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Raffaele Manna

Researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Publications -  208
Citations -  3965

Raffaele Manna is an academic researcher from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The author has contributed to research in topics: Familial Mediterranean fever & Insulin. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 192 publications receiving 3510 citations. Previous affiliations of Raffaele Manna include Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic & Sapienza University of Rome.

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Management and treatment of lactose malabsorption.

TL;DR: The usefulness of exogenous beta-galactosidase, yogurt and probiotics for their bacterial lactase activity, pharmacological and non pharmacological strategies that can prolong contact time between enzyme and substrate delaying gastrointestinal transit time, and chronic lactose ingestion to enhance colonic adaptation are discussed.
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Pharmacological and clinical basis of treatment of Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) with colchicine or analogues: an update.

TL;DR: Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF), an autosomal recessive disorder, is characterised by recurrent attacks of fever and serositis, lasting 24-72 hours, and today the design of colchicine analogues which may have lesser toxicities and a larger therapeutic window are being worked in.
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Probiotic treatment increases salivary counts of lactobacilli: a double-blind, randomized, controlled study.

TL;DR: The increased salivary counts of lactobacilli may indicate the need to closely monitor the dental health of patients undergoing long-term probiotics treatment, even when this treatment is administrated in a form that avoids direct contact with the oral cavity.
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Familial Mediterranean fever is no longer a rare disease in Italy

TL;DR: Italian FMF patients, 40 women and 31 men, aged from 3 to 75 years, have shown all the clinical manifestations indicative of FMF described in the literature, but with a lower incidence of amyloidosis.