IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Foundation year1923
DirectorDr. Chiara Gemelli
Principal investigatorDr. Pilar M. Ferraro, Dr. Chiara Gemelli
The ALS Centre at IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino is the regional referral Centre for ALS and other motor neuron diseases (MNDs) in Liguria, Italy. The structure includes in and out-patient fully equipped clinics staffed by a multidisciplinary team of experts constantly involved in early diagnosis, management and treatment of MNDs. To successfully pursue these objectives the Centre has adopted a multimodal translational research approach integrating clinical, genetic, MRI, cognitive and biofluid markers.
Contact Information
AddressGenoaLargo P. Daneo 3 16132 Italy
ContactIRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Phone00390105557290
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Serving population
1.500.000
Patient resources
Population based register
Clinic based register
Geographically matched contols
Banks
Research activities
Clinical management research
Neuro epidemiology
Neuro physciology
Neuro imaging
Neuro psychology
Neuro pathology
Genomics
Transcriptomics
Metabolomics
Publication
- Cabona C, Ferraro PM, Meo G, Roccatagliata L, Schenone A, Inglese M, Villani F, Caponnetto C. Predictors of self-perceived health worsening over COVID-19 emergency in ALS. Neurol Sci. 2021. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04997-z.
- Ferraro PM, Cabona C, Meo G, Rolla-Bigliani C, Castellan L, Pardini M, Inglese M, Caponnetto C, Roccatagliata L. Age at symptom onset influences cortical thinning distribution and survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Neuroradiology 2021. doi:10.1007/s00234-021-02681-3.
- Ferraro PM, Campi C, Miceli A, Rolla-Bigliani C, Bauckneht M, Gualco L, Piana M, Marini C, Castellan L, Morbelli S, Caponnetto C, Sambuceti G, Roccatagliata L. 18 F-FDG-PET correlates of aging and disease course in ALS as revealed by distinct PVC approaches. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejro.2022.100394
- Reply to “Cognition and motor phenotypes in ALS: a retrospective study”. Ferraro PM, Ponzano M, Cillerai M, Signori A, Caponnetto C. Neurol Sci. 2023 Dec;44(12):4531-4533. doi: 10.1007/s10072-023-06976-6. Epub 2023 Jul 31.
- MND Phenotypes Differentiation: The Role of Multimodal Characterization at the Time of Diagnosis. Meo G, Ferraro PM, Cillerai M, Gemelli C, Cabona C, Zaottini F, Roccatagliata L, Villani F, Schenone A, Caponnetto C.Life (Basel). 2022 Sep 27;12(10):1506. doi: 10.3390/life12101506.
- Clinical epidemiology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Liguria, Italy: a ten year follow up study. Cabona C, Ferraro PM, Scialò C, Bandettini Di Poggio M, Novi G, Gemelli C, Vignolo M, Rao F, Capovilla M, Marogna M, Mandich P, Origone P, Schenone A, Caponnetto C. Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener. 2023 Sep 22:1-8. doi: 10.1080/21678421.2023.2260842.
- Mild behavioral impairment as a potential marker of predementia risk states in motor neuron diseasesFerraro PM, Gervino E, De Maria E, Meo G, Ponzano M, Pardini M, Signori A, Schenone A, Roccatagliata L, Caponnetto C.Eur J Neurol. 2023 Jan;30(1):47-56. doi: 10.1111/ene.15570. Epub 2022 Oct 2.MND Phenotypes Differentiation: The Role of Multimodal Characterization at the Time of Diagnosis