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About us | gismet @ sismme.it
The Italian Group for the Study of Creatine Metabolism and Transport refers to the Italian Society for the Study of Inborn Metaolic Diseases (SISMME) and to the Italian Society for Newborn Screening (SISN).
The Group involves all professional profiles.
The aim is to promote an active cooperation among all Italian Centres involved (screening, laboratory and imaging diagnostics, follow-up, research) in the study of the defects of creatine metabolism and transport, diseases sharing mental retardation as main clinical sign.
The goal is to improve the quality of research, diagnostics and medical care by mean of research projects, epidemiological studies, terapeutic trials, protocols, etc. even at the international level.
Representative Persons
University Department of Pediatric Sciencies
"Giovanni de Toni",
G. Gaslini Research Institute,
Genoa, Italy
Ubaldo Caruso, M.C. Schiaffino
Department of Child Neurosciences, "Stella Maris" research Institute, Calambrone (PI) and Division of Child Neuropsychiatry, Pisa Univarsity, Italy
Giovanni Cioni, Roberta Battini
Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry and
Department of Experimental Medicine, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Leuzzi, Italo Antonozzi
Department of Neurosciences, Oftalmology and Genetics, Genoa University
Maurizio Balestrino, Luisa Perasso
