FIND Project

The Find project is the result of a collaboration between the Hereditary Metabolism Diseases Section of the Portuguese Society of Pediatrics (SDHM-SPP) and the laboratory of the National Health Institute Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA) and provides a diagnostic tool for doctors who are monitoring a patient with a clinical suspicion of mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS). Since MPS is a disease with progressive multisystemic involvement, early diagnosis is very important, as it enables referral to a Reference Center for Hereditary Metabolic Diseases, with appropriate targeted therapy and multidisciplinary guidance. The main objective is to provide an easy, fast and free means of screening for mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) in at-risk populations, i.e. in people with a suggestive clinical picture or who have family members affected by MPS.

The SPO gives its scientific support to the FIND project, since some of the initial symptoms are ophthalmological (corneal opacity, glaucoma, retinopathy, refractive defects or low vision).

Find out more at https://projetofind.pt/