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A1.Vita G., Mastaglia F.L., Johnson MA. A histochemical study of fibre types in rat extraocular muscles. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 6:449-463,1980.

A2.Vita G., Mastaglia F.L. The effects of thyroidectomy on theextraocular muscles of the rat: a histochemical study. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology 6:465-470,1980.

A3.Vita G., Harris J.B. The uptake of 99mTecnnetium diphosphonate into degenerating and regenerating muscle: a correlative histological and biochemical study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 51:339-354,1981.

A4.Messina C., Bonanno N., Baldari S., Vita G. Muscle uptake of 99mTechnetium pyrophosphate in patients with neuromuscular disorders: a quantitative study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 53:1-7,1982.

A5.Girlanda P., Dattola R., Vita G., Oteri G., Lo Presti F., Messina C. Effect of electrotherapy on denervated muscles in rabbits: an electrophysiological and morphological study. Experimental Neurology 77:483-491,1982.

A6.Vita G., Natoli M., Dattola R., Messina C. Failure of the prednisolone test in neuromuscular disorders. Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 2:127-128,1982.

A7.Vita G., Dattola R., Girlanda P., Oteri G., Lo Presti F., Messina C. Effects of steroid hormones on muscle reinnervation after nerve crush in rabbit. Experimental Neurology 80:279-287,1983.

A8.Vita G., Muglia U., Germanà G., Pennica F., Carfì F. Histochemical characteristics of rabbit stapedius muscle. Experimental Neurology 81:511-516,1983.

A9.Vita G., Dattola R., Santoro M., Messina C. Familial oculopharingeal muscular dystrophy with distal spread. Journal of Neurology 230:57-64,1983.

A10.Vita G., Girlanda P., Santoro M., Messina C. Is rigid spine syndrome a distinct clinical entity ? Muscle & Nerve 6:458-460,1983.

A11.Santoro L., Del Giudice E., Francica D., Romano A., Vita G., Barbieri F. Congenitai fiber type disproportion myopathy: report of a case with late onset and myalgia. Clinical Pediatrics 24:219-220,1985.

A12.Morgante L., Vita G., Meduri M., Di Rosa A.F., Galatioto S., Coraci M.A., Di Perri R. Fahr's syndrome: local inflammatory factors in the pathogenesis of calcification. Journal of Neurology 233:19-22,1986.

A13.Vita G., Princi P., Calabrò R., Toscano A., Manna L., Messina C. Cardiovascular reflex tests: assessment of age-adjusted normal range. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 75:263-274,1986.

A14.Vita G., Girlanda P., Russo P., Scuderi D., Puglisi R.M., Marabello L. Single fiber EMG and cardiovascular reflexes in botulism: a follow-up study. Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 7:71-75,1986.

A15.Vita G., Savica V., Calabrò R., Padovano I., Manna L., Toscano A., Rotondo S., Bellinghieri G. Uremic vagal neuropathy: has parathyroid hormone a pathogenetic role ? Functional Neurology 1:253-259,1986.

A16.Vita G., Bartolone S., Santoro M., Toscano A., Carrozza G., Girlanda P., Frisina N. Hypokalemic myopathy in pseudohyperaldosteronism induced by fluoropredniso1one-containing nasal spray Clinical Neuropathology 6:80-85, 1987.

A17.Vita G., Girlanda P., Puglisi R.M., Marabello L., Messina C. Cardiovascular-refiex testing and singe-fiber electromyography in botulism: a longitudinal study. Archives of Neurology 44:202-206, 1987.

A18.Vita G., Savica V., Marabello L., Puglisi R.M., Serra S., Musolino R., Bellinghieri G. Occurrence of uraemic autonomic dysfunction in relation to age. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 76:468-472,1987.

A19.Vita G., Askanas V., Martinuzzi A., Engel W.K. Histoenzymatic profile of human muscle cultured in monolayer and innervated by fetal rat spinal cord. Muscle & Nerve 11:1-9,1988.

A20.Girlanda P., Muglia U., Vita G., Dattola R., Santoro M., Toscano A., Venuto C., Roberto M.L., Baradello A., Romano M., Messina C. Effect of ACTH4-10on nerve fiber regeneration after sciatic nerve crush in rabbits: an electrophysiological and morphological study. Experimental Neurology 99:454-460,1988.

A21.Vita G., Dattola R., Calabrò R., Manna L., Venuto C., Toscano A., Savica V., Bellinghieri G. Comparative analysis of autonomic and somatic dysfunction in chronic uraemia. European Neurology 28:335-340,1988.

A22.Morgante L., Grigoletto F., Meneghini F., Vita G., Coraci M.A., Di Rosa A.F., Bolis C.L., Di Perri R. Neuroepidemiological survey on sicilian population: a feasibility study. Neuroepidemiology 8:214-220,1989.

A23.Vita G., Morgante L., Grigoletto F., Santoro M., Toscano A., Coraci M.A., Meneghini F., Venuto C., Fazio C., Troilo G., Crisafulli A., Calabrò R., Manna L., Cacciola G., Di Rosa A.E., Bolis C.L., Di Perri R. Prevalence survey of major neurological disorders in Sicily: results of a pilot study. Journal of Neurology 236:315-318,1989.

A24.Baradello A., Vita G., Girlanda P., Roberto M.L., Carrozza G. Adult-onset centronuclear myopathy: evidence against a neurogenic pathology. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 80:162-166,1989.

A25.Vita G., Serra S., Dattola R., Santoro M., Toscano A., Venuto C., Carrozza G., Baradello A. Peripheral neuropathy in amyotrophic chorea-acanthocytosis. Annals of Neurology 26:583-587,1989.

A26.Vita G., Dattola R., Puglisi R.M., Marabello L., Venuto C., Toscano A., Savica V., Bellinghieri G., Messina C. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in chronic uraemics on haemodialysis. Functional Neurology 4:195-197,1989.

A27.Vita G., Messina C., Savica V., Bellinghieri G. Uraemic autonomic neuropathy. Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System 30(Suppl):179-184,1990.

A28.Vita G., Haun C.K., Hawkins E.F., Engel W.K. Effects of experimental spinal cord transection on Substance P receptors: a quantitative autoradiography study. Neuropeptides 17:147-153,1990.

A29.Vita G., Princi P., Messina C. Multivariate analysis of cardiovascular reflexes applied to the diagnosis of autonomic neuropathy. Journal of Neurology 238:251-255,1991.

A30.Vita G., Princi P., Savica V., Bellinghieri G., Puglisi R.M., Marabello L., Messina C. Uremic autonomic dysfunction evaluated by pattern recognition analysis. Clinical Nephrology 36:290-293,1991.

A31.Vita G., Haun C.K., Hawkins E.F., Engel W.K. Down-regulation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) receptors in spinal cord after transection as revealed by quantitative autoradiography. Experimental Brain Research 83:381-384,1991.

A32.Vita G., Santoro M., Trombetta G., Leonardi L., Messina C. A computer-assisted automatic method for myelinated nerve fiber morphometry. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 85:18-22,1992.

A33.Girlanda P., Vita G., Nicolosi C., Milone S., Messina C. Botulinum toxin therapy: distant effects on neuromuscular transmission and autonomic nervous system. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 55:844-845,1992.

A34.Vita G., Savica V., Puglisi R.M., Marabello L., Bellinghieri G., Messina C. The course of autonomic neural function in chronic uraemic patients during haemodialysis treatment. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 7:1022-1025,1992.

A35.Dattola R., Girlanda P., Vita G., Santoro M., Roberto M.L., Toscano A., Venuto C., Baradello A., Messina C. Muscle rearrangement in patients with hemiparesis after stroke: an electrophysiological and morphological study. European Neurology 33:109-114,1993.

A36.Vita G., Toscano A., Mileto G., Pitrone F., Ferrò M.T., Gagliardi E., Bresolin N., Fortunato F., Messina C. Bezafibrate-induced myopathy: no evidence for defects in muscle metabolism. European Neurology 33:168-172,1993.

A37.Saad F.A., Vita G., Mora M., Morandi L., Vitiello L., Oliviero S., Danieli G.A. A novel nonsense mutation in the human dystrophin gene. Human Mutation 2:314-316,1993.

A38.Vita G., Toscano A., Prelle A., Bordoni A., Checcarelli N., Bresolin N., Baradello A., Messina C. Muscle mitochondria investigation in myotonic dystrophy. European Neurology 33:423-427,1993.

A39.Vita G., Fazio M.C., Milone S., Blandino A., Salvi L., Messina C. Cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in multiple sclerosis is likely related to brainstem lesions. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 120:82-86,1993.

A40.Vita G., Toscano A., Bresolin N., Meola G., Fortunato F., Baradello A., Barbiroli B., Frassineti C., Zaniol P., Messina C. Muscle phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM) deficiency in the first Caucasian patient: biochemistry, muscle culture and 31P-MR spectroscopy. Journal of Neurology 241:289-294,1994.

A41.Comi G.P., Prelle A., Bresolin N., Moggio M., Bardoni A., Gallanti A., Vita G., Toscano A., Ferrò M.T., Bordoni A., Fortunato F., Ciscato P., Felisari G., Tedeschi S., Castelli E., Garghentino R., Turconi A., Fraschini P., Marchi E., Negretto G.G., Adobbati L., Meola G., Tonin P., Papadimitriou A., Scarlato G. Clinical variability in Becker muscular dystrophy. Genetic, biochemical and immunohistochemical correlates. Brain 117:1-4,1994.

A42.Vita G., Migliorato A., Toscano A., Bordoni A., Bresolin N., Fiumara A., Messina C. Immunocyto-chemistry of muscle cytoskeletal proteins in acid maltase deficiency. Muscle & Nerve 17:655-661,1994.

A42bis.Vita G., Toscano A. Immunocytochemistry of muscle cytoskeletal proteins in acid maltase deficiency (a reply). Muscle & Nerve 18:254-255,1995.

A43.Vita G., Migliorato A., Baradello A., Mazzeo A., Rodolico C., Falsaperla R., Messina C. Expression of cytoskeleton proteins in central core disease. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 124:71-76,1994.

A44.Saad F.A., Vita G., Toffolatti L., Danieli G.A. A possible missense mutation detected in the dystrophin gene by double strand conformation analysis (DSCA). Neuromuscular Disorders 4:335-341,1994.

A45.Mora M., Morandi L., Merlini L., Vita G., Baradello A., Barresi R., Di Blasi C., Blasevich F., Gebbia M., Daniel S., Cornelio F. Fetus-like dystrophin expression and other cytoskeletal protein abnormalities in centronuclear myopathies. Muscle & Nerve 17:1176-1184,1994.

A46.Parano E., Fiumara A, Falsaperla R., Vita G., Trifiletti R.R. Congenital muscular dystrophy: correlation of muscle biopsy and clinical features. Pediatric Neurology 10:233-236,1994.

A47.Guzzetta V., Santoro L., Gasparo-Rippa P., Ragno M., Vita G., Caruso G., Andria G. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: molecular characterization of patients from Central and Southern Italy. Clinical Genetics 47:27-32,1995.

A48.Toscano A., Fazio M.C., Vita G., Cannavò S., Bresolin N., Bet L., Prelle A., Barbiroli B., Iotti S., Zaniol P., Magaudda A., Trimarchi F., Messina C. Early-onset cerebellar ataxia, myoclonus and hypogonadism in a case of mitochondrial complex III deficiency treated with vitamins K3 and C. Journal of Neurology 242:203-209,1995.

A49.Zappia M., Valentino P., Bono F., Vita G., Aguglia U., Messina C., Quattrone A. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy in patient with rheumatoid arthritis. European Neurology 35:177-179,1995.

A50.Toscano A., Vitiello L., Comi G.P., Galvagni F., Miorin M., Prelle A., Fortunato F., Bardoni A., Mora M., Fiumara A., Falsaperla R., Tomelleri G., Tonin P., Danieli G.A., Vita G. Duplication of dystrophin gene and dissimilar clinical phenotype in the same family. Neuromuscular Disorders 5:475-481,1995.

A51.Vita G., Mazzeo A., Rodolico C., Migliorato A., Gagliardi M., Cicciarello R., Muglia U., Messina C. Localization of vinculin and talin at perineurial cells of human sural nerve. NeuroReport 6:2077-2080,1995.

A52.Nicolosi C., Girlanda P., Vita G., Messina C. Cat eye syndrome and dystonia. Movement Disorders 11: 110-111,1996.

A53.Vita G., Savica V., Milone S., Trusso A., Bellinghieri G., Messina C. Uremic autonomic neuropathy: recovery following bicarbonate hemodialysis. Clinical Nephrology 45:56-60,1996.

A54.Toscano A., Bartolone S., Rodolico C., Migliorato A., Macaione V., La Rosa D., Benvenga S., Frisina N., Vita G. Onset of hypothyroidism with polymyositis-like clinical features in elderly patients. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Supplement 5:573-576,1996.

A55.Martinuzzi A., Schievano G., Vergani L., Fanin M., Pegoraro E., Schiraldi C., Vita G., Siciliano G., Toscano A., Angelini C. Diagnosis and therapy of myophosphorylase deficiency: experience with a group of italian patients. Basic and Applied Myology BAM 6:107-114,1996.

A56.Toscano A., Santoro M., Vita G., Girlanda P., Sinicropi S., Fazio M.C., Mazzeo A., Rodolico C., Aguennouz M., Bartolone S., Bet L., Comi G.P., Messina C. Late-onset mitochondrial neuromyopathy: an age-related phenomenon ? Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Supplement 5:577-583,1996.

A57.Vita G., Monici M.C., Toscano A., Messina C. Lobulated muscle fibers have a normal cytoskeletal network. Muscle & Nerve 19:931,1996.

A58.Toscano A., Tsujino S., Vita G., Shanske S., Messina C., Di Mauro S. Molecular basis of muscle phosphoglycerate mutase (PGAM-M) deficiency in the italian kindred. Muscle & Nerve 19:1134-1137,1996.

A59.Mazzeo A., Rodolico C., Monici M.C., Migliorato A., Aguennouz M., Vita G. Perineurium talin immunoreactivity decreases in diabetic neuropathy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 146:7-11,1997.

A60.Girlanda P., Quartarone A., Buceti R., Sinicropi S., Macaione V., Saad F.A., Messina L., Danieli G.A., Ferreri G., Vita G. Extra-muscle involvement in dystrophinopathies: an electroretinography and evoked potential study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 146:127-132,1997.

A61.Toscano A., Aguennouz M., Monici M.C., Rodolico C., Fazio M.C., Migliorato A., Macaione V., Girlanda P., Vita G.. Myoadenilate deaminase deficiency: clinical, histochemical and biochemical studies in primary and "coincidental" cases. The Italian Journal of Biochemistry 46(Suppl. 1):170-174,1997.

A62.Vita G., Mazzeo A., Muglia U., Girlanda P., Toscano A., Rodolico C., Migliorato A. Dp116, talin, vinculin and vimentin immunoreactivities following nerve transection. NeuroReport 9:697-702,1998.

A63.Santoro L., Pastore L., Gasparo Rippa P., Orsini A.V.M., Del Giudice E., Vita G., Frisso G., Salvatore F. Dystrophinopathy in a young boy with Klinefelter's syndrome. Muscle & Nerve 21:792-795,1998.

A64.Tuccari G., Giuffrè G., Monici M.C., Toscano A., Vita G. Nucleolar argyrophilic proteins in dystrophin-deficient muscles. Muscle & Nerve 21:830-831,1998.

A65.Monici M.C., Toscano A., Girlanda P., Aguennouz M., Musumeci O., Vita G. Apoptosis in metabolic myopathies. NeuroReport 9:2431-2435,1998.

A66.Rodolico C., Toscano A., Benvenga S., Migliorato A., Vita G. Skeletal muscle disturbances may precede clinical and laboratory evidence of autoimmune hypothyroidism. Journal of Neurology 245:555-556,1998.

A67.Gambardella A., Mazzei R., Toscano A., Annesi G., Pasqua A., Annesi F., Quattrone F., Oliveri R.L., Valentino P., Bono F., Aguglia U., Zappia M., Vita G., Quattrone A. Spinal muscular atrophy due to an isolated deletion of exon 8 of the telomeric survival motor neuron gene. Annals of Neurology 44:836-839,1998.

A68.Rodolico C., Toscano A., Benvenga S., Mazzeo A., Bartolone S., Bartolone L., Girlanda P., Monici M.C., Migliorato A., Trimarchi F., Vita G. Myopathy as the persistently isolated symptomatology of primary autoimmune hypothyroidism. Thyroid 8:1033-1038,1998.

A69.Tuccari G., Giuffrè G., Crisafulli C., Monici M.C., Toscano A., Vita G. Quantitation of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions in regenerating muscle fibers in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and polymyositis. Acta Neuropathologica 1999;97:247-252.

A70.Coppola G., De Michele G., Cavalcanti F., Pianese L., Perretti A., Santoro L., Vita G., Toscano A., Amboni M., Grimaldi G., Salvatore E., Caruso G., Filla A. Why do some Friedreich’s ataxia patients retain tendon reflexes ? A clinical, neurophysiological and molecular study. Journal of Neurology 1999;246:353-357.

A71.Vita G., Bellinghieri G., Trusso A., Costantino G., Santoro D., Monteleone F., Messina C., Savica V. Uremic autonomic neuropathy studied by spectral analysis of heart rate. Kidney International 1999;56:232-237.

A72.Quartarone A., Girlanda P., Vita G., Battaglia F., Majorana G., Monici M., Messina C. Oromandibular dystonia in a patient with bilateral putaminal necrosis after methanol poisoning: an electrophysiological study. European Neurology 2000;44:127-128.

A73.Filla A., De Michele G., Coppola G., Federico A., Vita G., Toscano A., Uncini A., Pisanelli P., Barone P., Scarano V., Perretti A., Santoro L., Monticelli A., Cavalcanti F., Caruso G., Cocozza S. Accuracy of clinical diagnostic criteria for Friedreich’s ataxia. Movement Disorders 2000;15:1255-1258.

A74.Rodolico C., Toscano A., Girlanda P., Vita G. Recurrent low back pain in familial bisalbuminemia. Pain Clinic 2000;12:329-331.

A75.Vita G., Di Leo R., De Gregorio C., Papalia A., Rodolico C., Coglitore S., Messina C. Cardiovascular autonomic control in Becker muscular dystrophy. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2001;186:45-49.

A76.Bagnato S., Rizzo V., Quartarone A., Majorana G., Vita G., Girlanda P. Segmental myoclonus in a patient affected by syringomyelia. Neurological Sciences 2001;22:27-29.

A77.Benvenga S., Toscano A., Rodolico C., Vita G., Trimarchi F. Endocrine evaluation for muscle pain. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2001;94:405-407.

A78.Rodolico C., Toscano A., De Luca G., Mazzeo A., Di Leo R., Baldari S., Girlanda P., Vita G.Peripheral neuropathy as the presenting feature of multiple system atrophy. Clinical Autonomic Research 2001;11:119-121.

A79.Savica V., Musolino R., Di Leo R., Santoro D., Vita G., Bellinghieri G., Autonomic dysfunction in uremia. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2001;38(Suppl. 1):S118-S121.

A80.Merlini L., Estournet-Mathiaud B., Iannaccone S., Melki J., Muntoni F., Rudnik-Schoneborn S., Topaloglu H., Vita G., Voit T. 90th ENMC International Workshop: European Spinal Muscular Atrophy Randomised Trial (EuroSMART) 9-10 February 2001, Naarden, The Netherlands. Neuromuscular Disorders 2002;12:201-210.

A81.Bellone E., Rodolico C., Toscano A., Di Maria E., Cassandrini D., Pizzuti A., Pigullo S., Mazzeo A., Macaione V., Girlanda P., Vita G., Ajmar F., Mandich P. A family with autosomal dominant mutilating neuropathy not linked to either Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B (CMT2B) or hereditary sensory neuropathy type I (HSN I) loci. Neuromuscular Disorders 2002;12:286-291.

A82.Manganaro A., Ruggeri M., Andò G., Longo M., Vita G. Endothelial functions in pathophysiology of thrombosis and fibrinolysis: late spontaneous recanalization of an occluded internal carotid artery: a case report. Angiology 2002;53:99-103.

A83.Toscano A., Rodolico C., Benvenga S., Girlanda P., Laurà M., Mazzeo A., Nobile-Orazio E., Trimarchi F., Vita G., Messina C. Multifocal motor neuropathy and asymptomatic Hashimoto’s thyroiditis: first report of an association. Neuromuscular Disorders 2002;12:566-568.

A84.Monici M.C., Rodolico C., Toscano A., Messina S., Benvenga S., Messina C., Vita G. Apoptosis and apoptosis-related proteins in thyroid myopathies. Muscle & Nerve 2002;26:383-388.

A85.Rodolico C., Toscano A., Autunno M., Messina S., Nicolosi C., Aguennouz M., Laurà M., Girlanda P., Messina C. Vita G. Limb-girdle myasthenia: clinical, electrophysiological and morphological features in familial and autoimmune cases. Neuromuscular Disorders 2002;12:964-969.

A86.Rodolico C., Girlanda P., Nicolosi C., Vita G., Bonsignore M., Tortorella G. Chiari I malformation mimicking myasthenia gravis. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 2003;74:393.

A87.Monici M.C., Aguennouz M., Mazzeo A., Messina C., Vita G.Activation of nuclear factor-kB in inflammatory myopathies and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neurology 2003;60:993-997.

A88.Vita G., Monici M.C., Owaribe K., Messina C. Expression of plectin in muscle fibers with cytoarchitectural abnormalities. Neuromuscular Disorders 2003;13:485-492.

A89.Merlini L., Solari A., Vita G., Bertini E., Minetti C., Mongini T., Mazzoni E., Angelini C., Morandi L. Role of gabapentin in spinal muscle atrophy: results of a multicenter, randomised Italian study. Journal of Child Neurology 2003;18:537-541.

A90.Anastasi G., Amato A., Tarone G., Vita G., Monici M.C., Magaudda L., Brancaccio M., Sidoti A., Trimarchi F., Favaloro A., Cutroneo G. Distribution and localization of vinculin-talin-integrin system and dystrophin-glycoprotein complex in human skeletal muscle: immunohistochemical study using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Cells Tissues Organs 2003;175:151-164.

A91.Musumeci O., Aguennouz M., Cagliani R., Comi G.P., Ciranni A., Rodolico C., Messina C., Vita G., Toscano A. Calpain 3 deficiency in quail eater’s disease. Annals of Neurology 2004;55:146-147.

A92.Di Leo R., Rodolico C., De Gregorio C., Recupero A., Coglitore S., Annesi G., Toscano A., Messina C., Vita G. Cardiovascular autonomic control in myotonic dystrophy type 1: a correlative study with clinical and genetic data. Neuromuscular Disorders 2004;14:136-141.

A93.Rodolico C., Messina S., Toscano A., Gaeta M., Vita G. Axial myopathy in myasthenia: a misleading cause of dropped head. Muscle & Nerve 2004;29:329-330.

A94.Merlini L., Bertini E., Minetti C., Mongini T., Morandi L., Angelini C., Vita G. Motor function-muscle strength relationship in spinal muscular atrophy. Muscle & Nerve 2004;29:548-552.

A95.Mazzeo A., Aguennouz M., Messina C., Vita G. Immunolocalization and activation of transcription factor nuclear factor-kB in dysimmune neuropathies and familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Archives of Neurology 2004;61:1097-1102.

A96.Beghi E., Gandolfo C., Ferrarese C., Rizzuto N., Poli G., Tonini M.C., Vita G., Leone M., Logroscino G., Granieri E., Salemi G., Savettieri G., Frattola L., Ru G., Mancardi G.L., Messina C. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease: facts and uncertainties underlying the causal link between animal and human diseases. Neurological Sciences 2004;25:122-129.

A97.Toso V., Gandolfo C., Paolucci S., Provinciali L., Torta R., Grassivaro N. on behalf of DESTRO Study Group (… Vita G. …). Post-stroke depression: research methodology of a large multicentre observational study (DESTRO). Neurological Sciences 2004;25:138-144.

A98.Nicolosi C., Di Leo R., Girlanda P., Messina C., Vita G. Is there a relationship between somatic and autonomic neuropathies in chronic alcoholics ? Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2005;228:15-19.

A99.Vita G, Mazzeo A, Di Leo R, Ferlini A. Recurrent syncope as persistently isolated feature of transthyretin amyloidotic polyneuropathy. Neuromuscular Disorders 2005;15:259-261.

A100.Di Leo R, Vita G, Messina C, Savica V. Autonomic function in elderly uremics studied by spectral analysis of heart rate. Kidney International 2005;67:1521-1525.

A101.Padua L, Schenone A, Aprile I, Benedetti L, Caliandro P, Tonali P, Nobile Orazio E, for the Italian NEUROPA Study Group (… Vita G. …). Quality of life and disability assessment in neuropathy: a multicentre study. Journal of the Peripheral Nervous System 2005;10:3-10.

A102.La Torre D, de Divitiis O, Conti A, Angileri FF, Cardali S, Aguennouz M, Aragona M, Panetta S, d’Avella D, Vita G, La Torre F, Tomasello F. Expression of telomeric repeat binding factor-1 in astroglial brain tumors. Neurosurgery 2005;56:802-810.

A103.Musumeci O, Rodolico C, Nishino I, Di Guardo G, Migliorato A, Aguennouz M, Mazzeo A, Messina C, Vita G, Toscano A. Asymptomatic hyperCKemia in a case of Danon disease due to a missense mutation in Lamp-2 gene. Neuromuscular Disorders 2005;15:409-411.

A104.Toscano A, Messina S, Campo GM, Di Leo R, Musumeci O, Rodolico C, Aguennouz M, Annesi G, Messina C, Vita G. Oxidative stress in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Free Radical Research 2005:39:771-776.

A105.PatitucciA, MugliaM, MagarielloA, GabrieleAL, PelusoG, SprovieriT, ConfortiFL, MazzeiR, UngaroC, CondinoF, ValentinoP, BonoF, RodolicoC, MazzeoA, ToscanoA, VitaG, QuattroneA. Comparison of different techniques for detecting 17p12 duplication in CMT1A. Neuromuscular Disorders 2005;15:488-492.

A106.Fodale V, Mazzeo A, Praticò C, Aguennouz M, Toscano A, Santamaria LB, Vita G. Fatal exacerbation of peripheral neuropathy during lamivudine therapy: evidence for iatrogenic mitochondrial damage. Anaesthesia 2005;60:806-810.

A107.Rodolico C, Mazzeo A, Toscano A, Messina S, Aguennouz M, Gaeta M, Messina C, Vita G. Specific matrix metalloproteinase expression in focal myositis: an immunopathological study. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 2005;112:173-177.

A108.Franciotta D, Avolio C, Capello E, Lolli F, AINI participating members (….Vita G…). Consensus recommandations of the Italian Association for Neuroimmunology for immunochemical cerebrospinal fluid examination. Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2005;237:5-11.

A109.Conti A, Aguennouz M, La Torre D, Cardali S, Angileri FF, Buemi C, Tomasello C, Iacopino DG, d’Avella D, Vita G, Tomasello F. Expression of the tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factors 1 and 2 and regulation of the nuclear factor-B antiapoptotic activity in human gliomas. Journal of Neurosurgery 2005;103:873-881.

A110.Rodolico C, Toscano A, Patitucci A, Muglia M, Gaeta M, D’Arrigo G, Migliorato A, Messina S, Quattrone A, Messina C, Vita G. Clinical and muscle magnetic resonance imaging study of an Italian family with autosomal dominant inclusion body myopathy not linked to known genetic loci. Neurological Sciences 2005;26:303-309.

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