• General Content
General principles of Endocrinology. Disorders of hypothalamus and pituitary, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, calcium metabolism, adrenal cortex, medullary cortex, testes, ovaries, neuroendocrine tumors, diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemic syndromes, autoimmune polyglandular syndromes, multiple endocrine neoplasia
• Detailed Program
Hypothalamus and pituitary: regulation of pituitary function; hypopituitarism, pituitary tumors, diabetes insipidus
-Thyroid gland: thyroid physiology, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, iodine deficiency disorders, thyroid nodules and tumors
-Parathyroid glands: Physiology of parathyroids and calcium metabolism, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism and pseudohypoparathyroidism, osteoporosis
-Adrenal glands: Adrenal physiology, Cushing’s syndrome, Addison’s disease, Hirsutism, Conn disease, pheochromocytoma and paragangliomas
-Male gonads: Physiology of the testis, male hypogonadism, erectile dysfunction, male infertility, tumors of the testis
-Female gonads: Physiology of ovaries, amenorrheas, female hypogonadism, menopause
-Neuroendocrine tumors: carcinoid syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison syndrome, insulinoma, multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
-Diabetes mellitus: classification and pathogenesis, clinical features, laboratory diagnosis, acute and chronic complications
-Hypoglycemic syndromes
-Obesity
-Autoimmune polyglandular syndromes