List of works by Pietro Vajro

A 360-degree overview of paediatric NAFLD: recent insights.

scientific article published on 10 December 2012

A ZFYVE19 gene mutation associated with neonatal cholestasis and cilia dysfunction: case report with a novel pathogenic variant

scientific article published on 14 April 2021

A case of galactosemia misdiagnosed as cow's milk intolerance

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A practical approach to the child with abnormal liver tests

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Alagille syndrome: an overview

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Alterations of the autoimmune regulator transcription factor and failure of central tolerance: APECED as a model

scientific article published on January 2013

Aminotransferases and muscular diseases: a disregarded lesson. Case reports and review of the literature

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

Analgesic effects of breast- and formula feeding during routine childhood immunizations up to 1 year of age

scientific article published on 11 May 2020

Atypical Celiac Disease Presenting as Obesity-Related Liver Dysfunction

scientific article published on 01 September 2001

Autoantibodies against CYP-2C19: A Novel Serum Marker in Pediatric De Novo Autoimmune Hepatitis?

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Autoimmune hepatitis: current knowledge

scientific article published on 18 April 2012

Autoimmune liver disease associated with celiac disease in childhood: a multicenter study.

scientific article published on 7 February 2008

Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy candidiasis ectodermal dystrophy: insights into genotype-phenotype correlation

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Betamethasone therapy in ataxia telangiectasia: unraveling the rationale of this serendipitous observation on the basis of the pathogenesis.

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Brain abscess due to Klebsiella pneumoniae in a liver-transplanted child.

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Breastfeeding and NAFLD from the maternal side of the mother-infant dyad

scientific article published on 07 November 2018

Celiac disease-associated autoimmune hepatitis in childhood: long-term response to treatment

scientific article published in June 2013

Cerebellar vermis defect, oligophrenia, congenital ataxia, and hepatic fibrocirrhosis without coloboma and renal abnormalities: report of three cases.

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Characterization and burden of Campania children health migration across Italian regions during years 2006-2010: chance and/or necessity?

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Characterization of liver involvement in defects of cholesterol biosynthesis: long-term follow-up and review.

scientific article published in January 2005

Children unresponsive to hepatitis B virus vaccination also need celiac disease testing

scientific article published in October 2012

Cholestatic jaundice in infancy: struggling with many old and new phenotypes

scientific article published on 17 July 2019

Citrin deficiency: learn more, and don't forget to add it to the list of neonatal cholestasis and the NASH trash bin

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Clinical features and genotype-phenotype correlations in children with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 related to ABCB4 mutations.

scientific article published in January 2011

Clinical utility of electrophysiological evaluation in Crigler-Najjar syndrome

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Clinicians should remain vigilant for biliary atresia as early diagnosis and surgery are vital

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Correction of phenylketonuria after liver transplantation in a child with cirrhosis

scientific article published on 01 July 1993

Cryptogenic liver disease in four children: a novel congenital disorder of glycosylation

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Diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children and adolescents: position paper of the ESPGHAN Hepatology Committee

scientific article published on 01 May 2012

Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy presenting as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

scientific article published on 01 October 2011

Effects of Lactobacillus rhamnosus Strain GG in Pediatric Obesity-related Liver Disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Effects of postoperative cholestyramine and phenobarbital administration on bile flow restoration in infants with extrahepatic biliary atresia

scientific article published on 01 April 1986

Elevated serum aminotransferase activity as an early manifestation of gluten-sensitive enteropathy

scientific article published on 01 March 1993

Emerging pathomechanisms involved in obesity

scientific article published in January 2015

Epidemiological profile of 806 Italian children with hepatitis C virus infection over a 15-year period

scientific article published on 26 January 2007

Etiology, presenting features and outcome of children with non-cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis: A multicentre national study.

scientific article published on 6 March 2019

Fatty liver disease and hypertransaminasemia hiding the association of clinically silent Duchenne muscular dystrophy and hereditary fructose intolerance

scientific article published on 31 October 2012

Features and outcome of autoimmune hepatitis type 2 presenting with isolated positivity for anti-liver cytosol antibody

scientific article published in September 2004

Fulminant hepatitis in an Italian infant with visceral leishmaniasis

scientific article published on January 1, 1992

Gamma interferon release assays for diagnosis of tuberculosis infection in immune-compromised children in a country in which the prevalence of tuberculosis is low.

scientific article published on 6 May 2009

Gas chromatographic quantitation of breath hydrogen and carbon monoxide for clinical investigation in adults and in children

scientific article published on 01 September 1983

Genetic prothrombotic risk factors in children with extrahepatic portal vein obstruction

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

Genotype-phenotype correlation in Italian children with Wilson's disease

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Gut-liver axis and probiotics: their role in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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HHH syndrome (hyperornithinaemia, hyperammonaemia, homocitrullinuria), with fulminant hepatitis-like presentation

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplanted patients compared with a chronic liver disease group

scientific article published on 11 September 2013

Hepatitis B virus and the paediatric liver: waiting for news on the horizon

scientific article published on 13 March 2019

Hepatitis B virus infection in native versus immigrant or adopted children in Italy following the compulsory vaccination.

scientific article published in August 2001

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotypes in 373 Italian children with HCV infection: changing distribution and correlation with clinical features and outcome

scientific article (publication date: June 2005)

Hepatitis G and C virus coinfection in children.

scientific article published on October 1997

Humanization interventions in general pediatric wards: a systematic review

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

Hypertransaminasemia and coeliac disease

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Incidence of cirrhosis in children with chronic hepatitis.

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Indications and limitations of bariatric intervention in severely obese children and adolescents with and without nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: ESPGHAN Hepatology Committee Position Statement

scientific article published on April 2015

Iron malabsorption in giardiasis

Isolated aspartate aminotransferase elevation: think macro-AST

scientific article published on 19 January 2011

Isolated liver transplantation in children with intestinal failure-associated liver disease: a still-debated matter

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Liver abnormalities during growth hormone treatment

scientific article published on 01 August 2000

Liver abnormalities in Turner syndrome

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Liver biopsy in children: position paper of the ESPGHAN Hepatology Committee

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Liver involvement in obese children. Ultrasonography and liver enzyme levels at diagnosis and during follow-up in an Italian population

scientific article published on July 1, 1997

Long-term course of chronic hepatitis C in children: from viral clearance to end-stage liver disease

scientific article published on 2 March 2008

Long-term evolution of chronic delta hepatitis in children

scientific article published on 01 May 1993

Low virological response to interferon in children with chronic hepatitis C.

scientific article published in October 1999

Macro-creatine kinase and macro-lactate dehydrogenase in a girl with ulcerative colitis

scientific article published in August 2007

Management of adults with paediatric-onset chronic liver disease: strategic issues for transition care

scientific article published on 08 December 2013

Management of cholelithiasis in Italian children: a national multicenter study

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Management of chronic hepatitis B in childhood: ESPGHAN clinical practice guidelines: consensus of an expert panel on behalf of the European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

scientific article published on 23 May 2013

Massive hydrops of the gallbladder mimicking a choledochal cyst

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Metabolic, hormonal, oxidative, and inflammatory factors in pediatric obesity-related liver disease

scientific article published in July 2005

Metabolomic Salivary Signature of Pediatric Obesity Related Liver Disease and Metabolic Syndrome

scientific article published on 26 January 2019

Microbiota and gut-liver axis: their influences on obesity and obesity-related liver disease

scientific article published on May 2013

Monitoring of renal function in children before and after liver transplantation

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

More on current evidences on probiotics as a novel treatment for non-alcoholic Fatty liver disease

scientific article published on 27 August 2013

Multiple phenotypes in phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency

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Muscular dystrophy revealed by incidentally discovered elevated aminotransferase levels

scientific article published on 06 February 2010

NAFLD at the interface of the mother-infant dyad

scientific article published on 22 January 2020

Networking Between γc and GH-R Signaling in the Control of Cell Growth

New strategies for the treatment of lysosomal storage diseases (review).

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Noninvasive investigation of hepatopulmonary syndrome in children and adolescents with chronic cholestasis

scientific article published in May 2002

Normal beta-cell function in post-liver transplantation diabetes treated with tacrolimus

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Nutritional problems in children with neuromotor disabilities: an Italian case series

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Patterns of antibodies to hepatitis C virus and hepatitis C virus replication in children with chronic non-A, non-B hepatitis.

scientific article published in December 1994

Pediatric Fatty Liver and Obesity: Not Always Justa Matter of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

scientific article published on 13 December 2018

Pediatric celiac disease, cryptogenic hypertransaminasemia, and autoimmune hepatitis

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Pediatric liver diseases and ocular changes: What hepatologists and ophthalmologists should know and share with each other

scientific article published on 13 December 2019

Pediatric non alcoholic fatty liver disease: more on novel treatment targets.

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Pediatric non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: recent advances

scientific article published on 14 April 2014

Pediatric portal vein thrombosis: more on thrombophilic risk factors

scientific article published in June 2013

Penicillamine-induced Elastosis Perforans Serpiginosa in Wilson Disease: Is Useful Switching to Zinc?

scientific article published on 01 March 2017

Persistent hypertransaminasemia in asymptomatic children: a stepwise approach

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Pharmacological Interventions for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Adults and in Children: A Systematic Review

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Precocious puberty in Turner Syndrome: report of a case and review of the literature

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Predictive value of Epstein-Barr virus genome copy number and BZLF1 expression in blood lymphocytes of transplant recipients at risk for lymphoproliferative disease.

scientific article published on 5 June 2000

Prevalence and long-term course of macro-aspartate aminotransferase in children

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

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Probiotics reduce the inflammatory response induced by a high-fat diet in the liver of young rats

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Prolonged and high dose recombinant interferon alpha-2b alone or after prednisone priming accelerates termination of active viral replication in children with chronic hepatitis B infection

scientific article published on 01 March 1996

Psychological impact of liver transplantation on children's inner worlds.

scientific article published in February 2001

Re-evaluation of the diagnostic criteria for Wilson disease in children with mild liver disease

scientific article published on 21 October 2010

Salivary markers of hepato-metabolic comorbidities in pediatric obesity

scientific article published on 17 November 2018

Search for rare liver diseases: the case of glycosylation defects mimicking Wilson Disease

scientific article published on 25 June 2014

Seven novel mutations of the UGT1A1 gene in patients with unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

Shwachman-Diamond syndrome with autoimmune-like liver disease and enteropathy mimicking celiac disease

scientific article published on 14 August 2014

The canine copper toxicosis gene MURR1 is not implicated in the pathogenesis of Wilson disease

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Therapeutic options in pediatric non alcoholic fatty liver disease: current status and future directions

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Tips and hints for the transition: What adult hepatologists should know when accept teens with a pediatric hepatobiliary disease

Treating children with HBeAg-positive chronic hepatitis B: no small accomplishment

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

Treatment of NASH with ursodeoxycholic acid: pros and cons. More information in children

scientific article published on 04 April 2013

Treatment of children with chronic viral hepatitis: what is available and what is in store

scientific article published on 09 August 2013

Twenty-four novel mutations in Wilson disease patients of predominantly Italian origin

scientific article published in January 2007

Unusual early presentation of Gilbert syndrome in pediatric recipients of liver transplantation.

scientific article published in September 2000

Vitamin E treatment in pediatric obesity-related liver disease: a randomized study

scientific article published in January 2004

Waist Circumference and Healthy Lifestyle Preferences/Knowledge Monitoring in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Program

scientific article published on 07 September 2019

Wilson disease mutations associated with uncommon haplotypes in Mediterranean patients

scientific article published on 01 December 1996

Zinc monotherapy is effective in Wilson's disease patients with mild liver disease diagnosed in childhood: a retrospective study

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