Vittorio Govoni, MD, researcher of the University of Ferrara in service since 1994 in the neurological clinic of the biomedical and specialized surgery sciences Departement. He obtained:
the scientific school leaving certificate in 1979 with the highest grade (60/60)
the degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1987 with the highest grade (110/110 with summa laude and the official encomium of the board of examiners)
Specialization certificate in Neurology in 1991 with the highest grade (70/70 with summa laude) . He received a prize from the Italian Neurological Society in 1993 for his studies in the field of extrapyramidal diseases.
His surveys are mainly about clical, immunological and epidemiological aspects of several neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, restless legs syndrome, Guillain-Barre syndrome and epilepsy.
References
1: Manconi M, Govoni V, De Vito A, Economou NT, Cesnik E, Casetta I, Mollica G,
Ferini-Strambi L, Granieri E.
Restless legs syndrome and pregnancy.
Neurology. 2004 Sep 28;63(6):1065-9.
PMID: 15452299 [PubMed - in process]
2: Casetta I, Fallica E, Govoni V, Azzini C, Tola M, Granieri E.
Incidence of myasthenia gravis in the province of Ferrara: a community-based
study.
Neuroepidemiology. 2004 Nov-Dec;23(6):281-4. Epub 2004 Aug 5.
PMID: 15297794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Manconi M, Govoni V, De Vito A, Economou NT, Cesnik E, Mollica G, Granieri
E.
Pregnancy as a risk factor for restless legs syndrome.
Sleep Med. 2004 May;5(3):305-8. Review.
PMID: 15165540 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Fainardi E, Rizzo R, Melchiorri L, Castellazzi M, Govoni V, Caniatti L,
Paolino E, Tola MR, Granieri E, Baricordi OR.
Beneficial effect of interferon-beta 1b treatment in patients with
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is associated with an increase in serum
levels of soluble HLA-I molecules during the first 3 months of therapy.
J Neuroimmunol. 2004 Mar;148(1-2):206-11.
PMID: 14975603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Manconi M, Casetta I, Govoni V, Cesnik E, Ferini-Strambi L, Granieri E.
Pramipexole in Restless Legs syndrome. Evaluation by suggested immobilization
test.
J Neurol. 2003 Dec;250(12):1494-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 14673586 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Govoni V, Granieri E, Manconi M, Capone J, Casetta I.
Is there a decrease in Guillain-Barre syndrome incidence after bovine
ganglioside withdrawal in Italy? A population-based study in the Local Health
District of Ferrara, Italy.
J Neurol Sci. 2003 Dec 15;216(1):99-103.
PMID: 14607309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Fainardi E, Rizzo R, Melchiorri L, Vaghi L, Castellazzi M, Marzola A, Govoni
V, Paolino E, Tola MR, Granieri E, Baricordi OR.
Presence of detectable levels of soluble HLA-G molecules in CSF of
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: relationship with CSF soluble HLA-I and
IL-10 concentrations and MRI findings.
J Neuroimmunol. 2003 Sep;142(1-2):149-58.
PMID: 14512174 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Govoni V, Granieri E, Capone J, Manconi M, Casetta I.
Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the local health district of
Ferrara, Italy, 1964-1998.
Neuroepidemiology. 2003 Jul-Aug;22(4):229-34.
PMID: 12792142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Casetta I, Monetti VC, Malagu S, Paolino E, Govoni V, Fainardi E, Tola MR,
Granieri E.
Risk factors for cryptogenic and idiopathic partial epilepsy: a community-based
case-control study in Copparo, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):251-4.
PMID: 12207154 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Govoni V, Granieri E, Menini C.
The history of the tic douloureux: autopathograph of an Italian lawyer who
suffered from trigeminal neuralgia from 1803 to 1824.
J Hist Neurosci. 1996 Aug;5(2):169-89.
PMID: 11619045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Fainardi E, Contini C, Benassi N, Bedetti A, Castellazzi M, Vaghi L, Govoni
V, Paolino E, Balboni P, Granieri E.
Assessment of HIV-intrathecal humoral immune response in AIDS-related
neurological disorders.
J Neuroimmunol. 2001 Oct 1;119(2):278-86.
PMID: 11585631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Govoni V, Granieri E.
Epidemiology of the Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Curr Opin Neurol. 2001 Oct;14(5):605-13. Review.
PMID: 11562572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13: Granieri E, Casetta I, Govoni V, Tola MR, Marchi D, Murgia SB, Ticca A,
Pugliatti M, Murgia B, Rosati G.
The increasing incidence and prevalence of MS in a Sardinian province.
Neurology. 2000 Sep 26;55(6):842-8.
PMID: 10994006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14: Govoni V, Granieri E, Tola MR, Casetta I, Ruppi P, Vaghi L.
The frequency of clinical variants of Guillain-Barre syndrome in Ferrara,
Italy.
J Neurol. 1999 Nov;246(11):1010-4.
PMID: 10631631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
15: Casetta I, Granieri E, Monetti VC, Gilli G, Tola MR, Paolino E, Govoni V,
Iezzi E.
Early predictors of intractability in childhood epilepsy: a community-based
case-control study in Copparo, Italy.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1999 Jun;99(6):329-33.
PMID: 10577265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
16: Casetta I, Granieri E, Marchi D, Murgia SB, Tola MR, Ticca A, Lauria G,
Govoni V, Murgia B, Pugliatti M.
An epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis in central Sardinia, Italy.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1998 Dec;98(6):391-4.
PMID: 9875616 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
17: Casetta I, Granieri E, Desidera M, Monetti VC, Tola MR, Paolino E, Govoni
V, Calura G.
Phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth: a community-based cross-sectional study
in Ferrara, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 1997;16(6):296-303.
PMID: 9430129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
18: Govoni V, Granieri E, Tola MR, Paolino E, Casetta I, Fainardi E, Monetti
VC.
Exogenous gangliosides and Guillain-Barre syndrome. An observational study in
the local health district of Ferrara, Italy.
Brain. 1997 Jul;120 ( Pt 7):1123-30.
PMID: 9236625 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
19: Casetta I, Granieri E, Monetti VC, Tola MR, Paolino E, Malagu S, Gilli G,
Govoni V, Carreras M.
Prognosis of childhood epilepsy: a community-based study in Copparo, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 1997;16(1):22-8.
PMID: 8994937 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
20: Granieri E, Malagu S, Casetta I, Tola MR, Govoni V, Paolino E, Monetti VC.
Multiple sclerosis in Italy. A reappraisal of incidence and prevalence in
Ferrara.
Arch Neurol. 1996 Aug;53(8):793-8.
PMID: 8759986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
21: Paolino E, Fainardi E, Ruppi P, Tola MR, Govoni V, Casetta I, Monetti VC,
Granieri E, Carreras M.
A prospective study on the predictive value of CSF oligoclonal bands and MRI in
acute isolated neurological syndromes for subsequent progression to multiple
sclerosis.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1996 May;60(5):572-5.
PMID: 8778266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
22: Govoni V, Granieri E, Casetta I, Tola MR, Paolino E, Fainardi E, Monetti
VC.
The incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome in Ferrara, Italy: is the disease
really increasing?
J Neurol Sci. 1996 Apr;137(1):62-8.
PMID: 9120489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
23: Monetti VC, Granieri E, Casetta I, Tola MR, Paolino E, Malagu S, Govoni V,
Quatrale R.
Risk factors for idiopathic generalized seizures: a population-based case
control study in Copparo, Italy.
Epilepsia. 1995 Mar;36(3):224-9.
PMID: 7614904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
24: Tola MR, Caniatti LM, Casetta I, Granieri E, Conighi C, Quatrale R, Monetti
VC, Paolino E, Govoni V, Pascarella R, et al.
Immunogenetic heterogeneity and associated autoimmune disorders in myasthenia
gravis: a population-based survey in the province of Ferrara, northern Italy.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1994 Nov;90(5):318-23.
PMID: 7887131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
25: Tola MR, Casetta I, Granieri E, Pinna L, Veronesi V, Tamarozzi R, Trapella
G, Monetti VC, Paolino E, Govoni V, et al.
Intracranial gliomas in Ferrara, Italy, 1976 to 1991.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1994 Nov;90(5):312-7.
PMID: 7887130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
26: Tola MR, Granieri E, Malagu S, Caniatti L, Casetta I, Govoni V, Paolino E,
Cinzia Monetti V, Canducci E, Panatta GB.
Dietary habits and multiple sclerosis. A retrospective study in Ferrara, Italy.
Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1994 Aug;16(4):189-97.
PMID: 7856473 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
27: Govoni V, Granieri E, Tola MR, Casetta I, Monetti VC, Fainardi E, Paolino
E.
Prevalence of anti-parkinson drugs' use in Ferrara, northern Italy, 1988.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1994 Jun;89(6):433-8.
PMID: 7976231 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
28: Casetta I, Granieri E, Malagu S, Tola MR, Paolino E, Caniatti LM, Govoni V,
Monetti VC, Fainardi E.
Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: a community-based,
case-control study in the province of Ferrara, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 1994;13(3):120-8.
PMID: 8015665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
29: Govoni V, Casetta I, Granieri E, Vernonesi V, Malagu S, Tola MR, Paolino E,
Fainardi E, Monetti VC, Aiello I.
Mortality study on multiple sclerosis in the province of Ferrara, northern
Italy, 1968 through 1989.
Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1993 Jun;15(3):161-76. Review.
PMID: 8237514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
the scientific school leaving certificate in 1979 with the highest grade (60/60)
the degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1987 with the highest grade (110/110 with summa laude and the official encomium of the board of examiners)
Specialization certificate in Neurology in 1991 with the highest grade (70/70 with summa laude) . He received a prize from the Italian Neurological Society in 1993 for his studies in the field of extrapyramidal diseases.
His surveys are mainly about clical, immunological and epidemiological aspects of several neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, restless legs syndrome, Guillain-Barre syndrome and epilepsy.
References
1: Manconi M, Govoni V, De Vito A, Economou NT, Cesnik E, Casetta I, Mollica G,
Ferini-Strambi L, Granieri E.
Restless legs syndrome and pregnancy.
Neurology. 2004 Sep 28;63(6):1065-9.
PMID: 15452299 [PubMed - in process]
2: Casetta I, Fallica E, Govoni V, Azzini C, Tola M, Granieri E.
Incidence of myasthenia gravis in the province of Ferrara: a community-based
study.
Neuroepidemiology. 2004 Nov-Dec;23(6):281-4. Epub 2004 Aug 5.
PMID: 15297794 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: Manconi M, Govoni V, De Vito A, Economou NT, Cesnik E, Mollica G, Granieri
E.
Pregnancy as a risk factor for restless legs syndrome.
Sleep Med. 2004 May;5(3):305-8. Review.
PMID: 15165540 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Fainardi E, Rizzo R, Melchiorri L, Castellazzi M, Govoni V, Caniatti L,
Paolino E, Tola MR, Granieri E, Baricordi OR.
Beneficial effect of interferon-beta 1b treatment in patients with
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis is associated with an increase in serum
levels of soluble HLA-I molecules during the first 3 months of therapy.
J Neuroimmunol. 2004 Mar;148(1-2):206-11.
PMID: 14975603 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
5: Manconi M, Casetta I, Govoni V, Cesnik E, Ferini-Strambi L, Granieri E.
Pramipexole in Restless Legs syndrome. Evaluation by suggested immobilization
test.
J Neurol. 2003 Dec;250(12):1494-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 14673586 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: Govoni V, Granieri E, Manconi M, Capone J, Casetta I.
Is there a decrease in Guillain-Barre syndrome incidence after bovine
ganglioside withdrawal in Italy? A population-based study in the Local Health
District of Ferrara, Italy.
J Neurol Sci. 2003 Dec 15;216(1):99-103.
PMID: 14607309 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: Fainardi E, Rizzo R, Melchiorri L, Vaghi L, Castellazzi M, Marzola A, Govoni
V, Paolino E, Tola MR, Granieri E, Baricordi OR.
Presence of detectable levels of soluble HLA-G molecules in CSF of
relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: relationship with CSF soluble HLA-I and
IL-10 concentrations and MRI findings.
J Neuroimmunol. 2003 Sep;142(1-2):149-58.
PMID: 14512174 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Govoni V, Granieri E, Capone J, Manconi M, Casetta I.
Incidence of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the local health district of
Ferrara, Italy, 1964-1998.
Neuroepidemiology. 2003 Jul-Aug;22(4):229-34.
PMID: 12792142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
9: Casetta I, Monetti VC, Malagu S, Paolino E, Govoni V, Fainardi E, Tola MR,
Granieri E.
Risk factors for cryptogenic and idiopathic partial epilepsy: a community-based
case-control study in Copparo, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 2002 Sep-Oct;21(5):251-4.
PMID: 12207154 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
10: Govoni V, Granieri E, Menini C.
The history of the tic douloureux: autopathograph of an Italian lawyer who
suffered from trigeminal neuralgia from 1803 to 1824.
J Hist Neurosci. 1996 Aug;5(2):169-89.
PMID: 11619045 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
11: Fainardi E, Contini C, Benassi N, Bedetti A, Castellazzi M, Vaghi L, Govoni
V, Paolino E, Balboni P, Granieri E.
Assessment of HIV-intrathecal humoral immune response in AIDS-related
neurological disorders.
J Neuroimmunol. 2001 Oct 1;119(2):278-86.
PMID: 11585631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
12: Govoni V, Granieri E.
Epidemiology of the Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Curr Opin Neurol. 2001 Oct;14(5):605-13. Review.
PMID: 11562572 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
13: Granieri E, Casetta I, Govoni V, Tola MR, Marchi D, Murgia SB, Ticca A,
Pugliatti M, Murgia B, Rosati G.
The increasing incidence and prevalence of MS in a Sardinian province.
Neurology. 2000 Sep 26;55(6):842-8.
PMID: 10994006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
14: Govoni V, Granieri E, Tola MR, Casetta I, Ruppi P, Vaghi L.
The frequency of clinical variants of Guillain-Barre syndrome in Ferrara,
Italy.
J Neurol. 1999 Nov;246(11):1010-4.
PMID: 10631631 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
15: Casetta I, Granieri E, Monetti VC, Gilli G, Tola MR, Paolino E, Govoni V,
Iezzi E.
Early predictors of intractability in childhood epilepsy: a community-based
case-control study in Copparo, Italy.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1999 Jun;99(6):329-33.
PMID: 10577265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
16: Casetta I, Granieri E, Marchi D, Murgia SB, Tola MR, Ticca A, Lauria G,
Govoni V, Murgia B, Pugliatti M.
An epidemiological study of multiple sclerosis in central Sardinia, Italy.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1998 Dec;98(6):391-4.
PMID: 9875616 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
17: Casetta I, Granieri E, Desidera M, Monetti VC, Tola MR, Paolino E, Govoni
V, Calura G.
Phenytoin-induced gingival overgrowth: a community-based cross-sectional study
in Ferrara, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 1997;16(6):296-303.
PMID: 9430129 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
18: Govoni V, Granieri E, Tola MR, Paolino E, Casetta I, Fainardi E, Monetti
VC.
Exogenous gangliosides and Guillain-Barre syndrome. An observational study in
the local health district of Ferrara, Italy.
Brain. 1997 Jul;120 ( Pt 7):1123-30.
PMID: 9236625 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
19: Casetta I, Granieri E, Monetti VC, Tola MR, Paolino E, Malagu S, Gilli G,
Govoni V, Carreras M.
Prognosis of childhood epilepsy: a community-based study in Copparo, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 1997;16(1):22-8.
PMID: 8994937 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
20: Granieri E, Malagu S, Casetta I, Tola MR, Govoni V, Paolino E, Monetti VC.
Multiple sclerosis in Italy. A reappraisal of incidence and prevalence in
Ferrara.
Arch Neurol. 1996 Aug;53(8):793-8.
PMID: 8759986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
21: Paolino E, Fainardi E, Ruppi P, Tola MR, Govoni V, Casetta I, Monetti VC,
Granieri E, Carreras M.
A prospective study on the predictive value of CSF oligoclonal bands and MRI in
acute isolated neurological syndromes for subsequent progression to multiple
sclerosis.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1996 May;60(5):572-5.
PMID: 8778266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
22: Govoni V, Granieri E, Casetta I, Tola MR, Paolino E, Fainardi E, Monetti
VC.
The incidence of Guillain-Barre syndrome in Ferrara, Italy: is the disease
really increasing?
J Neurol Sci. 1996 Apr;137(1):62-8.
PMID: 9120489 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
23: Monetti VC, Granieri E, Casetta I, Tola MR, Paolino E, Malagu S, Govoni V,
Quatrale R.
Risk factors for idiopathic generalized seizures: a population-based case
control study in Copparo, Italy.
Epilepsia. 1995 Mar;36(3):224-9.
PMID: 7614904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
24: Tola MR, Caniatti LM, Casetta I, Granieri E, Conighi C, Quatrale R, Monetti
VC, Paolino E, Govoni V, Pascarella R, et al.
Immunogenetic heterogeneity and associated autoimmune disorders in myasthenia
gravis: a population-based survey in the province of Ferrara, northern Italy.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1994 Nov;90(5):318-23.
PMID: 7887131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
25: Tola MR, Casetta I, Granieri E, Pinna L, Veronesi V, Tamarozzi R, Trapella
G, Monetti VC, Paolino E, Govoni V, et al.
Intracranial gliomas in Ferrara, Italy, 1976 to 1991.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1994 Nov;90(5):312-7.
PMID: 7887130 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
26: Tola MR, Granieri E, Malagu S, Caniatti L, Casetta I, Govoni V, Paolino E,
Cinzia Monetti V, Canducci E, Panatta GB.
Dietary habits and multiple sclerosis. A retrospective study in Ferrara, Italy.
Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1994 Aug;16(4):189-97.
PMID: 7856473 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
27: Govoni V, Granieri E, Tola MR, Casetta I, Monetti VC, Fainardi E, Paolino
E.
Prevalence of anti-parkinson drugs' use in Ferrara, northern Italy, 1988.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1994 Jun;89(6):433-8.
PMID: 7976231 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
28: Casetta I, Granieri E, Malagu S, Tola MR, Paolino E, Caniatti LM, Govoni V,
Monetti VC, Fainardi E.
Environmental risk factors and multiple sclerosis: a community-based,
case-control study in the province of Ferrara, Italy.
Neuroepidemiology. 1994;13(3):120-8.
PMID: 8015665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
29: Govoni V, Casetta I, Granieri E, Vernonesi V, Malagu S, Tola MR, Paolino E,
Fainardi E, Monetti VC, Aiello I.
Mortality study on multiple sclerosis in the province of Ferrara, northern
Italy, 1968 through 1989.
Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1993 Jun;15(3):161-76. Review.
PMID: 8237514 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
