Postgraduate Specialisation in Neurology

Medical Genetics

Course code

4S000648

Name of lecturer

Alberto Turco

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Other available courses

• Postgraduate Specialisation in Child Neuropsychiatry
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Psychiatry
• Postgraduate Specialisation in Ophthalmology

Academic sector

MED/03 - MEDICAL GENETICS

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

Understanding the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of regulation of gene expression, with particular reference to unstable triplet expansion and gene hypermethylation

Syllabus

Clinic and genetics of Huntington's chorea and Martin Bell syndrome (FXS), FMR1 premutation syndromes

Reference books

See the teaching bibliography

Assessment methods and criteria