Postgraduate Specialisation in Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases

Medical Genetics

Course code

4S000648

Name of lecturer

Alberto Turco

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Academic sector

MED/03 - MEDICAL GENETICS

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

Understanding of the main genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of regulation of gene expression. Atypical mechanisms of inheritance.

Syllabus

Clinic and genetics of diabetes (outline). Complex or multifactorial diseases. RET gene and MEN1 and MEN2.

Reference books

See the teaching bibliography

Assessment methods and criteria