Citrin Foundation attended the 6th Asian Congress on Inherited Metabolic Disease in Bangkok, Thailand from 22nd – 24th March 2023. During the Congress, the Foundation gave a presentation on our global approach towards solving citrin deficiency and held a successful meeting amongst leading citrin deficiency (CD) clinicians in Asia.
The first Citrin Deficiency Consortium for Asia was also established during the meeting, with Prof. Kimitoshi Nakamura (Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences) serving as Chair, Prof. Fumio Endo ((Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences) appointed as Special Advisor, and the Foundation as its Secretariat and Sponsor. The Consortium aims to meet regularly to work on initiatives such as uncovering more patients, creating a CD patient registry and to explore potential clinical studies on CD.
