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| Plasma ghrelin concentrations in elderly subjects: comparison with anorexic and obese patients | Journal of Endocrinology | 2002 | 211 |
| Prognostic significance of renal function in elderly patients with isolated systolic hypertension: results from the Syst-Eur trial | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2002 | 151 |
| Role of echocardiography and carotid ultrasonography in stratifying risk in patients with essential hypertension: the Assessment of Prognostic Risk Observational Survey | Journal of Hypertension | 2002 | 122 |
| Autoantibodies to fibroblasts induce a proadhesive and proinflammatory fibroblast phenotype in patients with systemic sclerosis | Arthritis and Rheumatism | 2002 | 118 |
| Germline mutations of TSH receptor gene as cause of nonautoimmune subclinical hypothyroidism | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2002 | 115 |
| Pregnancy outcome in 100 women with autoimmune diseases and anti-Ro/SSA antibodies: a prospective controlled study | Lupus | 2002 | 113 |
| Short- and long-term neuroadrenergic effects of moderate dietary sodium restriction in essential hypertension | Circulation | 2002 | 111 |
| Endometriosis: novel etiopathogenetic concepts and clinical perspectives | Fertility and Sterility | 2002 | 102 |
| Prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive patients without and with blood pressure control: data from the PAMELA population. Pressioni Arteriose Monitorate E Loro Associazioni | Hypertension | 2002 | 94 |
| Antihypertensive treatment in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus: what guidance from recent controlled randomized trials? | Journal of Hypertension | 2002 | 92 |
| The sociocognitive psychology of computer-mediated communication: the present and future of technology-based interactions | Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking | 2002 | 90 |
| Effects of losartan and atenolol on left ventricular mass and neurohormonal profile in patients with essential hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy | Journal of Hypertension | 2002 | 90 |
| Comparative effects of candesartan and enalapril on left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with essential hypertension: the candesartan assessment in the treatment of cardiac hypertrophy (CATCH) study | Journal of Hypertension | 2002 | 90 |
| Tolerability of long-term treatment with lercanidipine versus amlodipine and lacidipine in elderly hypertensives | American Journal of Hypertension | 2002 | 86 |
| Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism as a presenting feature of late-onset X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2002 | 82 |
| Medical management of thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas | Pituitary | 2002 | 75 |
| The impact of gender, body dimension and body composition on hand-grip strength in healthy children | Journal of Endocrinological Investigation | 2002 | 66 |
| Comparison between beta-cell function and insulin resistance indexes in prepubertal and pubertal obese children | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 2002 | 66 |
| Regional migratory osteoporosis: a pathogenetic hypothesis based on three cases and a review of the literature | Clinical Rheumatology | 2002 | 62 |
| Virtual reality for health care: the status of research | Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking | 2002 | 62 |
| The High Mobility Group A2 gene is amplified and overexpressed in human prolactinomas | Cancer Research | 2002 | 62 |
| Multiple symmetric lipomatosis may be the consequence of defective noradrenergic modulation of proliferation and differentiation of brown fat cells | Journal of Pathology | 2002 | 60 |
| Immunohistochemical identification of the beta(3)-adrenoceptor in intact human adipocytes and ventricular myocardium: effect of obesity and treatment with ephedrine and caffeine | International Journal of Obesity | 2002 | 58 |
| Low-dose aspirin does not interfere with the blood pressure-lowering effects of antihypertensive therapy | Journal of Hypertension | 2002 | 52 |
