Results of research on the Celtis tournefortii subsp. aetnensis (Celtidaceae: Cannabaceae) populations in Sicily, based on the monitoring of the various nuclei distributed in the territory, are presented. In particular, two new important unpublished stations located in the southern part of the...
Restless legs syndrome and multiple sclerosis: a population based case-control study in Catania, Sicily. Eur J Neurol 2015; 22: 1018–21.Bruno, E., Nicoletti, A., Messina, S., Lo, F.S., Raciti, L., Quattrocchi, G., Dibilio, V., Paradisi, V., Maimone, D., Patti, F., ...
The effects of organochlorines and trace elements (Hg, Cd and Pb) in 192 swordfish specimens, caught in the Strait of Messina, Sicily, Italy, were investigated using vitellogenin (Vtg), zona radiata proteins (Zrp) and CYP1A (BPMO, EROD) activities. Vtg and Zrp were found to be ...
P.02.2 SICILY CONFIRMS A HIGH PREVALENCE OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) – A POPULATION-BASED STUDY IN THE PROVINCE OF MESSINAInflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are considered barrier diseases. After misleading initial results, the pathogenic importance of a disturbed mucosa is now widely ...
Restless legs syndrome and multiple sclerosis: a population based case-control study in Catania, Sicily. Eur J Neurol 2015; 22: 1018–21.Bruno, E., Nicoletti, A., Messina, S., Lo, F.S., Raciti, L., Quattrocchi, G., Dibilio, V., Paradisi, V., Maimone, D., Patti, F., ...
These mtDNA findings suggest that wolves probably colonized Sicily from southern Italy toward the end of the last Pleistocene glacial maximum, when the Strait of Messina was almost totally dry. Furthermore, a conservative restoration of this peculiar natural specimen (taxidermal preparation) has been ...
Messina, city and port, extreme northeastern Sicily, Italy, on the lower slopes of the Peloritani Mountains, on the Strait of Messina opposite Reggio di Calabria. It was an ancient Siculan colony, first mentioned about 730 bce, founded by settlers from Chalcis, who called it Zankle (“Sickl...
More recently, research conducted in Sicily on the distribution and activity of both G. brimblecombei and its parasitoid P. bliteus has shown the latter species as the main factor negatively influencing the G. brimblecombei population; further, it showed how RH (namely, the number of daily ...
Prevalence and incidence of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: a population- based survey in Catania, Sicily. J Neurol. 2015;262:923Y930.Patti F, Nicoletti A, Messina S, Bruno E, Fermo SL, Quattrocchi G et al. Prevalence and incidence of cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis: ...
Aims of the present paper are to ascertain WS prevalence and expression in a district of North-eastern Sicily, i.e. a geographic area where consanguineous unions are not very unusual. Prevalence rates of WS in the Messina district were calculated by taking into consideration both the......