07732 - Clinical Pathology

Academic Year 2017/2018

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Medical Biotechnology (cod. 8859)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student: - learned the theoretical basis and the common diagnostic methods in cytology, cytopathology, immunopathology and genetic pathology and the applications of cellular and molecular methods for diagnostic purposes. He is able to understand the significance of the results of diagnostic laboratory investigations in the characterization of the major human diseases.

Course contents

1 - Clinical laboratory test interpretation

2 – newborn screening tests

3 - Blood cell count and laboratory diagnosis of anemia

4 - Laboratory hemostasis testing

5 - Urine analysis and and kidney function tests

6 - Liver function laboratory tests

7 - Serum protein analysis

8 - Circulating tumor markers

9 – Laboratory testing in blood trasfusione medicine 

10 - Genetic test definition - biochemical approaches 

molecular approaches:

11 – Indirect gene tracking

12 – Direct genetic tests:
for known mutations
for unknown mutations 

Readings/Bibliography

Widmann: interpretazione clinica degli esami di laboratorio. Ronald A. Sacher e Richard A. McPherson. 2001 Undicesima edizione. Mc Graw Hill libri Italia (Milano)

Teaching methods

eaching lessons, seminars, lab practice

Assessment methods

joint final oral examination

Teaching tools

Students receive the files of the presentations shown during the teaching lessons

Office hours

See the website of Lorenzo Montanaro