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Alba Rocco
Researcher at University of Naples Federico II
Publications - 81
Citations - 3422
Alba Rocco is an academic researcher from University of Naples Federico II. The author has contributed to research in topics: Helicobacter pylori & Cancer. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 77 publications receiving 2973 citations. Previous affiliations of Alba Rocco include Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg.
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Gut--liver axis: the impact of gut microbiota on non alcoholic fatty liver disease.
Debora Compare,Pietro Coccoli,Alba Rocco,Olga Maria Nardone,S. De Maria,Maria Cartenì,Gerardo Nardone +6 more
TL;DR: Modulation of the gut microbiota may represent a new way to treat or prevent non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to emerging evidence.
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Risk factors in gastric cancer.
TL;DR: Diet and Helicobacter pylori infection, as well as dried fish and meat and refined carbohydrates significantly increased the risk of developing GC while fibers, fresh vegetables and fruit were found to be inversely associated with GC risk.
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Alcoholic disease: Liver and beyond
TL;DR: This review summarizes the most clinically relevant alcohol-related diseases of the digestive tract focusing on the pathogenic mechanisms by which ethanol damages liver, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.
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The efficacy of octreotide therapy in chronic bleeding due to vascular abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract.
TL;DR: The treatment of angiodysplasia and watermelon stomach, vascular abnormalities implicated in gastrointestinal bleeding of obscure origin, is a major clinical problem.
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Empirical levofloxacin-containing versus clarithromycin-containing sequential therapy for Helicobacter pylori eradication: a randomised trial
Marco Romano,Antonio Cuomo,Antonietta Gerarda Gravina,Agnese Miranda,Maria Rosaria Iovene,A. Tiso,Mariano Sica,Alba Rocco,R. Salerno,Riccardo Marmo,Alessandro Federico,Gerardo Nardone +11 more
TL;DR: In an area with >15% prevalence of clarithromycin resistant H pylori strains, a levofloxacin-containing sequential therapy is more effective, equally safe and cost-saving compared to a clarithroitcin- containing sequential therapy.