- Docente: Alessandra Cassio
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/38
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
To attain the ability to perform the neonatal screening of endocrine and metabolic diseases (diagnosis , treatment and follow-up). Diagnosis and treatment of congenital hypothyroidism, relationship with maternal thyroid diseases.
Course contents
General criteria for neonatal screening , Screening for inborn errors of metabolism bytandem mass spectrometry.
Endocrine and metabolic diseases : screening, diagnosis and follow-up
Relationship between maternal thyroid function and normal foetal development.
Neonatal screening for congenital hypothyroidism: new perspectives.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Interactive methodology, problem solving mainly related to screening recall procedures.
Assessment methods
Questionnaire with multiple answers
Teaching tools
Office hours
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