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  1. Too late, too often: missed opportunities in male bone health: a real-world portrait from a 14-year specialist referral experience

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, December 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  2. Hypoparathyroidism in adults with iron overload diseases (IOD): evidence of a subclinical phenotype

    Article • Endocrine, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  3. The Effect of Tirzepatide on Body Composition in People with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review of Randomized, Controlled Studies

    Article • Diseases, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  4. Value of repeated US-guided fine-needle aspiration (US-FNAB) in the follow-up of benign thyroid nodules: a real-life study based on the MoCyThy (Modena’s Cytology of the Thyroid) DATABASE with a revision of the literature

    Article • Endocrine, December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  5. Bone Mineral Density and Trabecular Bone Score Changes throughout Menopause in Women with HIV

    Article • Viruses, December 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  6. Semen Analysis in “Urology-Naïve” Patients: A Chance of Uroandrological Screening in Young Males

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Michele Navarra, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  7. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of doctor–patient interactions during andrological consultations

    Article • Andrology, July 2022, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  8. COVID-19 lockdown negatively impacted on adherence to denosumab therapy: incidence of non-traumatic fractures and role of telemedicine

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  9. How Much Vitamin D is Too Much? A Case Report and Review of the Literature

    Article • Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets, September 2021, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira, Manuela Simoni, Professor Amedeo LONARDO

  10. The Prevalence of Hypogonadism and the Effectiveness of Androgen Administration on Body Composition in HIV-Infected Men: A Meta-Analysis

    Article • Cells, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  11. Long-Term Use of Temozolomide as Safe and Effective Therapy for an Aggressive Corticotroph Adenoma in a Very Old Patient

    Article • Journal of the Endocrine Society, April 2021, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  12. Sexual Dysfunction: A Neglected and Overlooked Issue in Adult GH Deficiency: The Management of AGHD Study

    Article • Journal of the Endocrine Society, January 2021, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  13. The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal and -thyroid axes activation lasting one year after an earthquake swarm: results from a big data analysis

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  14. Late Onset Hypogonadism (LOH): bone health

    Article • Andrology, May 2020, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  15. Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH) Action on Spermatogenesis: A Focus on Physiological and Therapeutic Roles

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  16. Phenotype of the Adulthood

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  17. Reliability of calcium–phosphorus (Ca/P) ratio as a new, accurate and inexpensive tool in the diagnosis of some Ca–P disorders

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  18. Abacavir, nevirapine, and ritonavir modulate intracellular calcium levels without affecting GHRH-mediated growth hormone secretion in somatotropic cells in vitro

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, February 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  19. Relative hyperestrogenism in Klinefelter Syndrome: results from a meta-analysis

    Article • Endocrine, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  20. Could chronic Vardenafil administration influence the cardiovascular risk in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus?

    Article • PLOS One, June 2018, PLOS

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  21. Analysis of characteristics and outcomes by growth hormone treatment duration in adult patients in the Italian cohort of the Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study (HypoCCS)

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  22. EAA clinical guideline on management of bone health in the andrological outpatient clinic

    Article • Andrology, March 2018, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira, Dr Leen Antonio

  23. Probiotics Ingestion Does Not Directly Affect Thyroid Hormonal Parameters in Hypothyroid Patients on Levothyroxine Treatment

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, November 2017, Frontiers

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  24. Serum Calcium to Phosphorous (Ca/P) Ratio Is a Simple, Inexpensive, and Accurate Tool in the Diagnosis of Primary Hyperparathyroidism

    Article • JBMR Plus, November 2017, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  25. Sperm recovery and ICSI outcomes in Klinefelter syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Human Reproduction Update, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  26. The steroid response to human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) stimulation in men with Klinefelter syndrome does not change using immunoassay or mass spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  27. Klinefelter syndrome: cardiovascular abnormalities and metabolic disorders

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  28. Growth hormone deficiency and human immunodeficiency virus

    Article • Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, February 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  29. Aging and sex hormones in males

    Article • Virulence, November 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  30. Pituitary growth hormone (GH) secretion is partially rescued in HIV-infected patients with GH deficiency (GHD) compared to hypopituitary patients

    Article • Endocrine, October 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  31. Klinefelter syndrome (KS): genetics, clinical phenotype and hypogonadism

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  32. Use of l-Arginine with Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and the Endocrine Response

    Article • August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  33. Effects of chronic administration of the phosphodiesterase inhibitor vardenafil on serum levels of adrenal and testicular steroids in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Article • Endocrine, August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  34. Human chorionic gonadotropin stimulation gives evidence of differences in testicular steroidogenesis in Klinefelter syndrome, as assessed by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, May 2016, Bioscientifica

    Dr Daniele Santi, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  35. Italian association of clinical endocrinologists (AME) position statement: drug therapy of osteoporosis

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  36. Six months of daily treatment with vardenafil improves parameters of endothelial inflammation and of hypogonadism in male patients with type 2 diabetes and erectile dysfunction: a randomized, double-blind, prospective trial

    Article • January 2016, Bioscientifica

    Dr Daniele Santi, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  37. Serum total estradiol, but not testosterone is associated with reduced bone mineral density (BMD) in HIV-infected men: a cross-sectional, observational study

    Article • Osteoporosis International, October 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  38. Characteristics and outcomes of Italian patients from the observational, multicentre, hypopituitary control and complications study (HypoCCS) according to tertiles of growth hormone peak concentration following stimulation testing at study entry

    Article • Clinical Endocrinology, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr Marco Losa, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  39. Erectile Dysfunction Is Common among Men with Acromegaly and Is Associated with Morbidities Related to the Disease

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, May 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  40. Low testosterone is associated with poor health status in men with human immunodeficiency virus infection: a retrospective study

    Article • Andrology, February 2015, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  41. High-Resolution Melting Is a Sensitive, Cost-Effective, Time-Saving Technique for BRAF V600E Detection in Thyroid FNAB Washing Liquid: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • European Thyroid Journal, January 2015, Karger Publishers

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  42. The Endocrine Role of Estrogens on Human Male Skeleton

    Article • International Journal of Endocrinology, January 2015, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  43. Intact parathyroid hormone levels are associated with increased carotid intima media thickness in HIV infected patients

    Article • Atherosclerosis, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira, Dr Antonio Bellasi

  44. Hypogonadism in the HIV-Infected Man

    Article • Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America, September 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  45. Testosterone Supplementation and Sexual Function: A Meta-Analysis Study

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, June 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  46. Gender differences in GH response to GHRH+ARG in lipodystrophic patients with HIV: a key role for body fat distribution

    Article • February 2014, Bioscientifica

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  47. Male sexual dysfunction and HIV—a clinical perspective

    Article • Nature Reviews Urology, January 2014, Nature

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  48. The Diagnostic Value of Calcitonin Measurement in Wash-Out Fluid from Fine-Needle Aspiration of Thyroid Nodules in the Diagnosis of Medullary Thyroid Cancer

    Article • Endocrine Practice, September 2013, AACE Corp (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists)

    Manuela Simoni, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  49. Inverse Correlation Between Vascular Calcification and Bone Mineral Density in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients

    Article • Calcified Tissue International, August 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira, Dr Antonio Bellasi

  50. Prevalence of Olfactory and Other Developmental Anomalies in Patients with Central Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

    Article • Frontiers in Endocrinology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Manuela Simoni, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  51. Erectile Dysfunction Is More Common in Young to Middle‐Aged HIV‐Infected Men than in HIV‐Uninfected Men

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, July 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  52. Erectile Dysfunction Is Not a Mirror of Endothelial Dysfunction in HIV‐Infected Patients

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, April 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  53. Propylthiouracil-Induced Interstitial Pneumonia in a Caucasian Woman with Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis

    Article • Thyroid, March 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  54. Clinical and radiological evidence of the recurrence of reversible pegvisomant-related lipohypertrophy at the new site of injection in two women with acromegaly: a case series

    Article • Journal of Medical Case Reports, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  55. GH response to GHRH plus arginine is impaired in lipoatrophic women with human immunodeficiency virus compared with controls

    Article • December 2011, Bioscientifica

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  56. Premature Decline of Serum Total Testosterone in HIV-Infected Men in the HAART-Era

    Article • PLOS One, December 2011, PLOS

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  57. Hormonal Regulation of Male Sexual Desire: The Role of Testosterone, Estrogen, Prolactin, Oxytocin, Vasopressin, and Others

    Article • November 2011, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  58. Lateralization of Calcitonin Measurements in the Wash-Out Fluid from Thyroid Fine-Needle Aspiration: A Useful Tool for the Diagnosis of C-Cell-Hyperplasia?

    Article • Thyroid, September 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  59. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in HIV infection

    Article • AIDS, August 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  60. Ultrasound Mirror Artifact of a Thyroid Nodule by Trachea Mimicking a Tracheal Mass

    Article • Thyroid, August 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  61. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in HIV infection

    Article • AIDS, February 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  62. Tall Stature without Growth Hormone: Four Male Patients with Aromatase Deficiency

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, April 2010, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  63. The effects of long-term raloxifene and estradiol treatments on bone in a patient with congenital aromatase deficiency

    Article • Bone, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  64. Aromatase deficiency in men: a clinical perspective

    Article • Nature Reviews Endocrinology, August 2009, Nature

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  65. Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma (DTC) in a Young Woman with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: Are these Two Conditions Associated?

    Article • Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes, February 2009, Thieme Publishing Group

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  66. Testosterone action on erythropoiesis does not require its aromatization to estrogen: Insights from the testosterone and estrogen treatment of two aromatase-deficient men

    Article • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  67. The Effects of Citalopram and Fluoxetine on Sexual Behavior in Healthy Men: Evidence of Delayed Ejaculation and Unaffected Sexual Desire. A Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled, Double‐Blind, Double‐Dummy, Parallel Group Study

    Article • The Journal of Sexual Medicine, October 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  68. 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency and Klinefelter Syndrome in an Adult Man: Striking a Balance Between Androgen Excess and Insufficiency

    Article • Journal of Andrology, September 2008, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  69. A novel mutation in the human aromatase gene: Insights on the relationship among serum estradiol, longitudinal growth and bone mineral density in an adult man under estrogen replacement treatment

    Article • Bone, September 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  70. Human models of aromatase deficiency

    Article • The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, April 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  71. Late-Onset Triple A Syndrome: A Risk of Overlooked or Delayed Diagnosis and Management

    Article • Hormone Research in Paediatrics, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  72. Oestradiol replacement treatment and glucose homeostasis in two men with congenital aromatase deficiency: evidence for a role of oestradiol and sex steroids imbalance on insulin sensitivity in men

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, December 2007, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  73. A novel compound heterozygous mutation of the aromatase gene in an adult man: reinforced evidence on the relationship between congenital oestrogen deficiency, adiposity and the metabolic syndrome

    Article • Clinical Endocrinology, August 2007, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  74. Skeletal effects of long-term estrogen and testosterone replacement treatment in a man with congenital aromatase deficiency: Evidences of a priming effect of estrogen for sex steroids action on bone

    Article • Bone, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  75. Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in two men with aromatase deficiency: evidence that circulating estrogens are required at the hypothalamic level for the integrity of gonadotropin negative feedback

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, October 2006, Bioscientifica

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  76. Sildenafil Improves Sleep-Related Erections in Hypogonadal Men: Evidence From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study of a Synergic Role for Both Testosterone and Sildenafil on Penile Erections

    Article • Journal of Andrology, March 2006, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  77. Aromatase is differentially expressed in peripheral blood leukocytes from children, and adult female and male subjects

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, February 2006, Bioscientifica

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  78. Osteoporosis and male age-related hypogonadism: role of sex steroids on bone (patho)physiology

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, February 2006, Bioscientifica

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  79. Sex steroids and sexual desire in a man with a novel mutation of aromatase gene and hypogonadism

    Article • Psychoneuroendocrinology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  80. Estrogens in males: what have we learned in the last 10 years?

    Article • Asian Journal of Andrology, March 2005, Medknow

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  81. Dysmetabolic Syndrome in a Man with a Novel Mutation of the Aromatase Gene: Effects of Testosterone, Alendronate, and Estradiol Treatment

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, January 2004, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  82. The Apparent Paradox of Tall Stature with Hypopituitarism: New Insights from an Old Story

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, August 2003, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  83. Bilateral osteonecrosis of the femoral head in an adult man affected by congenital estrogen deficiency

    Article • Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, August 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  84. Short-Term Suppression of GH and IGF-I Levels Improves Gonadal Function and Sperm Parameters in Men with Acromegaly

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, September 2002, Endocrine Society

    Prof Annamaria AL Colao, Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  85. Congenital estrogen deficiency in men: a new syndrome with different phenotypes; clinical and therapeutic implications in men

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, July 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  86. Pituitary Function in a Man with Congenital Aromatase Deficiency: Effect of Different Doses of Transdermal E2 on Basal and Stimulated Pituitary Hormones

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, June 2002, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  87. Congenital estrogen deficiency: in search of the estrogen role in human male reproduction

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, June 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  88. Role of estrogen on bone in the human male: insights from the natural models of congenital estrogen deficiency

    Article • Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, June 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  89. Aromatase Inhibitors in Pubertal Boys: Clinical Implications

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, April 2001, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  90. Clinical implications and management of oestrogen deficiency in the male

    Article • Clinical Endocrinology, April 2001, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  91. Estrogen Replacement Therapy in a Man with Congenital Aromatase Deficiency: Effects of Different Doses of Transdermal Estradiol on Bone Mineral Density and Hormonal Parameters

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, May 2000, Endocrine Society

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  92. Role of oestrogen in male sexual behaviour: insights from the natural model of aromatase deficiency

    Article • Clinical Endocrinology, October 1999, Wiley

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  93. Oestrogen deficiency in men: where are we today?

    Article • European Journal of Endocrinology, February 1999, Bioscientifica

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira

  94. Pathophysiology of estrogen action in men

    Article • Cambridge University Press

    Professor Vincenzo - Rochira