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List of works by Carolina Di Somma

A Community-Based, Technology-Supported Health Service for Detecting and Preventing Frailty among Older Adults: A Participatory Design Development Process.

scientific article published on 5 August 2015

A reappraisal of diagnosing GH deficiency in adults: role of gender, age, waist circumference, and body mass index

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Circulating Levels of Sirtuin 4 in Obese Patients: A Novel Association

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Allergy to ergot-derived dopamine agonists

scientific article published in The Lancet

Alteration of the growth hormone axis, visceral fat dysfunction, and early cardiometabolic risk in adults: the role of the visceral adiposity index

scientific article published on 09 November 2014

Analysis of characteristics and outcomes by growth hormone treatment duration in adult patients in the Italian cohort of the Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study (HypoCCS).

scientific article published on 13 March 2018

Association between Mediterranean diet and hand grip strength in older adult women

scientific article published on 3 April 2018

Beneficial treatment with risedronate in long-term survivors after allogeneic stem cell transplantation for hematological malignancies

scientific article published on 30 September 2003

Beyond waist circumference in an adult male population of Southern Italy: Is there any role for subscapular skinfold thickness in the relationship between insulin-like growth factor-I system and metabolic parameters?

scientific article published on 09 July 2012

Bioelectrical phase angle and psoriasis: a novel association with psoriasis severity, quality of life and metabolic syndrome

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

Bisphenol A in polycystic ovary syndrome and its association with liver-spleen axis.

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Bone demineralization and vertebral fractures in endogenous cortisol excess: role of disease etiology and gonadal status

scientific article published on 7 March 2006

Bone marker and bone density responses to dopamine agonist therapy in hyperprolactinemic males

scientific article published on 01 March 1998

Bone mineral density in acromegaly: the effect of gender, disease activity and gonadal status

scientific article published in June 2003

CV 205–502 in the treatment of tumoral and non-tumoral hyperprolactinemic states

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation. Myths and Realities with Regard to Cardiovascular Risk

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

Cardiovascular consequences of early-onset growth hormone excess

scientific article published in July 2002

Cardiovascular risk factors and common carotid artery caliber and stiffness in patients with Cushing's disease during active disease and 1 year after disease remission

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Cardiovascular risk in adult hypopituitaric patients with growth hormone deficiency: is there a role for vitamin D?

scientific article published on 29 October 2015

Central diabetes insipidus and autoimmunity: relationship between the occurrence of antibodies to arginine vasopressin-secreting cells and clinical, immunological, and radiological features in a large cohort of patients with central diabetes insipid

scientific article published in April 2003

Changes in insulin levels following 6-month treatment with recombinant human growth hormone in growth hormone-deficient adults

scientific article published on 17 July 2009

Characteristics and outcomes of Italian patients from the observational, multicentre, hypopituitary control and complications study (HypoCCS) according to tertiles of growth hormone peak concentration following stimulation testing at study entry.

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Cinacalcet hydrochloride in combination with alendronate normalizes hypercalcemia and improves bone mineral density in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism

scientific article published on 29 March 2011

Clinical and prognostic implications of the genetic diagnosis of hereditary NET syndromes in asymptomatic patients

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

Clinical outcome and evidence of high rate post-surgical anterior hypopituitarism in a cohort of TSH-secreting adenoma patients: Might somatostatin analogs have a role as first-line therapy?

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Coffee consumption, metabolic syndrome and clinical severity of psoriasis: good or bad stuff?

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Combined biological therapy with lanreotide autogel and cabergoline in the treatment of MEN-1-related insulinomas

scientific article published on 03 January 2014

Common carotid intima-media thickness in growth hormone (GH)-deficient adolescents: a prospective study after GH withdrawal and restarting GH replacement

scientific article published on 15 February 2005

Cortisol and the muscle-bone axis: response to comments by Molfino et al

scientific article published on 06 March 2015

Cut-off limits of the GH response to GHRH plus arginine test and IGF-I levels for the diagnosis of GH deficiency in late adolescents and young adults

scientific article published in December 2007

Detection of antipituitary and antihypothalamus antibodies to investigate the role of pituitary or hypothalamic autoimmunity in patients with selective idiopathic hypopituitarism

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Diagnostic reliability of a single IGF-I measurement in 237 adults with total anterior hypopituitarism and severe GH deficiency

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Does a Gender-Related Effect of Growth Hormone (GH) Replacement Exist on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiac Morphology, and Performance and Atherosclerosis? Results of a Two-Year Open, Prospective Study in Young Adult Men and Women with Severe GH D

scientific article published on 28 June 2005

Does the age of onset of growth hormone deficiency affect cardiac performance? A radionuclide angiography study.

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Dopamine receptor expression and function in clinically nonfunctioning pituitary tumors: comparison with the effectiveness of cabergoline treatment

scientific article published in April 2004

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF RADIOFREQUENCY THERMAL ABLATION IN THE TREATMENT OF THYROID NODULES WITH PRESSURE SYMPTOMS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Early vascular alterations in acromegaly

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Effect of 2 years of cortisol normalization on the impaired bone mass and turnover in adolescent and adult patients with Cushing's disease: a prospective study

scientific article published in March 2003

Effect of corticotrophin-releasing hormone on arginine vasopressin and atrial natriuretic factor in patients with Cushing's disease

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Effect of growth hormone (GH) and/or testosterone replacement on the prostate in GH-deficient adult patients

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Effectiveness of chronic treatment with alendronate in the osteoporosis of Cushing's disease

scientific article published in May 1998

Endocrine Aspects of Environmental "Obesogen" Pollutants

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Endocrine changes (beyond diabetes) after bariatric surgery in adult life.

scientific article published on 27 February 2013

Endocrine disorders during the first year after autologous stem-cell transplant

scientific article published in June 2005

Environmental Risk Factors in Psoriasis: The Point of View of the Nutritionist

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Evaluation of function and structure of arterial wall in girls and young women with Turner syndrome

scientific article published on 02 April 2015

Evaluation of the retinal nerve fibre layer and ganglion cell complex thickness in pituitary macroadenomas without optic chiasmal compression.

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Flavor perception test: evaluation in patients with Kallmann syndrome

scientific article published on 25 July 2015

GH and IGF-I deficiency are associated with reduced loss of fat mass after laparoscopic-adjustable silicone gastric banding

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Growth hormone excess with onset in adolescence: clinical appearance and long-term treatment outcome

scientific article published on 27 March 2007

Growth hormone response to arginine test differentiates between two subgroups of Huntington's disease patients

scientific article published on 30 September 2010

Growth hormone treatment of adolescents with growth hormone deficiency (GHD) during the transition period: results of a survey among adult and paediatric endocrinologists from Italy. Endorsed by SIEDP/ISPED, AME, SIE, SIMA.

scientific article published on 2 November 2014

Growth hormone treatment on atherosclerosis: results of a 5-year open, prospective, controlled study in male patients with severe growth hormone deficiency

scientific article published in July 2008

Growth hormone treatment prevents loss of lean mass after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese patients: results of a pilot, open, prospective, randomized, controlled study

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Hepatic steatosis in overweight/obese females: new screening method for those at risk

scientific article published on December 2009

High Prevalence of Cardiac Valve Disease in Acromegaly: An Observational, Analytical, Case-Control Study

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Hormone levels and tumour size response to quinagolide and cabergoline in patients with prolactin-secreting and clinically non-functioning pituitary adenomas: predictive value of pituitary scintigraphy with 123I-methoxybenzamide.

scientific article published on April 2000

Hypovitaminosis D in adolescents living in the land of sun is correlated with incorrect life style: a survey study in Campania region

scientific article published on 21 November 2014

Hypovitaminosis D: a novel risk factor for coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetes?

scientific article published on 01 May 2015

IGF system and peripheral arterial disease: relationship with disease severity and inflammatory status of the affected limb

scientific article published on 10 April 2008

Impact of adult growth hormone deficiency on metabolic profile and cardiovascular risk [Review].

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Impairment of bone status in patients with central diabetes insipidus

scientific article published in July 1998

Improved cardiovascular risk factors and cardiac performance after 12 months of growth hormone (GH) replacement in young adult patients with GH deficiency

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Increased arterial intima-media thickness by B-M mode echodoppler ultrasonography in acromegaly

scientific article published in April 2001

Increased prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in patients successfully treated for Cushing's disease

scientific article published on 01 July 2000

Influence of nutrition on somatotropic axis: Milk consumption in adult individuals with moderate-severe obesity

scientific article published on 18 December 2015

Insulin resistance and acne: a new risk factor for men?

scientific article published on 25 March 2012

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I and IGF-binding protein-3 serum levels in relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis patients

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency determines increased intima-media thickness at common carotid arteries in adult patients with growth hormone deficiency

scientific article published in September 2004

Is there any gender difference in epidemiology, clinical presentation and co-morbidities of non-functioning pituitary adenomas? A prospective survey of a National Referral Center and review of the literature

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Lack of change in insulin levels as a biological marker of PAI-1 lowering in GH-deficient adults on r-HGH replacement therapy

scientific article published on 20 August 2009

Left ventricular mass and function in children with GH deficiency before and during 12 months GH replacement therapy

scientific article published in May 2004

Liver-spleen axis, insulin-like growth factor-(IGF)-I axis and fat mass in overweight/obese females

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Low serum vitamin D-status, air pollution and obesity: A dangerous liaison.

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Low vitamin D status and obesity: Role of nutritionist

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Mediterranean Diet and Phase Angle in a Sample of Adult Population: Results of a Pilot Study

scientific article published on 17 February 2017

Nephrolithiasis in Cushing's disease: prevalence, etiopathogenesis, and modification after disease cure

scientific article published in May 2003

Novel therapeutic targets in metabolic disorders: from the bench to the bedside.

scientific article published on 13 May 2014

Nutrition and psoriasis: is there any association between the severity of the disease and adherence to the Mediterranean diet?

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Nutrition, inflammation and liver-spleen axis.

scientific article published on 11 August 2017

Nutrition: a key environmental dietary factor in clinical severity and cardio-metabolic risk in psoriatic male patients evaluated by 7-day food-frequency questionnaire

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Obesity and sleep disturbance: the chicken or the egg?

scientific article published on 18 October 2018

Occurrence of GH deficiency in adult patients who underwent neurosurgery in the hypothalamus-pituitary area for non-functioning tumour masses

scientific article published in April 2003

Osteoporosis across chronic liver disease.

scientific article published on 4 February 2016

Osteoporosis drugs in real-world clinical practice: an analysis of persistence.

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Patient empowerment and the Mediterranean diet as a possible tool to tackle prediabetes associated with overweight or obesity: a pilot study

scientific article published on 14 January 2019

Phase Angle: A Possible Biomarker to Quantify Inflammation in Subjects with Obesity and 25(OH)D Deficiency

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Potential role of cinacalcet hydrochloride in sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism without surgery indication

scientific article published on 15 August 2014

Preliminary data on the relationship between circulating levels of Sirtuin 4, anthropometric and metabolic parameters in obese subjects according to growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 status

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Preliminary results demonstrating the impact of Mediterranean diet on bone health

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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in moderately-severely obese subjects with and without growth hormone deficiency

scientific article published on 30 September 2009

Prolactinomas in adolescents: persistent bone loss after 2 years of prolactin normalization.

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Protein C and protein S changes in GH-deficient adults on r-HGH replacement therapy

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Reevaluation of growth hormone (GH) secretion in 69 adults diagnosed as GH-deficient patients during childhood

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Relationship between growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 axis integrity and voluntary weight loss after gastric banding surgery for severe obesity.

scientific article published on 28 July 2009

Relationships between serum IGF1 levels, blood pressure, and glucose tolerance: an observational, exploratory study in 404 subjects

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Residual pituitary function after brain injury-induced hypopituitarism: a prospective 12-month study

scientific article published on 6 September 2005

Role of pituitary dysfunction on cardiovascular risk in primary empty sella patients.

scientific article published on 6 May 2013

Second-line sunitinib as a feasible approach for iodine-refractory differentiated thyroid cancer after the failure of first-line sorafenib

scientific article published on 11 October 2014

Self-Assessment of Adherence to Medication: A Case Study in Campania Region Community-Dwelling Population.

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Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels, phosphoprotein enriched in diabetes gene product (PED/PEA-15) and leptin-to-adiponectin ratio in women with PCOS

scientific article published on 23 November 2011

Severe impairment of bone mass and turnover in Cushing's disease: comparison between childhood-onset and adulthood-onset disease

scientific article published in February 2002

Sex Differences of Vitamin D Status across BMI Classes: An Observational Prospective Cohort Study

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Short-term effects of growth hormone (GH) treatment or deprivation on cardiovascular risk parameters and intima-media thickness at carotid arteries in patients with severe GH deficiency

scientific article published on 25 January 2005

Six months of treatment with cabergoline restores sexual potency in hyperprolactinemic males: an open longitudinal study monitoring nocturnal penile tumescence

scientific article published in February 2004

Somatostatin Analogs in Treatment of Non-Growth Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2003

Somatotropic Axis and Obesity: Is There Any Role for the Mediterranean Diet?

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Source and amount of carbohydrate in the diet and inflammation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

scientific article published on 23 July 2018

Spinal deformity index in patients with type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 11 December 2012

Spine abnormalities and damage in patients cured from Cushing's disease

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The Circulating Level of FABP3 Is an Indirect Biomarker of MicroRNA-1 ⬇️

scientific article published on November 7, 2012

The GH-IGF system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: correlations between pituitary GH secretion capacity, insulin-like growth factors and clinical features

scientific article published on 7 December 2009

The Sun's Vitamin in Adult Patients Affected by Prader-Willi Syndrome

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

The cardiovascular risk of GH-deficient adolescents

scientific article published in August 2002

The cardiovascular risk of adult GH deficiency (GHD) improved after GH replacement and worsened in untreated GHD: a 12-month prospective study

scientific article published in March 2002

The cardiovascular system in growth hormone excess and growth hormone deficiency

scientific article published on November 12, 2012

The complex relationship between obesity and the somatropic axis: the long and winding road.

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The cut-off limits of the GH response to GH-releasing hormone-arginine test related to body mass index

scientific article published in August 2005

The efficacy of liver biopsy under ultrasonographic guidance on an outpatient basis

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

The growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor axis in glycogen storage disease type 1: evidence of different growth patterns and insulin-like growth factor levels in patients with glycogen storage disease type 1a and 1b.

scientific article published on 21 December 2009

The lullaby of the sun: the role of vitamin D in sleep disturbance

scientific article published on 24 November 2018

The natural history of partial growth hormone deficiency in adults: a prospective study on the cardiovascular risk and atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 14 March 2006

The severity of growth hormone deficiency correlates with the severity of cardiac impairment in 100 adult patients with hypopituitarism: an observational, case-control study

scientific article published in December 2004

Traumatic brain injury and subarachnoid haemorrhage are conditions at high risk for hypopituitarism: screening study at 3 months after the brain injury

scientific article published in September 2004

Trimethylamine N-oxide, Mediterranean diet, and nutrition in healthy, normal-weight adults: also a matter of sex?

scientific article published on 24 November 2018

Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) as Novel Potential Biomarker of Early Predictors of Metabolic Syndrome

Ultrasound-Guided Laser Thermal Ablation in the Treatment of Autonomous Hyperfunctioning Thyroid Nodules and Compressive Nontoxic Nodular Goiter ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Usefulness of CV 205-502 in a case of allergy to ergot-derived drugs

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Usefulness of different biochemical markers of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) family in diagnosing growth hormone excess and deficiency in adults

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Validity of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis to Estimate Body Composition Changes After Bariatric Surgery in Premenopausal Morbidly Women

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Vitamin D and Neurological Diseases: An Endocrine View

scientific article published on 21 November 2017

Vitamin D and cancer.

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Vitamin D and its role in psoriasis: An overview of the dermatologist and nutritionist.

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Vitamin D and sleep regulation: is there a role for vitamin D?

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Vitamin-D & prediabetes: a promising ménage in the Indian Scenario

scientific article published on December 2013

Water intake keeps type 2 diabetes away? Focus on copeptin

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Withdrawal of long-term cabergoline therapy for tumoral and nontumoral hyperprolactinemia

scientific article published in November 2003

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