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La Rivista Italiana della Medicina di Laboratorio 2020 Marzo;16(1):18-25

DOI: 10.23736/S1825-859X.20.00049-3

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language: Italian

25 years of activity of the SIPMeL Study Group in Autoimmunology: a path across educational training and scientific research

Nicola BIZZARO ^{1, 2} ✉, Danilo VILLALTA ³, Renato TOZZOLI ⁴, Gruppo di Studio SIPMeL in Autoimmunologia

¹ Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Udine, Italia; ² Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata di Udine, Udine, Italia; ³ Dipartimento di Immunologia e Allergologia, Presidio Ospedaliero S. Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone, Italia; ⁴ Dipartimento di Medicina di Laboratorio, Presidio Ospedaliero S. Maria degli Angeli, Pordenone, Italia

The Study Group in Autoimmunology (GdS-AI) of the Italian Society of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (SIPMeL) celebrates 25 years of activity. Established in December 1995 with the main task of boosting autoimmune diagnostics, at that time in full development phase, through educational initiatives in support of clinical laboratories, it has made an important contribution over the years in deepening the knowledge of the methodological and clinical aspects in the vast sector of the immunological diagnosis of systemic and organ autoimmune diseases. This review describes the main educational activities carried out over the 25 years and the results obtained by the GdS-AI in the field of research applied to the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases.

KEY WORDS: Autoantibodies; Autoimmune diseases; Diagnostics; Rheumatic diseases