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Martina Petracca
Researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Publications - 49
Citations - 917
Martina Petracca is an academic researcher from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Internal medicine. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 32 publications receiving 611 citations. Previous affiliations of Martina Petracca include Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic & The Catholic University of America.
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The role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in Parkinson's disease
Alfonso Fasano,Francesco Bove,Maurizio Gabrielli,Martina Petracca,Maria Assunta Zocco,Enzo Ragazzoni,Federico Barbaro,Carla Piano,Serena Fortuna,Annalisa Tortora,Raffaella Di Giacopo,Mariachiara Campanale,Giovanni Gigante,Ernesto Cristiano Lauritano,Pierluigi Navarra,Stefano Marconi,Antonio Gasbarrini,Anna Rita Bentivoglio +17 more
TL;DR: The eradication of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth resulted in improvement in motor fluctuations without affecting the pharmacokinetics of levodopa.
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GBA-Related Parkinson's Disease: Dissection of Genotype-Phenotype Correlates in a Large Italian Cohort.
Simona Petrucci,Monia Ginevrino,Ilaria Trezzi,Edoardo Monfrini,Lucia Ricciardi,Alberto Albanese,Micol Avenali,Paolo Barone,Anna Rita Bentivoglio,Vincenzo Bonifati,Francesco Bove,Laura Bonanni,Livia Brusa,Cristina Cereda,Giovanni Cossu,Chiara Criscuolo,Giovanna Dati,Anna De Rosa,Roberto Eleopra,Giovanni Fabbrini,Laura Fadda,Manuela Garbellini,Brigida Minafra,Marco Onofrj,Claudio Pacchetti,Ilaria Palmieri,Maria Teresa Pellecchia,Martina Petracca,Marina Picillo,Antonio Pisani,Annamaria Vallelunga,Roberta Zangaglia,Alessio Di Fonzo,Francesca Morgante,Francesca Morgante,Enza Maria Valente +35 more
TL;DR: Variants in GBA are the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD) and the impact of different variants on the PD clinical spectrum is still unclear.
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Clinical differences between botulinum neurotoxin type A and B
TL;DR: Since the earliest clinical trials, it has been reported that autonomic side effects are more frequent after BoNT/B injections, and this observation encouraged the use of Bo NT/B for sialorrhea, hyperhidrosis and other non-motor symptoms.
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Novel mutations in SPG11 cause hereditary spastic paraplegia associated with early‐onset levodopa‐responsive Parkinsonism
Arianna Guidubaldi,Carla Piano,Filippo M. Santorelli,Gabriella Silvestri,Martina Petracca,Alessandra Tessa,Anna Rita Bentivoglio +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a 16-year-old male with SPG11 mutations was described, and a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan showed thin corpus callosum and hyperintense T2-weighted lesions in periventricular regions.
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Mutation screening of the DYT6/THAP1 gene in Italy
Monica Bonetti,Chiara Barzaghi,Francesco Brancati,Francesco Brancati,Alessandro Ferraris,Emanuele Bellacchio,Alessandro Giovanetti,Tamara Ialongo,Giovanna Zorzi,Carla Piano,Martina Petracca,Alberto Albanese,Nardo Nardocci,Bruno Dallapiccola,Anna Rita Bentivoglio,Barbara Garavaglia,Enza Maria Valente,Enza Maria Valente +17 more
TL;DR: These findings expand the genotypic spectrum of THAP1 and strengthen the association with upper body involvement, including the cranial and cervical districts that are usually spared in DYT1‐PTD.