Learning objectives
<br />Acquire knowledge on themain inflammatory and degenerative Rheumatic Diseases; know how to describethem from a clinical and diagnostic point of view
Course unit content
<br /> Classification ofRheumatic Diseases<br />- Inflammatory Arthropathies ( (epidemiology, ,etiopathogenesis clinical aspects)<br />a) Rheumatoid Arthritis<br />b) ) Seronegative spondyloarthritis ( (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's Syndrome)<br />-Sjogren’s syndrome<br />-Connective tissue diseases (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinicalmanifestations)?<br />a)LES?<br />b)Scleroderma?<br />c)Dermato polymyositis<br /> <br />-Vasculitis (classification, clinical aspects)?<br />a)Polymyalgia Rheumatica?<br />b)Temporal artheritis<br /> <br />-Osteoarthritis (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical aspects)<br /> <br />-Microcrystalline Arthropathies (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinicalaspects)<br />-Extra-articular rheumatism: Fibromyalgia (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis,clinical aspects)<br />-Paget’s disease<br />-Osteoporosis
Bibliography
<br />MALATTIEREUMATICHE<br />S.TODESCO, P.F GAMBARI<br />ED. MAC GRAW HILL<br /> <br />PROFESSOR'S NOTES