| Cellular and structural bases of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 2001 | 414 |
| Expression of the duodenal iron transporters divalent-metal transporter 1 and ferroportin 1 in iron deficiency and iron overload | Gastroenterology | 2001 | 243 |
| Helicobacter pylori eradication can induce platelet recovery in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura | Blood | 2001 | 208 |
| Memory rehabilitation in Alzheimer's disease: a review of progress | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 2001 | 155 |
| Autosomal-dominant hemochromatosis is associated with a mutation in the ferroportin (SLC11A3) gene | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2001 | 127 |
| Morphological analysis of articular cartilage biopsies from a randomized, clinical study comparing the effects of 500-730 kDa sodium hyaluronate (Hyalgan) and methylprednisolone acetate on primary osteoarthritis of the knee | Osteoarthritis and Cartilage | 2001 | 99 |
| Molecular screening for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer: a prospective, population-based study | Journal of Clinical Oncology | 2001 | 91 |
| Long-term follow-up of patients treated for chronic headache with analgesic overuse | Cephalalgia | 2001 | 86 |
| High doses of alpha-interferon are required in chronic hepatitis due to coinfection with hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus: long term results of a prospective randomized trial | American Journal of Gastroenterology | 2001 | 80 |
| Aldosterone inhibition limits collagen synthesis and progressive left ventricular enlargement after anterior myocardial infarction | American Heart Journal | 2001 | 80 |
| Interleukin-11 induces Th2 polarization of human CD4(+) T cells | Blood | 2001 | 72 |
| Characterization of pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like lesions in the skin of patients with beta-thalassemia | Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology | 2001 | 71 |
| Hormonal therapy with megestrol in inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma characterized by variant oestrogen receptors | British Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 68 |
| Pathology of colorectal cancer | Digestive and Liver Disease | 2001 | 64 |
| Role of PCR in diagnosis and prognosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 | Journal of Clinical Microbiology | 2001 | 61 |
| Frequency and biochemical expression of C282Y/H63D hemochromatosis (HFE) gene mutations in the healthy adult population in Italy | Journal of Hepatology | 2001 | 56 |
| Prognostic features and survival of hepatocellular carcinoma in Italy: impact of stage of disease | European Journal of Cancer | 2001 | 54 |
| Liver and kidney foreign bodies granulomatosis in a patient with malocclusion, bruxism, and worn dental prostheses | Gastroenterology | 2001 | 51 |
| Hyperhomocysteinemia and related factors in 600 hospitalized elderly subjects | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 2001 | 51 |
| Methylation pattern of different regions of the MLH1 promoter and silencing of gene expression in hereditary and sporadic colorectal cancer | Genes Chromosomes and Cancer | 2001 | 50 |
| Microsatellite instability and mismatch-repair protein expression in hereditary and sporadic colorectal carcinogenesis | Cancer Research | 2001 | 47 |
| Role of estrogen on bone in the human male: insights from the natural models of congenital estrogen deficiency | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology | 2001 | 46 |
| Congenital estrogen deficiency: in search of the estrogen role in human male reproduction | Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology | 2001 | 39 |
| 3-Hydroxy-(4H)-benzopyran-4-ones as potential iron chelating agents in vivo | Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry | 2001 | 36 |
| Mitochondria in the pathogenesis of lipodystrophy induced by anti-HIV antiretroviral drugs: actors or bystanders? | BioEssays | 2001 | 35 |
