohn's disease

scientific article published in May 2004

Intraepithelial cells with irregular nuclear contours as a marker of esophagitis in children with gastroesophageal reflux disease

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Intralesional steroid injection after endoscopic balloon dilation in pediatric Crohn's disease with stricture: a prospective, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

scientific article published on 16 October 2010

Introduction: First International Symposium on: pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: September 16-18, 2003; Irvington, Virginia, U.S.A.

scientific article published in April 2005

Investigation of small bowel in pediatric Crohn's disease.

scientific article published on 24 January 2012

Iron malabsorption in giardiasis

Krill oil reduces intestinal inflammation by improving epithelial integrity and impairing adherent-invasive Escherichia coli pathogenicity

scientific article published on 28 September 2015

LPS-induced TNF-α factor mediates pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrogenic pattern in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

scientific article published on 8 October 2015

Lack of clinical predictors for low mineral density in children with celiac disease

scientific article published in December 2014

Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC55730 in cystic fibrosis

scientific article published in January 2014

Lactoferrin prevents invasion and inflammatory response following E. coli strain LF82 infection in experimental model of Crohn's disease.

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Letter: atherosclerosis and coeliac disease--another feature of the changing paradigm?

scientific article published in September 2013

Letter: coeliac disease and ischaemic heart disease--a true additional risk factor?

scientific article published in June 2013

Letter: follow-up practices in coeliac disease - intestinal biopsy after child-to-adult transition might be useful

Limitations of Fecal Calprotectin At Diagnosis in Untreated Pediatric Crohnʼs Disease

scholarly article by Ron Shaoul et al published August 2012 in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Loci on 20q13 and 21q22 are associated with pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease

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Long-term safety of immunomodulators in pediatric inflammatory diseases

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MR enterography versus capsule endoscopy in paediatric patients with suspected Crohn’s disease

Magnetic resonance enterography, small-intestine contrast US, and capsule endoscopy to evaluate the small bowel in pediatric Crohn's disease: a prospective, blinded, comparison study

scientific article published on 10 August 2014

Malignancy and mortality in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a multinational study from the porto pediatric IBD group

scientific article published on February 2014

Management of pediatric ulcerative colitis: joint ECCO and ESPGHAN evidence-based consensus guidelines

scientific article published on September 2012

Managing paediatric acute severe ulcerative colitis according to the 2011 ECCO-ESPGHAN guidelines: Efficacy of infliximab as a rescue therapy.

scientific article published on 4 February 2015

Mapping histologic patchiness of celiac disease by push enteroscopy.

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Methotrexate in paediatric ulcerative colitis: a retrospective survey at a single tertiary referral centre

scientific article published on 16 August 2010

Microevolution in fimH gene of mucosa-associated Escherichia coli strains isolated from pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 30 January 2012

Morphea, an unusual side effect of anti-TNF-alpha treatment

scientific article published on 19 March 2010

Motility Disorders in Childhood: Working Group Report of the First World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

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Mucosal NOD2 expression and NF-κB activation in pediatric Crohnʼs disease

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Mucosal cytokine profiles in paediatric eosinophilic oesophagitis: A case-control study

NKG2D/Ligand dysregulation and functional alteration of innate immunity cell populations in pediatric IBD

NOD2 Is Regulated By Mir-320 in Physiological Conditions but this Control Is Altered in Inflamed Tissues of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease

scientific article published on 8 January 2016

NOD2 induces autophagy to control AIEC bacteria infectiveness in intestinal epithelial cells

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Narrow band imaging combined with water immersion technique in the diagnosis of celiac disease.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Natural history of pancreatic involvement in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Necroptosis is active in children with inflammatory bowel disease and contributes to heighten intestinal inflammation

scientific article published on 10 December 2013

Neuroimmune interaction and anorectal motility in children with food allergy-related chronic constipation.

scientific article published on 20 January 2009

Neuroimmune interactions at different intestinal sites are related to abdominal pain symptoms in children with IBS.

scientific article

New challenges in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

New insights into the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease: transcription factors analysis in bioptic tissues from pediatric patients

scientific article published on March 2011

Non-acid gastro-oesophageal reflux in children with suspected pulmonary aspiration

scientific article published on 29 July 2009

Nutritional challenge in pseudo-obstruction: the bridge between motility and nutrition.

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Oesophageal mucosal intercellular space diameter and reflux pattern in childhood erosive and non-erosive reflux disease.

scientific article published on 10 September 2012

Optical coherence tomography in children with coeliac disease

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Paediatric ulcerative colitis surgery: Italian survey

scientific article published on 19 April 2015

Paediatric ulcerative colitis—can we predict proctocolectomy?

Pathogenesis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases and the risk of lymphoma: should we revise our treatment strategies?

scientific article published on March 2009

Pediatric onset Crohnʼs colitis is characterized by genotype-dependent age-related susceptibility

scientific article published on 01 December 2007

Peripheral and intestinal CD4+ T cells with a regulatory phenotype in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

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Phenotype and disease course of early-onset pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

Plasma high mobility group box 1 protein reflects fibrosis in pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

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Pneumatic balloon dilation in pediatric achalasia: efficacy and factors predicting outcome at a single tertiary pediatric gastroenterology center.

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

Polymeric Diet Alone Versus Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Active Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: A Randomized Controlled Open-Label Trial

scientific article published on 06 May 2006

Polymorphism of the IRGM Gene Might Predispose to Fistulizing Behavior in Crohn's Disease

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Polymorphisms of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α but Not MDR1 Influence Response to Medical Therapy in Pediatric-Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Polyomavirus JC reactivation and noncoding control region sequence analysis in pediatric Crohn's disease patients treated with infliximab.

scientific article published on 6 May 2011

Portal hypertension and celiac disease: A true association?

article by Federica Ferrari et al published 26 April 2015 in Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Predicting the Durability of Biological Therapy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: Do the Immunomodulators Matter?

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Premature subclinical atherosclerosis in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

scientific article published on 10 May 2012

Presenting features and disease course of pediatric ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 11 April 2013

Primary sclerosing cholangitis preceding Crohn's disease in a child with Down's syndrome

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Prospective Evaluation of the Achievement of Mucosal Healing with Anti-TNF-α Therapy in a Paediatric Crohn's Disease Cohort

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Prospective randomized double-blind trial of racecadotril compared with loperamide in elderly people with gastroenteritis living in nursing homes

scientific article published on 10 November 2009

RETRACTED: Gut microbiota and pediatric disease.

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RETRACTED: Interactions between intestinal microbiota and innate immune system in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

scientific article published in October 2012

RETRACTED: The microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease in different age groups

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Randomised clinical trial: the effectiveness of Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730 rectal enema in children with active distal ulcerative colitis

scientific article published on 8 December 2011

Rectal prolapse in a child with cow’s milk allergy

Regulation of the T helper cell type 1 transcription factor T-bet in coeliac disease mucosa

scientific article published on August 2004

Replication of interleukin 23 receptor and autophagy-related 16-like 1 association in adult- and pediatric-onset inflammatory bowel disease in Italy

scientific article published on August 2008

Results of the laparoscopic Heller-Dor procedure for pediatric esophageal achalasia

scientific article published on 15 August 2003

Reversal of gastric electrical dysrhythmias by cisapride in children with functional dyspepsia. Report of three cases

scientific article published in July 1992

Role of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children With Unexplained Chronic Cough

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Role of HMGB1 as a suitable biomarker of subclinical intestinal inflammation and mucosal healing in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

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Screening Celiac Disease in At-risk Groups

Second-generation colon capsule endoscopy vs. colonoscopy in pediatric ulcerative colitis: a pilot study.

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Sequential evaluation of thiopurine methyltransferase, inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase, and HPRT1 genes polymorphisms to explain thiopurines' toxicity and efficacy

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Short- and long-term therapeutic efficacy of nutritional therapy and corticosteroids in paediatric Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 18 November 2005

Size and dynamics of mucosal and peripheral IL-17A+ T-cell pools in pediatric age, and their disturbance in celiac disease

scientific article published on 9 May 2012

Small Intestine Contrast Ultrasonography in Pediatric Crohn's Disease

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Small bowel cleansing for capsule endoscopy in paediatric patients: a prospective randomized single-blind study

scientific article published on 14 September 2013

Tacrolimus and food allergy

scientific article published in December 2003

The Challenge of Treatment in Potential Celiac Disease

scientific article published on 20 October 2019

The Identification and Pharmacological Characterization of 6-(tert-Butylsulfonyl)-N-(5-fluoro-1H-indazol-3-yl)quinolin-4-amine (GSK583), a Highly Potent and Selective Inhibitor of RIP2 Kinase

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The Infant Gastroesophageal Reflux Questionnaire Revised: Development and Validation as an Evaluative Instrument

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The London Position Statement of the World Congress of Gastroenterology on Biological Therapy for IBD with the European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation: pregnancy and pediatrics

scientific article published on 14 December 2010

The anti-deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies unmask celiac disease in small children with chronic diarrhoea

The association of MYO9B gene in Italian patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

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The role of cisapride in the treatment of pediatric gastroesophageal reflux. The European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

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The use of ciclosporin in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease: an Italian experience

scientific article published in August 2002

To the Editor:

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Treatment of esophageal achalasia in children: Today and tomorrow

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Ultrasonography of the colon in pediatric ulcerative colitis: a prospective, blind, comparative study with colonoscopy.

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Ultrasound measurement of gastric emptying time in patients with cystic fibrosis and effect of ranitidine on delayed gastric emptying

scientific article published on 01 April 1996

Use of Imaging Techniques in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases That Minimize Radiation Exposure

scientific article published on July 2015

Use of Placebo in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Position Paper From ESPGHAN, ECCO, PIBDnet, and the Canadian Children IBD Network

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Usefulness of single-balloon enteroscopy in pediatric Crohn's disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Usefulness of wireless capsule endoscopy in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Variants at the 3p21 locus influence susceptibility and phenotype both in adults and early-onset patients with inflammatory bowel disease

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Vertebral Fractures and Increased Sensitivity to Corticosteroids in a Child With Ulcerative Colitis

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Video: argon plasma coagulator in a 2-month-old child with tracheoesophageal fistula

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“New drugs: Kids come first”: Children should be included in trials of new biological treatments