Andrea Domenico Praticò

Prof. Dr. Andrea Domenico Praticò

Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, 95040 Catania, Italy
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Academic Career Length

19Years (2008-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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18 October 2014 in Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Piero PavonePiero Pavone
Piero Pavone
APAndrea Domenico Praticò
Andrea Domenico Praticò
GVGiovanna Vitaliti
Giovanna Vitaliti
MRMartino Ruggieri
Martino Ruggieri
RRRenata Rizzo
Renata Rizzo
RFRaffaele Falsaperla
Raffaele Falsaperla
The authors report a wide and updated revision of hydranencephaly, including a literature review, and present the case of a patient affected by this condition, still alive at 36 months.

13 January 2017 in Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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Piero PavonePiero Pavone
Piero Pavone
APAndrea Domenico Praticò
Andrea Domenico Praticò
Vito PavoneVito Pavone
Vito Pavone
RLRiccardo Lubrano
Riccardo Lubrano
RFRaffaele Falsaperla
Raffaele Falsaperla
MRMartino Ruggieri
Martino Ruggieri
Ataxia is a sign of different disorders involving any level of the nervous system and consisting of impaired coordination of movement and balance. It is mainly caused by dysfunction of the complex circuitry connecting the basal ganglia, cerebellum and cerebral cortex. A careful history, physical examination and some characteristic maneuvers are useful for the diagnosis of ataxia. Some of the causes of ataxia point toward a benign course, but some cases of ataxia can be severe and particularly frightening. Here, we describe the primary clinical ways of detecting ataxia, a sign not easily recognizable in children. We also report on the main disorders that cause ataxia in children. The causal events are distinguished and reported according to the course of the disorder: acute, intermittent, chronic-non-progressive and chronic-progressive. Molecular research in the field of ataxia in children is rapidly expanding; on the contrary no similar results have been attained in the field of the treatment since most of the congenital forms remain fully untreatable. Rapid recognition and clinical evaluation of ataxia in children remains of great relevance for therapeutic results and prognostic counseling.

1 December 2015 in Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
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MRMartino Ruggieri
Martino Ruggieri
APAndrea Domenico Praticò
Andrea Domenico Praticò

31 August 2016 in Italian Journal of Pediatrics
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RFRaffaele Falsaperla
Raffaele Falsaperla
APAndrea Domenico Praticò
Andrea Domenico Praticò
MRMartino Ruggieri
Martino Ruggieri
EPEnrico Parano
Enrico Parano
RRRenata Rizzo
Renata Rizzo
Piero PavonePiero Pavone
Piero Pavone
Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are a wide group of muscular disorders that manifest with very early onset of muscular weakness, sometime associated to severe brain involvement. The histologic pattern of muscle anomalies is typical of dystrophic lesions but quite variable depending on the different stages and on the severity of the disorder. Recent classification of CMDs have been reported most of which based on the combination of clinical, biochemical, molecular and genetic findings, but genotype/phenotype correlation are in constant progression due to more diffuse utilization of the molecular analysis. In this article, the Authors report on CMDs belonging to the group of dystroglycanopathies and in particular on the most severe forms represented by the Fukuyama CMD, Muscle-Eye-Brain disease and Walker Walburg syndrome. Clinical diagnosis of infantile hypotonia is particularly difficult considering the different etiologic factors causing the lesions, the difficulty in localizing the involved CNS area (central vs. peripheral) and the limited role of the diagnostic procedures at this early age. The diagnostic evaluation is not easy mainly in differentiating the various types of CMDs, and represents a challenge for the neonatologists and pediatricians. Suggestions are reported on the way to reach a correct diagnosis with the appropriate use of the diagnostic means.

1 December 2015 in Seminars in Pediatric Neurology
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MRMartino Ruggieri
Martino Ruggieri
APAndrea Domenico Praticò
Andrea Domenico Praticò
D. Gareth EvansD. Gareth Evans
D. Gareth Evans

1 November 2020 in Epilepsy & Behavior
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RFRaffaele Falsaperla
Raffaele Falsaperla
GDGabriella D'ANgelo
Gabriella D'ANgelo
APAndrea Domenico Praticò
Andrea Domenico Praticò
LMLaura Mauceri
Laura Mauceri
MBMassimo Barbagallo
Massimo Barbagallo
MRMartino Ruggieri
Martino Ruggieri