PUBLICATIONS 2013

Publications of the IRCCS G.B. Bietti Foundation for the Study and Research in Ophthalmology ONLUS.

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1)Fogagnolo P, Orzalesi N, Centofanti M, Oddone F, Manni G, Rossetti L.

Short- and long-term phasing of intraocular pressure in stable and progressive glaucoma.

Ophthalmologica. 2013;230(2):87-92. (IF.:1.412; Disciplina Ophthalmology; quartile terzo, terzo nome 50% IFN: 1)


2)Ottobelli L, Manni GL, Centofanti M, Iester M, Allevena F, Rossetti L.

Citicoline oral solution in glaucoma: is there a role in slowing disease progression?

Ophthalmologica. 2013;229(4):219-26.

3)Iester M, Oddone F, Prato M, Centofanti M, Fogagnolo P, Rossetti L, Vaccarezza V, Manni G, Ferreras A.

Linear discriminant functions to improve the glaucoma probability score analysis to detect glaucomatous optic nerve heads: a multicenter study.

J Glaucoma. 2013 Feb;22(2):73-9.

4)McNeill A, Roberti G, Lascaratos G, Hughes D, Mehta A, Garway-Heath DF, Schapira AH.

Retinal thinning in Gaucher disease patients and carriers: results of a pilot study.

Mol Genet Metab. 2013 Jun;109(2):221-3.

1)Leonardi A, Lazzarini D, Motterle L, Bortolotti M, Deligianni V, Curnow SJ, Bonini S, Fregona IA.

Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis-like Disease in Adults.

Am J Ophthalmol 2013;155:796–803

2)Lombardo M, Serrao S, Ducoli P, Lombardo G.

Influence of sampling window size and orientation on parafoveal cone packing density.

Biomed Opt Express 2013; 4(8):1318-1331.

3)Ferrari G, Dastjerdi MH, Okanobo A, Cheng SF, Amparo F, Nallasamy N, Dana R.

Topical ranibizumab as a treatment of corneal neovascularization.

Cornea. 2013 Jul;32(7):992-997.

4)Carroll J, Kay D, Scoles D, Dubra A, Lombardo M.

Adaptive Optics Retinal Imaging – Clinical Opportunities and Challenges.

Curr Eye Research 2013, 2013; 38(7): 709-721

5)Mantelli F, Mauris J, Argüeso P.

The ocular surface epithelial barrier and other mechanisms of mucosal protection: from allergy to infectious diseases.

Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013 Oct; 21(5):563-8.

6)Villani E, Mantelli F, Nucci P.

In-vivo confocal microscopy of the ocular surface: ocular allergy and dry eye.

Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2013; 13:569-576.

7)Rocha EM, Mantelli F, Nominato LF, Bonini S.

Hormones and dry eye syndrome: an update on what we do and don’t know.

Curr Opin Ophthalmol. 2013;24(4):348-55.

8)Cupo G, Scarinci F, Ripandelli G, Sampalmieri M, Centofanti M, Giusti C, Lazzeri S.

A novel index for predicting macular thickening after cataract surgery

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences, 2013; 17(23): 3237-43.

9)Modugno A, Mantelli F, Sposato S, Moretti C, Lambiase A, Bonini S.

Ocular prostheses in the last century: a retrospective analysis of 8018 patients.

Eye 2013; 27:865-870.

10)Savini G, Hoffer KJ, Carbonelli M, Barboni P.

Scheimpflug analysis of corneal power changes after myopic excimer laser surgery.

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013 Apr;39(4):605-10


11)Savini G, Ducoli P, Hoffer KJ.

Intraocular lens power calculation with the Scheimpflug camera after refractive surgery.

J Cataract Refract Surg 2013 Aug;39(8):1280 (letter) IF.: 2.541; Disciplina Ophthalmology; quartile superiore, lettera con dati, 50% IFN: 3)


12)Savini G, Barboni P, Carbonelli M, Hoffer KJ.

Comparison of methods to measure corneal power for IOL power calculation using a rotating Scheimpflug camera.

J Cataract Refract Surg 2013; 39:598–604

13)Huang J, Lu W, Savini G, Hu L, Pan C, Wang J, Tan W, Chen J, Wang Q.

Evaluation of corneal thickness using a Scheimpflug-Placido disk corneal analyzer and comparison with ultrasound pachymetry in eyes after laser in situ keratomileusis.

J Cataract Refract Surg 2013 Jul;39(7):1074-80

14)Mao X, Savini G, Zhuo Z, Feng Y, Zhang J, Wang Q, Chen H, Huang J.

Repeatability, reproducibility, and agreement of corneal power measurements obtained with a new corneal topographer.

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013 Oct;39(10):1561-9


15)Ferrari G, Iuliano L, Viganò M, Rama P.

Impending corneal perforation after collagen cross-linking for herpetic keratitis.

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013 Apr;39(4):638-641.

16)Savini G, Hoffer KJ, Carbonelli M, Ducoli P, Barboni P.

Influence of axial length and corneal power on the astigmatic power of toric intraocular lenses.

J Cataract Refract Surg 2013; 39:1900–1903.

17)Feng YF, Wang DD, Zhao YE, Li JH, Savini G, Huang JH.

Surgical management of malignant glaucoma with white cataract in nanophthalmos.

J Cataract Refract Surg. 2013.Vol. 39 Issue 11 Pag.1774-1777

18)Huang J, Savini G, Hu L, Hoffer KJ, Lu W, Feng Y, Yang F, Hu X, Wang Q.

Precision of a new Scheimpflug –Placido disk analyzer in measuring corneal thickness and agreement with ultrasound pachymetry.

J Cataract Refract Surg 2013; 39(2): 219-224

19)Mantelli F, Massaro-Giordano M, Macchi I, Lambiase A, Bonini S.

The cellular mechanisms of Dry Eye: from pathogenesis to treatment.

Journal of Cellular Physiology. 2013; 228:2253-2256.


20)Mantelli M, Calder VL, Bonini S.

The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Therapies for Ocular Allergy

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2013; 29(9): 786-793.

21)Savini G, Hoffer KJ, Ducoli P.

A new slant on toric intraocular lens power calculation.

J Refract Surg. 2013 May;29(5):348-54


22)Savini G, Hoffer KJ, Carbonelli M.

Anterior chamber and aqueous depth measurement in pseudophakic eyes: agreement between ultrasound biometry and Scheimpflug imaging.

J Refract Surg 2013; 29(2): 121-125.

23)Serrao S, Lombardo G, Ducoli P, Rosati M, Lombardo M.

Evaluation of femtosecond laser clear corneal incision: experimental study.

J Refract Surg 2013; 29(6): 418-424.


24)Mantelli F, Di Zazzo A, Sacchetti M, Dianzani C, Lambiase A, Bonini S.

Topical azithromycin as a novel treatment for ocular rosacea.

Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 2013 Oct;21(5):371-7.


25)Lombardo M, Serrao S, Ducoli P, Lombardo G.

Eccentricity dependent changes of density, spacing and packing arrangement of parafoveal cones.

Ophthalmic Physiol Optics 2013; 33(4): 516-526.


26)Huang J, Ding X, Savini G, Pan C, Feng Y, Cheng D, Hua Y, Hu X, Wang Q.

A Comparison between Scheimpflug Imaging and Optical Coherence Tomography in Measuring Corneal Thickness.

Ophthalmology 2013;120:1951-1958


27)Lombardo M, Serrao S, Devaney N, Parravano M, Lombardo G.

Adaptive optics technology for high-resolution retinal imaging.

Sensors 2013, 13: 334-366.

1)De Benedetto U, Battaglia Parodi M, Knutsson KA, Lattanzio R, Bandello F, Iacono P.

Macular hole after injection of dexamethasone intravitreal implant for macular edema due to central retinal vein occlusion.

Acta Ophthalmol. 2013 Feb;91(1):e75-7.

2)Battaglia Parodi M, Iacono P, Campa C, La Spina C, Triolo G, Lattanzio M, Bandello F.

Dexamethasone tachyphylaxis in the treatment of macular oedema.

Acta Ophthalmol. 2013 Sep 11.


3)Battaglia Parodi M, Iacono P, Papayannis A, Kontadakis SD, Cascavilla M, Pierro L, Gagliardi M, Bandello F.

Intravitreal Ranibizumab for Pigment Epithelium Detachment with subfoveal occult choroidal neovascularization: A prospective 24-month, case series.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jan;155(1):103-108.

4)Pilotto E, Guidolin F, Convento E, Spedicato L, Vujosevic S, Cavarzeran F, Midena E.

Fundus autofluorescence and microperimetry in progressing geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2013 May;97(5):622-6.

5)Virgili G, Parravano M, Menchini F, Brunetti M.

Cost-effectiveness of treatments for diabetic macular oedema: should we pay more attention to the appraisal and reporting of economic evaluations?

Br J Ophthalmol. 2014 Apr;98(4):421-2.

6)Pilotto E, Benetti E, Convento E, Guidolin F, Longhin E, Parrozzani R, Midena E.

Microperimetry, fundus autofluorescence, and retinal layer changes in progressing geographic atrophy.

Can J Ophthalmol. 2013 Oct;48(5):386-93.


7)Lazzeri S, Piaggi P, Parravano M, Ripandelli G, Sartini M, Scarinci F, Cupo G, Guidi G, Cacciamani A, Nardi M, Neri P, Varano M, Figus M.

Analysis of Functional Dissociations between Best Corrected Visual Acuity and Microperimetric Parameters in Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Patients Underwent to Three Monthly Ranibizumab Injections.

Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2013; 4 (4): 1-6.


8)Parravano M, Parisi V, Ziccardi L, Chiaravalloti A, Tedeschi M, Cacciamani A, Boccassini B, Boninfante A, Varano M.

Single-session photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal ranibizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a comprehensive functional retinal assessment.

Doc Ophthalmol. 2013 Dec;127(3):217-25.


9)Matteucci A, Gaddini L, Macchia G, Varano M, Petrucci TC, Macioce P, Malchiodi-Albedi F, Ceccarini M.

Developmental expression of dysbindin in Muller cells of rat retina.

Exp Eye Res. 2013 Nov;116:1-8.

10)Pilotto E, Sportiello P, Alemany-Rubio E, Vujosevic S, Segalina S, Fregona I, Midena E.

Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope in the retromode imaging modality in exudative age-related macular degeneration.

Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2013 Jan;251(1):27-34.

11)Bianchi E, Scarinci F, Ripandelli G, Feher J, Pacella E, Magliulo G, Gabrieli CB, Plateroti R, Plateroti P, Mignini F, Artico M.

Retinal pigment epithelium, age-related macular degeneration and neurotrophic keratouveitis.

Int J Mol Med. 2013 Jan;31(1):232-42.

12)Giacomelli G, Virgili G, Giansanti F, Sato G, Cappello E, Cruciani F, Varano M, 3enchini U.

Clinical and microperimetric predictors of reading speed in low vision patients: a structural equation modelling approach.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013 Jun 27;54(6):4403-8.


13)Cacciamani A, Oddone F, Parravano M, Scarinci F, Di Nicola M, Lofoco G.

Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab: changes in intraocular pressure related to ocular axial length.

Jpn J Ophthalmol. 2013 Jan;57(1):63-7.


14)Battaglia Parodi M, De Benedetto U, Vergallo S, Knutsson KA, Bandello F, Lanzetta P, Iacono P.

Intravitreal bevacizumab for retinal neovascularizations associated with myelinated nerve fibers.

J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 2013 May;29(4):442-3.

14)Parravano M, Oddone F, Boccassini B, Centofanti M, Tanga L, Cacciamani A, Borboni P, Varano M.

Functional retinal impairment in type 1 diabetic patients without any signs of retinopathy.

Ophthalmic Res. 2013;50(2):108-12.


15)Lombardo M, Parravano M, Serrao S, Ducoli P, Stirpe M, Lombardo G.

Analysis of retinal capillaries in patients with type 1 diabetes and nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy using adaptive optics imaging.

Retina. 2013 Sep;33(8):1630-9.

16)Battaglia Parodi M, Iacono P, Papayannis A, Kontadakis S, Cascavilla M, Zucchiatti I, Bandello F.

Intravitreal bevacizumab for extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to pathologic myopia.

Retina. 2013 Mar;33(3):593-7.

17)Lombardo M, Lombardo G, Schiano Lomoriello D, Ducoli P, Stirpe M, Serrao S.

Interocular symmetry of parafoveal photoreceptor cone density distribution.

Retina. 2013 Sep;33(8):1640-9.


18)Battaglia Parodi M, Iacono P, Mansour A, Benedetto UD, Knutsson KA, Bandello F, Ziemssen F, Ness T, Dodwell D.

Intravitreal bevacizumab for juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to multifocal choroiditis.

Retina. 2013 May; 33(5):953-6.

1)Lombardo M, Scarinci F, Ripandelli G, Cupo G, Stirpe M, Serrao S.

Adaptive optics imaging of idiopathic epiretinal membranes.

Ophthalmology. 2013 Jul;120(7):1508-9.

1)Midena E, Lazzarini D, Catania AG, Moretto E, Fregona I, Parrozzani R.

Cytostatic and cytotoxic effects of 5-fluorouracil on human corneal epithelial cells and keratocytes.

Cornea. 2013 Mar;32(3):338-44.


2)Campagnolo M, Lazzarini D, Fregona I, Cacciavillani M, Bergamo F, Parrozzani R, Midena E, Briani C.

Corneal confocal microscopy in patients with oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy.

J Peripher Nerv Syst. 2013;18:269-71.


3)Longhin E, Convento E, Pilotto E, Bonin G, Vujosevic S, Kotsafti O, Midena E.

Static and dynamic retinal fixation stability in microperimetry.

Can J Ophthalmol. 2013;48:375-80.

4)Parrozzani R, Pilotto E, Dario A, Miglionico G, Midena E.

Intravitreal triamcinolone versus intravitreal bevacizumab in the treatment of exudative retinal detachment secondary to posterior uveal melanoma.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2013;155:127-133.

5)Vujosevic S, Martini F, Convento E, Longhin E, Kotsafti O, Parrozzani R, Midena E.

Subthreshold Laser Therapy for Diabetic Macular Edema: Metabolic and Safety Issues.

Curr Med Chem. 2013;20:3267-71.


6)Valpione S, Zoccarato M, Parrozzani R, Pigozzo J, Giometto B, Laveder F, Aliberti C, Chiarion-Sileni V.

Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration with anti-Yo antibodies associated with metastatic uveal melanoma.

J Neurol Sci. 2013;15;335:210-2


7)Alessandrini L, Parrozzani R, Bertorelle R, Valentini E, Candiotto C, Giacomelli L, Midena E, Blandamura S.

C-Kit SCF receptor (CD117) expression and KIT gene mutation in conjunctival pigmented lesions.

Acta Ophthalmol. 2013;91:641-5.


8)Doro D, Kotsafti O, Cimatti P.

Long-term Echographic Surveillance of Elevated Choroidal Nevi.

Am J Ophthalmol. 2013;156:438-43


9)Parrozzani R, Clementi M, Kotsafti O, Miglionico G, Trevisson E, Orlando G, Pilotto E, Midena E.

Optical Coherence Tomography in the Diagnosis of Optic Pathway Gliomas.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013:54;8112-8118

1)Galli-Resta L, Piccardi M, Ziccardi L, Fadda A, Minnella AM, Marangoni D, Placidi G, Resta G, Falsini B.

Early Detection of Central Visual Function Decline in Cone-Rod Dystrophy by the use of Focal Cone Electroretinogram Invest

Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013;54(10):6560-9


2)Piano I, Novelli E, Gasco P, Ghidoni R, Strettoi E, Gargini C.

Cone survival and preservation of visual acuity in an animal model of retinal degeneration.

Eur J Neurosci. 2013 Jun;37(11):1853-62.

3)Ambrosini A, Di Lorenzo C, Coppola G, Pierelli F.

Use of vitex agnus castus in migrainous women with premenstrual syndrome: an open-label clinical observation. Acta Neurol

Belgica 2013;113(1):25-9.

4)Magis D, Schoenen J, Sava SL, Sasso D’Elia T, Coppola G.

Pearls and pitfalls: Electrophysiology for primary headaches.

Cephalalgia 2013;33:526-39.

5)Porcaro C, Coppola G, Pierelli F, Seri S, Di Lorenzo G, Tomasevic L, Salusti C, Tecchio F.

Multiple frequency functional connectivity in the hand somatosensory network: an EEG study.

Clin Neurophys 2013;124:1216-24.

6)Coppola G, Parisi V, Di Lorenzo C, Serrao M, Magis D, Schoenen J, Pierelli F.

Lateral inhibition in visual cortex of migraine patients between attacks.

J Headache Pain 2013, 14:20

7)Di Lorenzo C, Coppola G, Pierelli F.

A case of cluster headache treated with rotigotine: clinical and neurophysiological correlates.

Cephalalgia 2013;33(15):1272-6.

8)Pierelli F, Iacovelli E, Bracaglia M, Serrao M, Coppola G.

Abnormal sensorimotor plasticity in migraine without aura patients.

Pain 2013;154(9):1738-42.


9)La Morgia C, Barboni P, Rizzo G, Carbonelli M, Savini G, Scaglione C, Capellari S, Bonazza S, Giannoccaro MP, Calandra-Buonaura G, Liguori R, Cortelli P, Martinelli P, Baruzzi A, Carelli V.

Loss of temporal retinal nerve fibers in Parkinson disease: a mitochondrial pattern?

Eur J Neurol 2013;20:198-201.


10)Fadda A, Di Renzo A, Martelli F, Marangoni D, Batocchi AP, Giannini D, Parisi V, Falsini B.

Reduced habituation of the retinal ganglion cell response to sustained pattern stimulation in multiple sclerosis patients.

Clin Neurophysiol. 2013 Aug;124(8):1652-8

11)Barboni P, Valentino ML, La Morgia C, Carbonelli M, Savini G, De Negri AM, Simonelli F, Sadun F, Caporali L, Maresca A, Liguori R, Baruzzi A, Zeviani M, Carelli V.

Idebenone treatment in patients with OPA1-mutant dominant optic atrophy.

Brain 2013;136 (pt2):e231.


12)Barboni P, Carelli V, Savini G, Carbonelli M, La Morgia C, Sadun AA.

Microcystic macular degeneration from optic neuropathy: not inflammatory, not trans-synaptic degeneration.

Brain. 2013 Jul;136(Pt 7):e239


13)Huang J, Savini G, Wang Q.

Diagnosis of primary open glaucoma.

JAMA 2013;310:1074.


14)Ziccardi L, Sadun F, De Negri AM, Barboni P, Savini G, Borrelli E, La Morgia C, Carelli V, Parisi V.

Retinal function and neural conduction along the visual pathways in affected and unaffected carriers with Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2013;54:6893-6901. doi: 10.1167/iovs.13-12894.


15)Coppola G.

From neuroimaging to the bedside: take the sheets off the thalamus.

Cephalalgia. 2013;33:359-61.

16)Coppola G, Di Lorenzo C, Schoenen J, Pierelli F.

Habituation and Sensitization in primary headache.

J Headache Pain 2013, 14:65.

17)Di Lorenzo C, Currà A, Sirianni G, Coppola G, Bracaglia M, Cardillo A, De Nardis L, Pierelli F.

Diet transiently improves migraine in two twin sisters: possible role for ketogenesis?

Funct Neurol 2013 Dec 3:1-4

18)Coppola G, Iacovelli E, Bracaglia M, Serrao M, Di Lorenzo C, Pierelli F.

Electrophysiological correlates of episodic migraine chronification: evidence for thalamic involvement.

J Headache Pain 2013;14(1) :76.

19)Perrotta A, Serrao M, Ambrosini A, Bolla M, Coppola G, Sandrini G, Pierelli F.

Facilitated temporal processing of pain and defective supraspinal control of pain in cluster headache.

Pain. 2013 Aug;154(8):1325-32.