Raffaella Fazio

Deartment of Neurology.
Hospital de San Raffaele
Address: via Olgettina 48 , 20132 Milan
fax:02 2643 2951
Phone 02 2643 2416
Website www.sanraffaele.org

Biography
Dr. Fazio obtained is MD degree at the university of Milan in 1981. She is presently working at the Department of neurology of Dept of Neurology S. Raffaele Hospital and the Coordinator of the laboratory of neuroimmunology. Since 2000, she is non-tenured professor of Neuroimmunology Post-degree School of Neurology Vita e Salute University San Raffaele, Milan. Italy

Scientific Team:

Emanulela Molinari. M. D, Post degree school in Neurology.
Maria Chiara Malaguti, M. D, Post degree school in Neurology
Marcella Maianti. Laboratory technician.

Research Facilities:
Detection of onconeural antibodies( immunocytochemistry, Western Blot, Dot Blot)
antigangliosides antibodies ( GM1, GQ1b) by ELISA
anti-MAG antibodies by ELISA
anti-interferon antibodies by RIA
anti-Ach receptor by ELISA

Areas of interest
1)Peripheral neuropathies
2) Neuroimmunological diseases
3) Paraneoplastic diseases

Selected references

1. Comi G, Quattrini A, Fazio R, Roveri L. Immunoglobulins in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. Neurol Sci. 2003;24 Suppl 4:S246-50.
2. Fazio R, Quattrini A, Bolognesi A, et al. Docetaxel neuropathy: a distal axonopathy. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 1999;98 :651-3
3. Nemni R, Camerlingo M, Fazio R, et al. A. Serum antibodies to Purkinje cells and dorsal root ganglia neurons in sensory neuronopathy without malignancy Annals Neurol 1993; 34: 848-854.
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