- Docente: Michelangelo La Placa
- Credits: 4
- SSD: MED/35
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
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Corso:
Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in
Pharmacy (cod. 5987)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Advanced Cosmetic Sciences (cod. 9225)
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from Mar 04, 2025 to May 06, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student: knows how to diagnose the most common skin diseases knows how to diagnose the most common skin tumours knows how to diagnose the most common skin infections.
Course contents
After attending the skin disorders course, the student will learn the basic principles of clinical dermatology, including morphology, configuration and distribution of skin and mucosae lesions and an overview of molecular biology and immunology of the skin and cutaneous disorders.
Main subjects of interest will be inflammatory dermatoses, including infections and allergic reactions, skin cancer and chronic photoaging related diseases.
Skin infections (bacterial diseases, fungal diseases, human papillomaviruses, human herpesviruses and other viral diseases, sexually transmitted infections)
Papulosquamous disorders and immunomediated dermatoses (psoriasis, eczematous eruptions and allergic contact dermatitis)
Acne and rosacea
Drug reactions (urticarial, erythema multiforme, purpura and vasculitis)
Pigmentary disorders (vitiligo)
Benign neoplasms (melanocytic nevi)
Principles of tumor biology and pathogenesis of skin cancer (benign epidermal tumors and proliferations, actinic keratosis, keratinocyte carcinoma, melanoma)
Readings/Bibliography
Roxburgh's Common Skin Diseases
18th Edition
R. Marks, R. Motley
CRC Press
Teaching tools
Material can be downloaded from "virtuale.unibo"
Office hours
See the website of Michelangelo La Placa