About Centro de Investigación en Genodermatosis y Epidermolisis Ampollar
CEDIGEA, is a high scientific level research and development center with the aim to plan, promote, carry out and disseminate activities related to the health aimed at specialized assistance in the field of genodermatoses and epidermolysis bullosa. The name genodermatosis is associated with a group of diseases of genetic origin that produce manifestations in the skin and also frequently observed in other organs.
Argentina did not have a center that met the characteristics of the CEDIGEA, and there were no records that would allow one to know with an acceptable degree of precision the prevalence and incidence of genodermatoses both from the clinical point of view and from the genetic mutations with which they are associated. Among the main benefits derived from molecular diagnosis we can mention, for example, the knowledge of the mutations present in the population under study.
This allows to generate a search algorithm for mutations based on the clinic and ethnic origin of the families. Another benefit of having access to molecular diagnosis is providing better genetic counseling and facilitating access to better treatment as well as accessing the possibility of gene therapy, in those cases where it is possible.
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