ZIOLA , Sebastiano

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: Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic immune-mediated esophageal disease with a Th2 inflammatory response to inhalant and food allergens that cause an eosinophilic infiltration of esophageal mucosa. The diagnosis requires an upper endoscopy with esophageal bioptic samples, in particular the number of eosinophils must be >15 eos/high power...

A novel coronavirus, currently identified as COVID-19, was recently defined as the cause of a cluster of patients with pneumonia of unknown origin that was initially reported from Wuhan, Hubei province, People's Republic of China.

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Therapeutic drug monitoring is a useful clinical decision aid in managing patients with inflammatory bowel disease treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF). Various techniques are available to evaluate drug trough levels, and among these a point-of-care (POC) method has been proposed to overcome the limitations inherent to other...

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An association has been reported between achalasia and eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). We performed a retrospective study of high-resolution manometry (HRM) patterns in a large cohort of patients with EoE.

Purpose: to determine lactose intolerance (LI) prevalence in women with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and assess the impact of LI on LT4 replacement dose. Methods. consecutive patients with HT underwent Lactose Breath Test and clinical/laboratory data collection. Unrelated gastrointestinal disorders were carefully ruled out. Lactose-free diet...