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Expert Opinion on Drug Safety Volume 13, 2014 - Issue sup1: The contribution of active Pharmacovigilance projects to the Italian National Spontaneous Reporting System
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The importance of monitoring adverse drug reactions in pediatric patients: the results of a national surveillance program in Italy

Carla CarnovaleUniversità di Milano, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, 20157 Milan, Italy
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Tatiana BrusadelliUniversità di Milano, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, 20157 Milan, Italy
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GianVincenzo ZuccottiUniversità di Milano, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Department of Pediatrics, 20157 Milan, Italy
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Silvia BerettaUniversità di Milano, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Department of Pediatrics, 20157 Milan, Italy
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Maria Giuseppa SulloSecond University of Naples, Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, and Department of Experimental Medicine “L. Donatelli”, Naples, Italy
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Annalisa CapuanoSecond University of Naples, Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, and Department of Experimental Medicine “L. Donatelli”, Naples, Italy
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Francesco RossiSecond University of Naples, Regional Centre of Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology, and Department of Experimental Medicine “L. Donatelli”, Naples, Italy
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Martina MoschiniUniversity of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), 50139 Florence, Italy
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Alessandro MugelliUniversity of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), 50139 Florence, Italy
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Alfredo VannacciUniversity of Florence, Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), 50139 Florence, Italy
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Marcella LaterzaPharmaceutical Service, Azienda Sanitaria Locale of Bari, 70100 Bari, Italy
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Emilio ClementiScientific Institute, IRCCS E. Medea, 23842 Bosisio Parini, Lecco, Italy;Università di Milano, “Luigi Sacco” University Hospital, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, Via GB Grassi, 74 - 20157 Milan, Italy+39 02 50319643; +39 02 50319646; [email protected]
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Sonia RadiceUniversità di Milano, University Hospital “Luigi Sacco”, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Unit of Clinical Pharmacology, 20157 Milan, Italy
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Pages 1-8 | Published online: 29 Aug 2014

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