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  1. Longitudinal assessment of migraine burden in resistant and refractory migraine – Data from the prospective REFINE study

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  2. Aura phenomenon: a proposal for an etiology-based clinical classification

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  3. Resistant and refractory migraine – two different entities with different comorbidities? Results from the REFINE study

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  4. Resistant and refractory migraine: clinical presentation, pathophysiology, and management

    Article • EBioMedicine, January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  5. Menstrually associated migraine

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  6. Primary headache epidemiology in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  7. Cognitive and Emotional Empathy in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Behavioural Neurology, February 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Antonio Carolei, Professor Simona Sacco, Veronica Guadagni

  8. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Presenting with Atypical Findings: Report of Two Cases

    Article • Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, November 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Antonio Carolei, Professor Simona Sacco

  9. The Role of Inflammation in Neurological Disorders

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, July 2018, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  10. Hormonal contraceptives and risk of ischemic stroke in women with migraine: a consensus statement from the European Headache Federation (EHF) and the European Society of Contraception and Reproductive Health (ESC)

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  11. Spreading Depolarization May Link Migraine, Stroke, and Other Cardiovascular Disease

    Article • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain, August 2014, Wiley

    Professor Simona Sacco

  12. Prevalence of patent foramen ovale in ischemic stroke in Italy: the SISIFO study

    Article • Neurological Sciences, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  13. Migraine and Hemorrhagic Stroke: A Meta-analysis

    Article • Stroke, October 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  14. The Perception of Pain and its Management in Disorders of Consciousness

    Article • Current Review of Pain, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  15. Vegetative states and minimally conscious states revisited: A Russian doll approach

    Article • Brain Injury, August 2013, Informa Healthcare

    Professor Simona Sacco

  16. Corticomotor Facilitation in Vegetative State: Results of a Pilot Study

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, August 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  17. Temporary Is Not Always Benign: Similarities and Differences Between Transient Ischemic Attack and Angina

    Article • Mayo Clinic Proceedings, July 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  18. Stroke Tracked by Administrative Coding Data: Is it Fair?

    Article • Stroke, June 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  19. Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Migraine

    Article • Current Review of Pain, December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  20. A practical definition of minor stroke

    Article • Neurological Sciences, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  21. Migraine and vascular diseases: A review of the evidence and potential implications for management

    Article • Cephalalgia, June 2012, SAGE Publications

    Professor Simona Sacco

  22. Migraine in women: the role of hormones and their impact on vascular diseases

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  23. Atherothrombotic Burden and Medium-Term Prognosis in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: Findings of the SIRIO Study

    Article • Cerebrovascular Diseases, January 2012, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  24. Tension-type Headache and Systemic Medical Disorders

    Article • Current Review of Pain, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  25. Is Migraine a Modifiable Risk Factor for Ischemic Stroke? Potentially Not

    Article • The American Journal of Medicine, August 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  26. Multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands: a core context for neuroanthropology

    Article • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, June 2011, Wiley

    Professor Simona Sacco

  27. Epidemiology of Stroke in Italy

    Article • International Journal of Stroke, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Simona Sacco

  28. Validation of the Italian version of a new coma scale: the FOUR score

    Article • Internal and Emergency Medicine, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  29. Oxidative stress: a bridge between migraine and cardiovascular disease?

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, April 2011, Wiley

    Professor Simona Sacco

  30. Validation of the Italian version of the Coma Recovery Scale-Revised (CRS-R)

    Article • Brain Injury, March 2011, Informa Healthcare

    Professor Simona Sacco

  31. Migraine attributed to genetic disorder: Proposal of a new category

    Article • Cephalalgia, February 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Simona Sacco

  32. ICHD-II criteria for headache attributed to transient ischemic attack: The need for an update

    Article • Cephalalgia, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Professor Simona Sacco

  33. Risk of Recurrent Cerebrovascular Events in Patients with Cryptogenic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack and Patent Foramen Ovale: The FORI (Foramen Ovale Registro Italiano) Study

    Article • Cerebrovascular Diseases, January 2011, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  34. Showered Cortical Infarctions and Brain Atrophy in Churg-Strauss Syndrome

    Article • European Neurology, January 2011, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  35. Migraine and Patent Foramen Ovale: The Secret in the Bubbles?

    Article • Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain, October 2010, Wiley

    Professor Simona Sacco

  36. Diagnostic criteria for CADASIL in the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-II): are they appropriate?

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  37. The FOUR Score: A Reliable Instrument to Assess the Comatose Stroke Patient

    Article • European Neurology, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  38. Headache attributed to arteritis, cerebral venous thrombosis, and other vascular intracranial disturbances

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  39. Headache attributed to stroke, TIA, intracerebral haemorrhage, or vascular malformation

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  40. Homocysteine and stroke: another brick in the wall

    Article • Clinical Science, November 2009, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Simona Sacco

  41. BURDEN OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND RISK OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PATIENTS WITH MIGRAINE

    Article • Neurology, June 2009, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  42. Incidence, Case-Fatalities and 10-Year Survival of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in a Population-Based Registry

    Article • European Neurology, January 2009, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  43. Acute Stroke Admission and Diagnostic Procedures According to the Hour and Day of Onset: The SIRIO Collaborative Data

    Article • European Neurology, November 2008, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  44. Incidence and 10-Year Survival of Intracerebral Hemorrhage in a Population-Based Registry

    Article • Stroke, November 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  45. CADASIL presenting as status migrainosus and persisting aura without infarction

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  46. Autoregulation might explain why blood pressure is not associated with haematoma enlargement in acute intracerebral haemorrhage

    Article • European Journal of Neurology, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Simona Sacco

  47. Selective motor imagery defect in patients with locked-in syndrome

    Article • Neuropsychologia, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  48. Comorbid neuropathologies in migraine: an update on cerebrovascular and cardiovascular aspects

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  49. Management of Pathologic Laughter and Crying in Patients With Locked-In Syndrome: A Report of 4 Cases

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  50. Mismatch of neurophysiological findings in partial recovery of consciousness: a case report

    Article • Brain Injury, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    MD, PhD Raffaele Palmirotta, Professor Simona Sacco

  51. Heart rate non linear dynamics in patients with persistent vegetative state: a preliminary report

    Article • Brain Injury, January 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Simona Sacco

  52. Homocysteine and leukoaraiosis: time for a clinical trial?

    Article • Neurological Sciences, October 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  53. Contribution of Hematocrit to Early Mortality after Ischemic Stroke

    Article • European Neurology, September 2007, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  54. Morphological variations of the internal carotid artery: Prevalence, characteristics and association with cerebrovascular disease

    Article • International Journal of Angiology, June 2007, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Simona Sacco

  55. Stroke-unit care for patients with acute stroke

    Article • The Lancet, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  56. CHARISMA: The Antiplatelet Saga Continues

    Article • Stroke, February 2007, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  57. An unexpected recovery from permanent vegetative state

    Article • Brain Injury, January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Simona Sacco

  58. Comorbid neuropathologies in migraine

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  59. A population-based study of the incidence and prognosis of lacunar stroke

    Article • Neurology, May 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  60. Stroke in Italy: A Disease to Prevent

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Simona Sacco

  61. Prevalence of Parkinson's disease in the L'Aquila district, central Italy

    Article • Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, July 2005, Wiley

    Professor Simona Sacco

  62. Severe Oxygen Desaturation in Obstructive Sleep-Apnea Syndrome as a Possible Cause of Ischemic Stroke

    Article • European Neurology, May 2005, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  63. Contribution of Atrial Fibrillation to Incidence and Outcome of Ischemic Stroke: Results From a Population-Based Study

    Article • Stroke, May 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Simona Sacco

  64. Brain White Matter Lesions in an Italian Family with Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

    Article • European Neurology, May 2004, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  65. Medical treatment of intracerebral hemorrhage

    Article • Neurological Sciences, March 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  66. Four Recurrent Intracerebral Haemorrhages

    Article • Cerebrovascular Diseases, September 2003, Karger Publishers

    Professor Simona Sacco

  67. Central nervous system vasculitis

    Article • Neurological Sciences, May 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  68. Comorbidities of migraine: a user-friendly overview

    Article • The Journal of Headache and Pain, March 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Simona Sacco

  69. Prolongation of TCD-enhanced Doppler signal by continuous infusion of levovist

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, November 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Simona Sacco

  70. EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STROKE

    Article • Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Simona Sacco

  71. Noninvasive measurement of cerebral hemoglobin oxygen saturation using two near infrared spectroscopy approaches

    Article • Journal of Biomedical Optics, January 2000, SPIE

    Professor Simona Sacco