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Alberto Martini
Researcher at University of Genoa
Publications - 511
Citations - 26163
Alberto Martini is an academic researcher from University of Genoa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arthritis & Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. The author has an hindex of 82, co-authored 489 publications receiving 23020 citations. Previous affiliations of Alberto Martini include University of Pavia & Istituto Giannina Gaslini.
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EULAR/PRINTO/PRES criteria for Henoch-Schönlein purpura, childhood polyarteritis nodosa, childhood Wegener granulomatosis and childhood Takayasu arteritis: Ankara 2008. Part II: Final classification criteria.
Seza Ozen,Angela Pistorio,Silvia M. Iusan,Aysin Bakkaloglu,Troels Herlin,Riva Brik,Antonella Buoncompagni,Calin Lazar,Ilmay Bilge,Yosef Uziel,Donato Rigante,Luca Cantarini,Maria Odete Esteves Hilário,Clovis A. Silva,Mauricio Alegria,Ximena Norambuena,Alexandre Belot,Yackov Berkun,Amparo Ibanez Estrella,Alma Nunzia Olivieri,MG Alpigiani,I. Rumba,Flavio Sztajnbok,Lana Tambic-Bukovac,Luciana Breda,Sulaiman M. Al-Mayouf,Dimitrina Mihaylova,Vyacheslav Chasnyk,Claudia Sengler,Maria Klein-Gitelman,Djamal Djeddi,Laura Nuño,Chris Pruunsild,Jürgen Brunner,Anuela Kondi,Karaman Pagava,Silvia Pederzoli,Alberto Martini,Alberto Martini,Nicolino Ruperto +39 more
TL;DR: The previously proposed classification criteria for Henoch–Schönlein purpura (HSP), childhood polyarteritis nodosa (c-PAN), c-Wegener granulomatosis (C-WG) and c-Takayasu arteritis ( c-TA) are validated.
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Joint European League Against Rheumatism and European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) recommendations for the management of adult and paediatric lupus nephritis
George Bertsias,Maria G Tektonidou,Zahir Amoura,Martin Aringer,Ingeborg M. Bajema,Jo H. M. Berden,John Boletis,Ricard Cervera,Thomas Dörner,Andrea Doria,Franco Ferrario,Jürgen Floege,Frédéric Houssiau,John P. A. Ioannidis,David A. Isenberg,Cees G. M. Kallenberg,Liz Lightstone,Stephen D. Marks,Alberto Martini,G. Moroni,Irmgard Neumann,Manuel Praga,Matthias Schneider,Argyre Starra,Vladimir Tesar,Carlos Vasconcelos,Ronald F van Vollenhoven,Helena Zakharova,Marion Haubitz,Caroline Gordon,David Jayne,Dimitrios T. Boumpas +31 more
TL;DR: Recommendations for the management of lupus nephritis were developed using an evidence-based approach followed by expert consensus and there is no evidence to suggest that management of LN should differ in children versus adults.
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2011 American College of Rheumatology Recommendations for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Initiation and Safety Monitoring of Therapeutic Agents for the Treatment of Arthritis and Systemic Features
Timothy Beukelman,Nivedita M. Patkar,Kenneth G. Saag,Sue Tolleson-Rinehart,Randy Q. Cron,Esi Morgan DeWitt,Norman T. Ilowite,Yukiko Kimura,Ronald M. Laxer,Daniel J. Lovell,Alberto Martini,C. Egla Rabinovich,Nicolino Ruperto +12 more
TL;DR: Guidelines and recommendations developed and/or endorsed by the American College of Rheumatology are intended to provide guidance for particular patterns of practice and not to dictate the care of a particular patient.
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) and the Child Health Questionnaire (CHQ) in 32 countries. Review of the general methodology
Nicolino Ruperto,Angelo Ravelli,Angela Pistorio,Clara Malattia,Silvio Cavuto,L Gado-West,A Tortorelli,J M Landgraf,G Singh,Alberto Martini +9 more
TL;DR: The results of the present study show that cross-cultural adaptation is a valid process to obtain reliable instruments for the different socio-economic and socio-demographic conditions of the countries participating in the project.
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A randomized trial of parenteral methotrexate comparing an intermediate dose with a higher dose in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis who failed to respond to standard doses of methotrexate.
Nicolino Ruperto,Kevin J. Murray,Valeria Gerloni,Nico M Wulffraat,Sheila Knupp Feitosa de Oliveira,Fernanda Falcini,Pavla Dolezalova,Maria Alessio,Ruben Burgos-Vargas,Fabrizia Corona,Richard Vesely,Helen E. Foster,Joyce Davidson,Francesco Zulian,Line Asplin,Eileen Baildam,Julia Garcia Consuegra,Huri Ozdogan,Rotraud K. Saurenmann,Rik Joos,Angela Pistorio,Pat Woo,Alberto Martini +22 more
TL;DR: This study shows that the plateau of efficacy of MTX in JIA is reached with parenteral administration of 15 mg/m(2)/week and that a further increase in dosage is not associated with any additional therapeutic benefit.