Center for Hypophosphasia
Treatment spectrum and focus of services
- Multidisciplinary center for diagnosis, treatment and research for the rare disease hypophosphatasia
- Care for children and adults with hypophosphatasia
- Genetic testing and councelling
- Direct application of scientific progress to medicine
- Assistance with disease specific problems (social and professional)
- Networking with cost units, patient support groups, researching pharmaceutical companies and experts
- Clinical studies for the treatment of hypophophatasia
- Basic and clinical research on hypophosphatasia
- Organization of the “Netzwerks Hypophosphatasie Deutschland“ with the objective to establish national guidelines for diagnosis and treatment and to further improve patient care
Participating institutions
- Department of Orthopaedics König-Ludwig-Haus University of Würzburg
- Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Rheumatology and Osteology
- Department of Neurosurgery, section of Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg
- Institute for Periodontology
- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, special focus Pediatric Radiology