Rodolfo Ferrari

TL;DR: Characterization and Clinical Impact of Antinuclear Antibodies in Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and their Role in Mortality and Morbidity are studied.

TL;DR: This review focused on the key points to know and understand NIMV in some lights and shadows, to reduce morbility and mortality associated to endotracheal intubation.

TL;DR: Prevalence and clinical significance of ASCA in autoimmune liver disease are determined; their correlation with elevated IgA in PBC suggests that ASCA may be an indirect sign of enhanced mucosal immunity; in PSC patients neither ASCA nor p‐ANCA predict the occurrence of a concomitant inflammatory bowel disease.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the pandemic on non-COVID-19 patients living in a one-million inhabitants' area in Northern Italy (Bologna Metropolitan Area-BMA), analyzing time trends of Emergency Department (ED) visits, hospitalizations and mortality.

TL;DR: Type 1 AIH patients usually present with a chronic pattern, but some 25% have an acute presentation resembling that of viral hepatitis, and 'Acute' AIH and viral hepatitis can be reliably differentiated by simple parameters such as gender, gamma-globulin serum levels and AST/ALT ratio.