- Docente: Sabrina Lelli
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Biomedical Laboratory techniques (cod. 8484)
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from Sep 28, 2023 to Nov 02, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has the ability to understand the principles on which the operation of magnetic resonance instruments for the performance of in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo analysis is based.
Course contents
- Protein diagnostics: monoclonal gammopathies, pathophysiology and laboratory diagnosis.
- Alterations of hemoglobins: Hemoglobinopathies and Thalassemias: pathophysiology and laboratory diagnosis.
- Diabetes Mellitus: Glycated hemoglobins. Description and main tests.
- Flow Cytometry: operating principle and application in the laboratory.
- Autoimmune diseases: explanations of the main autoimmune diseases. Methods used for performing level I tests (indirect immunofluorescence) and methods used for performing level II tests (Elia, Feia).
- Toxicology: biological matrices, characteristics of the main substances of abuse, chain of custody, screening and confirmatory analyses. Principles of mass spectrometry.
Readings/Bibliography
Recommended Readings
- Biochimica Clinica e Medicina di Laboratorio M. Ciaccio G. Lippi III edizione (2022) Edizioni Edises
- Trattato di Biochimica Clinica e Medicina di Laboratorio M. Ciaccio (2021) Edizioni Edises
- Medicina di Laboratorio G. Federici IV edizione (2020) Edizioni McGraw-Hill
- Principi e tecniche di chimica clinica L. Spandrio (2000) Edizioni Piccin-Nuova Libraria
Teaching methods
- Frontal lessons
- Interaction with students
- Methodical reviews
Assessment methods
Multiple choice written exam
Teaching tools
The teaching material presented in class will be available on virtuale.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Sabrina Lelli