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L. Politano
Researcher at University of Paris
Publications - 21
Citations - 629
L. Politano is an academic researcher from University of Paris. The author has contributed to research in topics: Muscular dystrophy & Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 21 publications receiving 586 citations.
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Evaluation of cardiac and respiratory involvement in sarcoglycanopathies.
L. Politano,Vincenzo Nigro,L. Passamano,Vito R. Petretta,Comi Li,Serenella Papparella,Ge Nigro,P.F Rambaldi,Pasquale Raia,Antonella Pini,Marina Mora,Giugliano Ma,Maria Esposito,Giovanni Nigro +13 more
TL;DR: Signs of hypoxic myocardial damage occurred in beta-, gamma- and delta-sarcoglycanopathies, while initial signs of a dilated cardiomyopathy in gamma-and delta-Sarcogly canopathies were found.
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Mutation analysis of the lamin A/C gene (LMNA) among patients with different cardiomuscular phenotypes
Michal Vytopil,Sara Benedetti,Enzo Ricci,Giuliana Galluzzi,A Dello Russo,Luciano Merlini,Giuseppe Boriani,M Gallina,Lucia Morandi,L. Politano,Maurizio Moggio,L Chiveri,I Hausmanova-Petrusewicz,Roberta Ricotti,S. Vohanka,J Toman,D. Toniolo +16 more
TL;DR: No genotype/phenotype correlation has been demonstrated, pointing to the role of factors other than lamins A and C in determining the different tissue specific phenotypes.
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High plasma creatine kinase: review of the literature and proposal for a diagnostic algorithm.
Lucia Morandi,Corrado Angelini,Alessandro Prelle,Antonella Pini,B. Grassi,Giorgio Bernardi,L. Politano,Claudio Bruno,D. De Grandis,P. Cudia,Alberto Citterio +10 more
TL;DR: A diagnostic algorithm is proposed to guide the diagnostic work-up of persons presenting with persistently high levels of plasma CK, which has been discussed and approved by the Committee of the Italian Association of Myology.
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X-linked emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy can be diagnosed from skin biopsy or blood sample
Marina Mora,Luca Cartegni,C. Di Blasi,Rita Barresi,Silvia Bione,M. Raffaele di Barletta,Lucia Morandi,Luciano Merlini,Vincenzo Nigro,L. Politano,M.A. Donati,Ferdinando Cornelio,Fabio Cobianchi,D. Toniolo +13 more
TL;DR: Immunocytochemical evaluation of emerin expression in skin biopsies is proposed as a sensitive and more convenient tool for diagnosing X‐linked EDMD and, in particular, for distinguishing it from the autosomal dominant form.