Who we are
The Center, founded by Prof Guglielmo Scarlato in 1978, is always updated
in the field of neurosciences and aims at studying both the etiology
and the pathogenetic mechanisms of neuromuscular and neurodegenerative
disorders, the ultimate purpose being the development of therapeutic
strategies. |
Disease
The main pathologies studied at the Center are muscular dystrophies
(Duchenne, Becker, limb-girdle, congenital), metabolic and inflammatory
myopathies, mitochondrial disorders, peripheral neuropathies, multiple
sclerosis, motorneuron disorders, dementias and extrapyramidal disorders. |
Services and laboratories
Centro Dino
Ferrari includes services for the diagnosis and therapy of
Neuromuscular Disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease,
Parkinson Disease,
and the Service of Neurophysiology. Main laboratories are
those of Biochemistry, Genetics, Neuroimmunology, Histopathology,
Cell
Stems and Neurobiology. Affiliated laboratories are
located at Istituto Auxologico IRCCS and Istituto E. Medea IRCCS.
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