Centres Italy    
  Prof. Stefano Bombardieri
Personal Professor Stefano Bombardieri is based in the Rheumatology Unit at the University of Pisa, Italy. The department currently trains 2 fellows per year in rheumatology, and offers ongoing teaching programmes in rheumatology and clinical immunology/allergology.
More information is available at www.ao-pisa.toscana.it
Interests Clinical practice in the unit is focused on systemic autoimmune diseases, arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis. The unit is also a referral center for systemic autoimmune diseases. Within the unit is an inpatient clinic (24 beds), a day hospital (16 patients per day) with both diagnostic and infusional activity (anti-TNF, cyclophosphamide, prostanoids, etc), and an outpatient clinic (morning and afternoon sessions averaging 40 patients per day). In addition, there are active pregnancy, fibromyalgia, and spondyloarthritis clinics. The following instrumental analyses are performed: capillaroscopy, DEXA scan, and joint ultrasound. Areas of research include systemic autoimmune diseases, pregnancy, non–organ-specific autoantibodies and fibromyalgia. Professor Bombardieri has also participated in industry-sponsored clinical trials involving rituximab, anti-TNF, anti-IL6, and COX-2 selective inhibitors.
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Publications

Mosca M, Strigini F, Doria A, Pratesi F, Tani C, Iaccarino L, Chimenti D,Carmignani A, Cecchi M, Zampieri S, Ghirardello A, Migliorini P, Bombardieri S. Anti-C1q antibodies in pregnant patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:449-452.

Vitali C, Palombi G, Baldini C, Benucci M, Bombardieri S, Covelli M, Del Papa N, De Vita S, Epis O, Franceschini F, Gerli R, Govoni M, Bongi SM, Maglione W, Migliaresi S, Montecucco C, Orefice M, Priori R, Tavoni A, Valesini G. Sjögren's Syndrome Disease Damage Index and disease activity index: scoring systems for the assessment of disease damage and disease activity in Sjögren's syndrome, derived from an analysis of a cohort of Italian patients. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56:2223-2231.

Bazzichi L, Rossi A, Massimetti G, Giannaccini G, Giuliano T, De Feo F, Ciapparelli A, Dell'Osso L, Bombardieri S. Cytokine patterns in fibromyalgia and their correlation with clinical manifestations. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:225-230.

Giusti L, Baldini C, Bazzichi L, Ciregia F, Tonazzini I, Mascia G, Giannaccini G, Bombardieri S, Lucacchini A. Proteome analysis of whole saliva: a new tool for rheumatic diseases--the example of Sjögren's syndrome. Proteomics. 2007;7:1634-1643.

Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Iagnocco A, Filippucci E, Meenagh G, Grassi W, Valesini G, Bombardieri S. Ultrasound imaging for the rheumatologist X. Ultrasound imaging in crystal-related arthropathies. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2007;25:513-517.
   
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