GEN-O-MA project: an Italian network studying clinical course and pathogenic pathways of moyamoya disease-study protocol and preliminary results.
Anna BersanoGloria BediniSara NavaFrancesco AcerbiDavide Rossi SebastianoSimona BinelliSilvana FranceschettiGiuseppe FaragòMarina GrisoliAndrea GioppoPaolo FerroliMaria Grazia BruzzoneDaria RivaElisa CiceriChiara PantaleoniVeronica SalettiSilvia EspositoNardo NardocciFederica ZibordiLuigi CaputiStefania Bianchi MarzoliMaria Luisa ZeddeMarco PavanelloAlessandro RasoValeria CapraLeonardo PantoniCristina SartiAlessandro PezziniFilomena CariaMaria Luisa Dell' AcquaAndrea ZiniClaudio BaracchiniFilippo FarinaSandro SanguigniMaria Luisa De LodoviciGiorgio BonoFioravanti CaponeVincenzo Di LazzaroSilvia LanfranconiMassimiliano ToscanoVittorio Di PieroSimona SaccoAntonio CaroleiDanilo ToniMaurizio PaciaroniValeria CasoPatrizia PerroneMaria Vittoria CalloniAlfredo RomaniMarco CenzatoAlessia FratianniEmilio CiusaniPaolo PronteraElisabeth Tournier LasserveKinga BlecharzPeter VajkoczyEugenio Agostino Paratinull nullPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2019)
An accurate and detailed clinical and neuroimaging classification represents the best strategy to provide the characterization of the disease phenotype and clinical course. The collection of a large number of biological samples will permit the identification of biological markers and genetic factors associated with the disease susceptibility in Italy.