Departments

About the department

Department name (English): Pediatric Unit

Department name (original): Unità di Pediatria

Subnetworks of expertise:

• Hemochromatosis and other iron disorders
• Red blood cell defects

Healthcare provider: Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori

Diseases covered by the department:

• Rare anemia
• Hemoglobinopathy
• Unstable hemoglobin disease
• Beta-thalassemia and related diseases
• Beta-thalassemia
• Beta-thalassemia associated with another hemoglobin anomaly
• Sickle cell disease and related diseases
• Sickle cell anemia
• Rare hereditary hemochromatosis
• Non-HFE related hereditary hemochromatosis
• Hemochromatosis type 2(OMIM 602390, 613313)
• HJV related hereditary hemochromatosis - OMIM 602390 (Hemochromatosis type 2A)

Service offered

• Prevention and genetic counseling
• Diagnostics
• Treatment and care

Department e-mail: emopatie.dhe@fondazionembbm.it

Department phone number: +39 039 2333513