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Leopoldo Zelante was affiliated with Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza in Italy during their scientific career. The scope of their work and contributions is reflected through their association with this institution.

Although detailed records of publications and specific research topics related to Leopoldo Zelante are not extensively documented, available data does not list recent papers, frequent co-authors, or particular fields of study connected to their name.

The absence of detailed publication venues or book publications suggests that information on their documented scientific outputs is limited or not widely accessible.

Leopoldo Zelante was recorded as deceased, which implies that all discussion of their work and career should be considered in the past tense to reflect the historical nature of their contributions.

Best Publications

  • The putative forkhead transcription factor FOXL2 is mutated in blepharophimosis/ptosis/epicanthus inversus syndrome.

    Crisponi L;Deiana M;Loi A;Chiappe F

  • Connexin26 Mutations Associated with the Most Common Form of Non-Syndromic Neurosensory Autosomal Recessive Deafness (DFNB1) in Mediterraneans

    Leopoldo Zelante;Paolo Gasparini;Xavier Estivill;Salvatore Melchionda

  • Connexin-26 mutations in sporadic and inherited sensorineural deafness

    Xavier Estivill;Paolo Fortina;Saul Surrey;Raquel Rabionet

  • Mutations of SURF-1 in Leigh Disease Associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase Deficiency

    Valeria Tiranti;Konstanze Hoertnagel;Rosalba Carrozzo;Claudia Galimberti

  • High carrier frequency of the 35delG deafness mutation in European populations

    Paolo Gasparini;Raquel Rabionet;Guido Barbujani;Salvatore Melchionda

  • Mutations in GJB6 cause nonsyndromic autosomal dominant deafness at DFNA3 locus

    Anna Grifa;Carsten A. Wagner;Lucrezia D'Ambrosio;Salvatore Melchionda

  • Reelin gene alleles and haplotypes as a factor predisposing to autistic disorder

    A. M. Persico;L. D'agruma;N. Maiorano;A. Totaro

  • Cystinuria caused by mutations in rBAT , a gene involved in the transport of cystine

    María Julia Calonge;Paolo Gasparini;Josep Chillarón;Miguel Chillón

  • Mutations in MYH9 result in the May-Hegglin anomaly, and Fechtner and Sebastian syndromes. The May-Heggllin/Fechtner Syndrome Consortium.

    Seri M;Cusano R;Gangarossa S;Caridi G

  • Non-type I cystinuria caused by mutations in SLC7A9, encoding a subunit (bo,+AT) of rBAT.

    Lídia Feliubadaló;Mariona Font;Jesús Purroy;Ferran Rousaud

  • Cryptic deletions are a common finding in “balanced” reciprocal and complex chromosome rearrangements: a study of 59 patients

    M De Gregori;R Ciccone;P Magini;T Pramparo

  • Comparison between SLC3A1 and SLC7A9 Cystinuria Patients and Carriers: A Need for a New Classification

    Luca Dello Strologo;Elon Pras;Claudia Pontesilli;Ercole Beccia

  • Molecular basis of childhood deafness resulting from mutations in the GJB2 (connexin 26) gene.

    Raquel Rabionet;Leopoldo Zelante;Núria López-Bigas;Leonardo D'Agruma

  • Juvenile Hemochromatosis Locus Maps to Chromosome 1q

    A. Roetto;A. Totaro;M. Cazzola;M. Cicilano

  • MYO6, the human homologue of the gene responsible for deafness in Snell's waltzer mice, is mutated in autosomal dominant nonsyndromic hearing loss

    Salvatore Melchionda;Nadav Ahituv;Luigi Bisceglia;Tama Sobe

  • Positional cloning of the Fanconi anaemia group A gene

    Sinoula Apostolou;Scott A. Whitmore;Joanna Crawford;Gregory Lennon

  • Mutations in a novel gene with transmembrane domains underlie Usher syndrome type 3.

    Tarja Joensuu;Riikka Hämäläinen;Bo Yuan;Cheryl Johnson

  • Clinical and molecular characterization of patients with distal 11q deletions.

    Laura A. Penny;Marie Dell'Aquila;Marilyn C. Jones;JoAnn Bergoffen

  • Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome. Clinical findings in 37 Italian affected individuals.

    Lorenzo Lo Muzio;Pier Francesco Nocini;Anna Savoia;Ugo Consolo

  • Nonmuscle Myosin Heavy-Chain Gene MYH14 Is Expressed in Cochlea and Mutated in Patients Affected by Autosomal Dominant Hearing Impairment (DFNA4)

    Francesca Donaudy;Rik Snoeckx;Markus Pfister;Hans Peter Zenner

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Gasparini
Paolo Gasparini University of Trieste
Massimo Carella
Massimo Carella Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza
Bruno Dallapiccola
Bruno Dallapiccola Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital
Anna Savoia
Anna Savoia University of Trieste
Manuel Palacín
Manuel Palacín Institute for Research in Biomedicine
Giuseppe Merla
Giuseppe Merla University of Naples Federico II
Achille Iolascon
Achille Iolascon University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Zorzano
Antonio Zorzano University of Barcelona
Virginia Nunes
Virginia Nunes University of Barcelona

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