Air pollution and childhood leukaemia: a nationwide case-control study in Italy (Publications)
OBJECTIVES: Leukaemia is the most common cancer in children, but its aetiology is still poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that traffic-related air pollution is associated with paediatric leu
Adenosinergic mechanisms contribute to individual differences in sleep deprivation-induced changes in neurobehavioral function and brain rhythmic... (Publications)
Large individual differences characterize the changes induced by sleep deprivation on neurobehavioral functions and rhythmic brain activity. To investigate adenosinergic mechanisms in these difference
<em>In vitro</em> metabolic profile and <em>in vivo</em> antischistosomal activity studies of (n6-praziquantel)Cr(Co)3 derivatives (Publications)
In vitro metabolic behavior was investigated for two chromium tricarbonyl derivatives of the antischistosomal drug praziquantel (PZQ) with the formula (?(6)-PZQ)Cr(CO)3 (1 and 2), by use of human live
Structure elucidation and antimalarial activity of apicidin F: an apicidin-like compound produced by <em>Fusarium fujikuroi</em> (Publications)
Apicidins are cyclic tetrapeptides with histone deacetylase inhibitory activity. Since their discovery in 1996 a multitude of studies concerning the activity against protozoa and certain cancer cell l
Simple variables predict miserable outcome after intravenous thrombolysis (Publications)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: To test the predictability of miserable outcome amongst ischaemic stroke patients receiving intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) based on a simple variables model (SVM) and to compar
The policy of free healthcare for children under the age of 6 years in Vietnam: assessment of the uptake for children hospitalised with acute... (Publications)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the proportion of, and reasons for, households not utilising the policy of free healthcare for children under 6 years of age (FCCU6) for hospitalisation with diarrhoea, and assess