Postgraduate Specialisation in Legal Medicine

General and specialized pediatrics

Course code

4S01552

Name of lecturer

Franco Antoniazzi

Number of ECTS credits allocated

1

Academic sector

MED/38 - PAEDIATRICS

Language of instruction

Italian

Site

VERONA

Period

not yet allocated

Learning outcomes

learning the topics covered in class

Syllabus

Bone mass acquisition control. Factors controlling bone mass. Bone metabolic markers. Primary and secondary osteoporosis in pediatric age. Thyroid diseases in pediatric age. Genetics, epigenetics and growth. Digitalis and neurodevelopmental maturation processes. Hyperstimulation (visual but not only) and the endocrine system. Emergencies in Pediatric Endocrinology: Hypoglycemia, Hypocalcemia. Minor pathologies or "non-pathologies" in Pediatric Endocrinology: Premature thelarche, Breast asymmetry, Coalescence of the labia minora, Premature pubarche, Hypertrichosis - Hirsutism, Gynecomastia, Hypospadias, Phimosis, Balanopreputial adhesions, Varicocele - Hydrocele, Suspected hypogenitalism. Fractures in pediatric age: pathological and "non-accidental". Recurrent musculoskeletal pain in the legs and feet. Growing pains, osteochondrosis typical of childhood and adolescence. Benign coxitis of the hip.

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