Abstract Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is fatal neurodegenerative disease with still unknown etiology. Some environmental and occupational risk factors have been proposed, including air pollution, as suggested by recent studies. We carried out a case-control study in order to
Poster: Assessment of lead food contamination and dietary intake in a Northern Italian population
Abstract Background and aim: Lead is a heavy metal naturally occurring in the environment and also released by some anthropogenic activities. Food is one the major sources of human exposure for non-occupationally exposed individuals. In this study, we aimed at
Poster: Lifestyle Risk Factors for Early versus Late Onset Dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Dementia is a widely prevalent and growing condition, affecting nearly 10% of people aged 60 years and older. It is a leading cause of disability entailing important economic and social costs for the population, so much so that it
Poster: Environmental and occupational risk factors for early onset dementia in an Italian
Background: Early onset dementia (EOD) is defined as dementia with symptoms onset before 65 years, deeply impacting on patients’ employment and income, as well as on their families. Little is known about role of occupational and life-style risk factors, we
Original article: Metal(loid)s role in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Environmental, epidemiological, and genetic data.
Tesauro M, Bruschi M, Filippini T, D’Alfonso S, Mazzini L, Corrado L, Consonni M, Vinceti M, Fusi P, Urani C Environ Res. 2020 Oct 4:110292. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110292 Abstract Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of the motor
Original article: RAAS inhibitors are not associated with mortality in COVID-19 patients: Findings from an observational multicenter study in Italy and a meta-analysis of 19 studies
COVID-19 RISk and Treatments (CORIST) Collaboration. Di Castelnuovo A, Costanzo S, Antinori A, Berselli A, Blandi L, Bonaccio M, Cauda R, Gialluisi A, Guaraldi G, Menicanti L, Mannuni M, Mussinessi R, My I, Parruti G, Ptti G, Perlini S, Santilli
Original article: Epidemiology of early onset dementia and its clinical presentations in the province of Modena, Italy
Chiari A, Vinceti G, Adani G, Tondelli M, Galli C, Fiondella L, Costa M, Molinari MA, Filippini T, Zamboni G, Vinceti M J Alzheimers Dis. 2020 – in press – DOI: 10.1002/alz.12177 Abstract Introduction: Patients with early onset dementia (EOD,
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Filippini T, Tesauro M, Fiore M, Malagoli C, Consonni M, Violi F, Iacuzio L, Arcolin E, Oliveri Conti G, Cristaldi A, Zuccarello P, Zucchi E, Mazzini L, Pisano F, Gagliardi I, Patti F, Mandrioli J, Ferrante M, Vinceti M. Int
Original article: Use of hydroxychloroquine in hospitalised COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced mortality: findings from the observational multicentre Italian CORIST Study
Di Castelnuovo A. Costanzo S. Antinori A, Berselli N, Blandi L, Bruno R, Cauda R, Guaraldi G, Menicanti L, My I, Parruti G, Patti G, Perlini S, Santilli F, Signorelli C, Spinoni E, Stefanini GG, Vergori A, Ageno W, Agodi
Poster: Exposure to particulate matter and risk of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia: a cohort study in a Northern Italy population
Abstract Background/Aim: Exposure to air pollutants such as inhalable particulate matter has been linked to increased risk of chronic disease including neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s dementia. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of long-term exposure to