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Course 2024-2025

Immunopathology [MMEDB308]

  • 2 credits
  • 13h
  • 1st quarter
Language of instruction: French / Français
Teacher: Graux Carlos

Learning outcomes

To have assimilated the concepts covered in the general immunology course.

Objectives

The immunopathology course aims to enable future doctors, pharmacists and researchers to establish the links between basic immune mechanisms and the clinical expression of different diseases in order to be able to further develop the discipline through independent learning

Content

1/ Hypersensitivities Type I (or immediate): allergies Type II: antibody-triggered diseases Type III: diseases triggered by immune complexes Type IV (or delayed): diseases triggered by T lymphocytes 2/ Autoimmune diseases 3/ Immunology of transplantation (including pregnancy) 4/ Anti-tumour immunity (covered for doctors as part of the cancer cell biology course) 5/ Anti-infectious immunity (viruses, bacteria, fungi and parasites) 6/ Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies 7/ Immunological therapeutics (including vaccines) 8/ Immunohematology (transfusion reactions)


Prerequisites

Immunologie générale [MMEDB205]

Teaching methods

Ex-cathedra course mainly supported by diagrams on the board. The course is supported by fairly comprehensive slides which serve as a syllabus.

Evaluations

Theoretical examination in January and September. In January and September, this is a written MCQ/QRM type assessment of twenty to thirty questions (with bonus/malus) + one open question requiring an answer in the form of a diagram. The MCQ/QRM is worth 15 out of 20 points and the open question is worth 5 out of 20 points. The exact modalities of the evaluation are subject to change when the examination timetable is drawn up, depending on the practical constraints that the faculty administration may face, or in the event of illness/force majeure/emergency with a placement, preventing the student from taking the examination on the date initially scheduled.

Recommended readings

Fundamentals of Basic and Clinical Immunology by Abul K. Abbas at Elsevier Basic immunology and immunopathology. Thematic and integrated teaching by the Collège des Enseignants d'Immunologie at Elsevier-Masson Immunology by David Male at Elsevier Cellular and molecular immunology by Abul K. Abbas at Sounders-Elsevier

Language of instruction

French / Français

Location for course

NAMUR

Organizer

Faculté de médecine
rue de Bruxelles
61
5000 NAMUR
P. 081724347
F. 081724327
administration-medecine@unamur.be

Degree of Reference

Undergraduate Degree