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Alicia S DeFrancesco

Harvard University
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Orbital rhabdomyosarcoma

…, D Hadjistilianou, M Rozans, S DeFrancesco - Cancer …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Although rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a rare tumor among the entire group of
mesenchymal malignancies, it is a relatively common lesion and significant challenge for the …

Child pedestrians: the role of parental beliefs and practices in promoting safe walking in urban neighborhoods

…, S DeFrancesco, D Bishai, P Mahoney, S Ho… - Journal of Urban …, 2004 - Springer
The purpose of this study was to describe parents’ child pedestrian safety practices, knowledge,
risk perceptions, and beliefs. We surveyed 732 parents from four elementary schools in …

Human adipose stem cells: from bench to bedside

F De Francesco, G Ricci, F D'Andrea… - … Engineering Part B …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
… Finally, De Francesco et al. isolated a cell subpopulation characterized by positivity for CD29,
CD34, CD44, CD90, CD105, and CD117 from SVF. This cell population differentiated both …

[PDF][PDF] Worldwide H. pylori antibiotic resistance: a systematic

V De Francesco, F Giorgio, C Hassan… - J Gastrointestin Liver …, 2010 - academia.edu
Background and Aims. Prevalence of H. pylori antibiotic resistance is increasing worldwide,
and it is the main factor affecting efficacy of current therapeutic regimens. Our aim was to …

Clarithromycin-Resistant Genotypes and Eradication of Helicobacter pylori

V De Francesco, M Margiotta, A Zullo… - Annals of internal …, 2006 - acpjournals.org
Background: Three point mutations (A2143G, A2142G, and A2142C) have been involved in
Helicobacter pylori clarithromycin resistance. Objective: To compare the eradication rates …

[HTML][HTML] Helicobacter pylori therapy: Present and future

V De Francesco, E Ierardi, C Hassan… - World journal of …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic active
gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-lymphoma, and is also …

Sequential, concomitant and hybrid first-line therapies for Helicobacter pylori eradication: a prospective randomized study

V De Francesco, C Hassan, L Ridola… - Journal of medical …, 2014 - microbiologyresearch.org
Helicobacter pylori eradication remains a challenge for physicians. Sequential, concomitant
and the hybrid regimens have been proposed as novel, more effective therapies. We …

[HTML][HTML] International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics opinion on reproductive health impacts of exposure to toxic environmental chemicals

…, JA Conry, J Blake, MS DeFrancesco… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Exposure to toxic environmental chemicals during pregnancy and breastfeeding is ubiquitous
and is a threat to healthy human reproduction. There are tens of thousands of chemicals in …

Cancer stem cells in solid tumors: an overview and new approaches for their isolation and characterization

…, M La Noce, L Laino, F De Francesco… - The FASEB …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Primary tumors are responsible for 10% of cancer deaths. In most cases, the main cause of
mortality is the formation of metastases. Accumulating evidence suggests that a …

[HTML][HTML] Starvation, together with the SOS response, mediates high biofilm-specific tolerance to the fluoroquinolone ofloxacin

SP Bernier, D Lebeaux, AS DeFrancesco… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
High levels of antibiotic tolerance are a hallmark of bacterial biofilms. In contrast to well-characterized
inherited antibiotic resistance, molecular mechanisms leading to reversible and …