Area of expertise and the Healthcare Provider’s contribution to care for patients within the MetabERN Network
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, ITALY
The Center has specific expertise on diseases characterised by loss of adipose tissue.
A multidisciplinary team and dedicated facilities provide a setting aiming at developing specific ways to diagnose and take charge of lipodystrophic patients.
It works within a fully functional network of European centres of excellence (ECLip) operating in the field of lipodystrophies, to provide an environment that promotes and facilitates research studies and advancement inpatient care.
SPECIFIC TREATMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS PROVIDED BY THE HCPs
The clinical activity includes diagnosis (genetic screening), phenotype characterisation, the definition of therapeutical strategy and follow-up of the patients. Each patient is added to the Regional Registry for Rare Diseases.
Specific therapies for various comorbidities are available.
When indicated, metreleptin administration under a program for compassionate use is started (Named Patient Program Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. One Main Street Suite 800 Cambridge, MA 02142).
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