Giuseppe D’Orsi

Dr. Giuseppe D’Orsi

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Academic Career Length

21Years (2006-Present)

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

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4 June 2014 in Journal of Neurology
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OEOn behalf of the Apulian Study Group on Senile Myoclonic Epilepsy
On behalf of the Apulian Study Group on Senile Myoclonic Epilepsy
GDGiuseppe D’Orsi
Giuseppe D’Orsi
LSLuigi M. Specchio
Luigi M. Specchio


1 March 2021 in Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
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NONiccolò Orlandi
Niccolò Orlandi
EBEmanuele Bartolini
Emanuele Bartolini
DADaniela Audenino
Daniela Audenino
MMMario Coletti Moja
Mario Coletti Moja
LULidia Urso
Lidia Urso
TZTiziano Zanoni
Tiziano Zanoni

25 June 2009 in Neurological Sciences
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GDGiuseppe D’Orsi
Giuseppe D’Orsi
VDVincenzo Demaio
Vincenzo Demaio
FSFrancesco Scarpelli
Francesco Scarpelli
TCTeresa Calvario
Teresa Calvario
MMMauro G. Minervini
Mauro G. Minervini

1 November 2012 in Epilepsy & Behavior
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GDGiuseppe D’Orsi
Giuseppe D’Orsi
MTMarina Trivisano
Marina Trivisano
CLConcetta Luisi
Concetta Luisi
VDVincenzo Demaio
Vincenzo Demaio
MCMaria Teresa Di Claudio
Maria Teresa Di Claudio
LSLuigi M. Specchio
Luigi M. Specchio

28 June 2023 in Frontiers in Neurology
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GDGiuseppe D’Orsi
Giuseppe D’Orsi
AFAndrea Farolfi
Andrea Farolfi
LMLorenzo Muccioli
Lorenzo Muccioli
OPOrazio Palumbo
Orazio Palumbo
PPPietro Palumbo
Pietro Palumbo
MCMassimo Carella
Massimo Carella
Purpose: To evaluate the electro-clinical features in association with laboratory and instrumental correlates of neurodegeneration to detect the progression of Lafora disease (LD).Methods: We investigated the electro-clinical longitudinal data and CSF Aβ42, p-tau181 and t-tauAg, amyloid, and 18F-FDG PET of five unrelated LD families.Results: Three progressive electro-clinical stages were identified. The early phase was characterized by rare, generalized tonic-clonic and focal visual seizures, followed by the occurrence of myoclonus after a period ranging from 2 to 12 months. The intermediate stage, usually occurring 2 years after the onset of epilepsy, is characterized by a worsening of epilepsy and myoclonus associated with progressive dementia and cerebellar signs. Finally, the late stage, evolving after a mean period of 7 ± 1.41 years from the onset of the disease, was characterized by gait ataxia resulting in bedriddenness, severe dementia, daily/pluri-daily myoclonus, drug-resistant epilepsy, clusters of seizures or status epilepticus, and medical complications. Amyloid (CSF Aβ42, amyloid PET) and neurodegenerative (CSF p-tau181 and t-tauAg, FDG-PET) biomarkers indicate a pattern of cognitive impairment of the non-Alzheimer's disease type. A total of 80% of the LD patients showed more severe hypometabolism in the second FDG-PET scan compared to the first scan performed in a lower phase; the lateral temporal lobe and the thalamus hypometabolism were associated with the presence of intermediate or late phase.Conclusions: Three electroclinical and 18F-FDG PET evolutive stages are useful biomarkers for the progression of LD and could help to evaluate the efficacy of new disease-modifying treatments. The combination of traditional CSF biomarkers improves the diagnostic accuracy of cognitive decline in LD patients, indicating a cognitive impairment of the non-Alzheimer's disease type.