Roberto Testa

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1 Oscillating glucose is more deleterious to endothelial function and oxidative stress than mean glucose in normal and type 2 diabetic patients. Diabetes 2008 4.05
2 Liver enzyme alteration: a guide for clinicians. CMAJ 2005 3.42
3 Diagnostic potential of circulating miR-499-5p in elderly patients with acute non ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2012 3.20
4 Platelet count/spleen diameter ratio for the noninvasive diagnosis of esophageal varices: results of a multicenter, prospective, validation study. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 2.64
5 Prevalence and prognostic significance of the presence of esophageal varices in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2006 2.26
6 Impaired myocardial metabolic reserve and substrate selection flexibility during stress in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007 1.86
7 Validity and clinical utility of the aspartate aminotransferase-alanine aminotransferase ratio in assessing disease severity and prognosis in patients with hepatitis C virus-related chronic liver disease. Arch Intern Med 2003 1.80
8 A simple approach to noninvasively identifying significant fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C patients in clinical practice. J Clin Gastroenterol 2006 1.69
9 Can Helicobacter pylori eradication regimens be shortened in clinical practice? An open-label, randomized, pilot study of 4 and 7-day triple therapy with rabeprazole, high-dose levofloxacin, and tinidazole. J Clin Gastroenterol 2006 1.43
10 Lowering glucose to prevent adverse cardiovascular outcomes in a critical care setting. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009 1.42
11 The possible protective role of glucagon-like peptide 1 on endothelium during the meal and evidence for an "endothelial resistance" to glucagon-like peptide 1 in diabetes. Diabetes Care 2011 1.23
12 Antioxidant anti-inflammatory treatment in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 2009 1.20
13 Evidence that hyperglycemia after recovery from hypoglycemia worsens endothelial function and increases oxidative stress and inflammation in healthy control subjects and subjects with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes 2012 1.14
14 Semaphorin3A signaling controls Fas (CD95)-mediated apoptosis by promoting Fas translocation into lipid rafts. Blood 2007 1.14
15 Mass spectrometry measurement of plasma hepcidin for the prediction of iron overload. Clin Chem Lab Med 2010 1.11
16 Serum thrombopoietin levels are linked to liver function in untreated patients with hepatitis C virus-related chronic hepatitis. J Hepatol 2002 1.10
17 Leukocyte telomere shortening in elderly Type2DM patients with previous myocardial infarction. Atherosclerosis 2009 1.09
18 Relationship between thrombopoietin serum levels and liver function in patients with chronic liver disease related to hepatitis C virus infection. Am J Gastroenterol 2003 1.05
19 Mitochondrial DNA backgrounds might modulate diabetes complications rather than T2DM as a whole. PLoS One 2011 1.04
20 Noninvasive diagnosis of fibrosis: the truth is rarely pure and never simple. Hepatology 2003 0.95
21 Can inclusion of serum creatinine values improve the Child-Turcotte-Pugh score and challenge the prognostic yield of the model for end-stage liver disease score in the short-term prognostic assessment of cirrhotic patients? Liver Int 2004 0.95
22 The metabolic syndrome: all criteria are equal, but some criteria are more equal than others. Arch Intern Med 2003 0.94
23 Centenarians as super-controls to assess the biological relevance of genetic risk factors for common age-related diseases: a proof of principle on type 2 diabetes. Aging (Albany NY) 2013 0.94
24 Glucose "peak" and glucose "spike": Impact on endothelial function and oxidative stress. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2008 0.92
25 13C-galactose breath test and 13C-aminopyrine breath test for the study of liver function in chronic liver disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005 0.89
26 Previous hepatitis B virus infection is associated with worse disease stage and occult hepatitis B virus infection has low prevalence and pathogenicity in hepatitis C virus-positive patients. Liver Int 2003 0.87
27 The 1-year and 3-month prognostic utility of the AST/ALT ratio and model for end-stage liver disease score in patients with viral liver cirrhosis. Am J Gastroenterol 2002 0.86
28 Pathogenetic loop between diabetes and cell senescence. Diabetes Care 2007 0.85
29 Remodelling of biological parameters during human ageing: evidence for complex regulation in longevity and in type 2 diabetes. Age (Dordr) 2011 0.85
30 Coronary microcirculatory vasoconstriction is heterogeneously distributed in acutely ischemic myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005 0.84
31 Aged-related increase of high sensitive Troponin T and its implication in acute myocardial infarction diagnosis of elderly patients. Mech Ageing Dev 2012 0.82
32 High-performance liquid chromatographic assay of asymmetric dimethylarginine, symmetric dimethylarginine, and arginine in human plasma by derivatization with naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde. Anal Biochem 2003 0.82
33 A novel mitochondrial DNA-like sequence insertion polymorphism in Intron I of the FOXO1A gene. Gene 2004 0.82
34 Initial experience in a vulvovaginal aesthetic surgery unit within a general gynecology department. J Low Genit Tract Dis 2010 0.82
35 Right atrial hemangioma. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2008 0.81
36 Asymptomatic Helicobacter pylori infection increases asymmetric dimethylarginine levels in healthy subjects. Helicobacter 2005 0.81
37 Time is glucose, can't miss gestational diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther 2012 0.81
38 Influence of 1-week Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy with rabeprazole, clarithromycin, and metronidazole on 13C-aminopyrine breath test. Dig Dis Sci 2005 0.80
39 The Italian Registry of Therapeutic Apheresis: granulocyte-monocyte apheresis in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. A multicentric study. J Clin Apher 2011 0.80
40 The p53 codon 72 (Arg72Pro) polymorphism is associated with the degree of insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic subjects: a cross-sectional study. Acta Diabetol 2012 0.80
41 Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with greater impairment of cytochrome P-450 liver metabolic activity in anti-HCV positive cirrhotic patients. Dig Dis Sci 2003 0.79
42 Treatment of bowenoid and basaloid vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3 with imiquimod 5% cream. J Reprod Med 2004 0.79
43 High ascitic fluid leptin levels in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis and sterile ascites: relationship with TNF-alpha levels. Dig Dis Sci 2004 0.79
44 Autoantibodies in Argentine women with recurrent pregnancy loss. Am J Reprod Immunol 2006 0.79
45 A simple approach for mouse embryonic stem cells isolation and differentiation inducing embryoid body formation. Cell Biol Int 2009 0.78
46 Are metabolic factors still important in the era of direct antiviral agents in patients with chronic hepatitis C? World J Gastroenterol 2013 0.78
47 Influence of age on clinical presentation, therapeutic options, and prognosis in anti-HCV positive cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Age Ageing 2002 0.78
48 Utility of the MELD score for assessing 3-month survival in patients with liver cirrhosis: one more positive answer. Gastroenterology 2003 0.78
49 A study on the action of vitamin E supplementation on plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 and platelet nitric oxide production in type 2 diabetic patients. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2007 0.77
50 Platelet nitric oxide production and IR: relation with obesity and hypertriglyceridemia. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 2007 0.77
51 Monitoring cytochrome P-450 activity during rabeprazole treatment in patients with gastresophageal reflux disease. Dig Dis Sci 2006 0.76
52 Longitudinal modifications of the MELD score have prognostic meaning in patients with liver cirrhosis. J Clin Gastroenterol 2005 0.76
53 The Risk-based Treatment of Acute Pulmonary Embolism. J Clin Med Res 2009 0.76
54 Chronic renal impairment and DDAH2-1151 A/C polymorphism determine ADMA levels in type 2 diabetic subjects. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2012 0.76
55 Can changing counseling strategy change the picture of the chronic hepatitis C patient population? Arch Intern Med 2002 0.75
56 Eligibility criteria for antiviral therapy in HCV-positive patients: similar things to (almost) similar people. Am J Gastroenterol 2006 0.75
57 [Predictors of clinical response in patients with ulcerative colitis treated with granulocyte-monocyte apheresis: analysis of the apheresis registry data]. G Ital Nefrol 2012 0.75
58 Hyaluronic acid and aspartate aminotransferase levels normalized by liver function can reflect sinusoidal impairment in chronic liver disease. Liver Int 2006 0.75
59 The PON1192RR genotype is associated with a higher prevalence of arterial hypertension. J Hypertens 2006 0.75
60 Interleukin-6 is a determinant of PAI-1 levels in diabetic subjects with the 4 G allele at position -675 of the PAI-1 gene. Thromb Haemost 2006 0.75
61 Evaluation of laparoscopic management of gynecologic emergencies by residents. Int J Gynaecol Obstet 2010 0.75
62 Effects of the association of lansoprazole, clarithromycin and metronidazole for helicobacter Pylori eradication therapy, measured by the 13C Aminopyrine breath test. Med Sci Monit 2005 0.75
63 National survey on the execution of the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in a representative cohort of Italian laboratories. Clin Chem Lab Med 2006 0.75
64 The International Federation for Cervical Pathology and Colposcopy (IFCPC). J Low Genit Tract Dis 2004 0.75
65 Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor blockade and coronary resistance in unstable angina. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002 0.75
66 Monitoring of liver metabolic function during interferon-alpha therapy and its relationship to treatment outcome in chronic hepatitis C patients. Hepatogastroenterology 2002 0.75
67 Glycated albumin: correlation to HbA1c and preliminary reference interval evaluation. Clin Chem Lab Med 2016 0.75
68 Therapeutic management of chronic hepatitis B in clinical practice: a region-wide survey. J Clin Gastroenterol 2015 0.75