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Bruno Giometto
Dr. Bruno Giometto was born in 1956. He previously worked as a Consultant at the Department of Neurosciences (Second Clinic) at University of Padova, Italy, and was appointed Head of the Neurology Service at Treviso Hospital (Italy) in 2005.
He has longstanding experience in clinical neuroimmunology and neuropathology and has spent periods as a fellow at the Dept. of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London (UK). He is coordinator of a research group that studies immunopathological mechanisms in neurological diseases in the Neuro-Immunology laboratory of the University of Padova. This laboratory keeps a serum and cerebrospinal fluid bank (CSF-bank) in which several aliquots of serum and CSF from patients with autoimmune and transmissible neurological disorders are stored. Since 2002, he has coordinated a Concerted Action/Specific Support Action to study paraneoplastic neurological disorders, funded by the European Commission and involving members from 12 European countries.
Scientific Team
Scientists involved: B. Tavolato, J Fleming, R. Vitaliani, M Vianello, L Zuliani, M Zoccarato, I Rosellini
Research facilities
Immunohistochemistry and immunoblot techniques to detect onconeural antibodies.
Selected Publications:
1. Vincent A., Honnorat J., Antoine JC., Giometto B., Dalmau J., Lang
B. Autoimmunity in paraneoplastic neurological disorders. J
Neuroimmunol , 84, 105-109, 1998.
2. Giometto B., Tavolato B, Graus F. Autoimmunity in Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes. Brain Pathol, 9, 261-274, 1999.
3. Vigliani MC, Polo P, Chiò A, Giometto B, Mazzini L, Schiffer D. Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and cancer do not clinically differ from patients with classical amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. J Neurol, 247, 778-782, 2000.
4. Honnorat J, Saiz A, Giometto B, et al Anti-Glutamic acid decarboxilase antibodies identifies a group of patients with late-onset cerebellar ataxia and polyendocrine autoimmunity. Arch Neurol, 58, 225-230, 2001.
5. Vianello M, Tavolato B, Giometto B. Glutamic acid decarboxylase autoantibodies and neurological disorders. Neurol Sci 23: 145-151, 2002.
6. Vianello M, Morello F, Scaravilli T, Tavolato B, Giometto B. Tremor of the mouth floor and anti-glutamic acid decerboxylase autoantibodies Eur. J. Neurol, 10: 513-514, 2003
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