- Docente: Giuseppina Di Stefano
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Dental Hygiene (cod. 8481)
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from Mar 04, 2025 to Apr 09, 2025
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of general mechanisms underlying human diseases: natural and acquired immunity, neoplastic transformation, hemodynamic disorders.
Course contents
Aims and methods of general pathology
Natural immunity
Acute inflammation: exudate formation; fagocytosis. Chronic inflammatory reactions. Tissue repair.
Acquired immunity
Antibodies and humoral immunity. Cell-mediated immune reactions. Hypersensitivity reactions.
Neoplastic transformation
Characteristics of neoplastic tissues. Metastatic dissemination. Carcinogens.
Readings/Bibliography
M. Parola
Patologia Generale.
Casa Ed. EdiSES
Teaching methods
Lectures
Assessment methods
The final exam will be conducted orally and will aim to verify the achievement of educational objectives; more specifically, it will assess the student's knowledge of the basic mechanisms through which human diseases are generated. The student will be asked to discuss in depth one of the topics covered during the teaching course.
The final grade of the “Etiopathogenesis of diseases” course is the average of the grades obtained in the tests of General Pathology, Hygiene, Microbiology and Pathological Anatomy.Teaching tools
Slide showing; use of personal computer
Office hours
See the website of Giuseppina Di Stefano
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.