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Iron sources, absorption, transportation, storage and metabolism. Deficiency anaemia. Iron overload, haemosiderosis/haemochromatosis. Megaloblastic anaemias. Sources, absorption, transportation and storage of folates and vitamin B12. Folate deficiency. Vitamin B12 deficiency, clinical features, laboratory findings, diagnosis and treatment. Aplastic anaemia, myelopathic anaemia and leucoerythroblastic anaemia. Anaemia of chronic diseases. Chronic infections. Chronic inflammation. Clinical and laboratory features. Differential diagnoses. General aspects of haemolytic anaemias. Definition, types. Intravascular and extravascular haemolysis and their clinical and biochemical features. Inherited vs acquired. Haemoglobinopathies. Sickle cell diseases, thalassemia, genetic counselling, antenatal diagnosis of haemoglobinopathies. Red cell membranopathies, Spherocytosis, elliptocytosis, stomatocytosis. Others. Red cell enzymopathies. G6PD deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency. Acquired haemolytic anaemias, auto immune. Warm/cold. Microangiopathy. Mechanical contact anaemia. Red cell infections-malaria.

Introduction to medical mycology. Nature and classification of medically important fungi. Mode of reproduction of fungi.

Introduction to medical mycology. Nature and classification of medically important fungi. Mode of reproduction of fungi.

Taxonomy of parasites. Historical development of medical protozoology. Development of medical helminthology. Classification of Helminthes. General properties of Helminthes.

Taxonomy of parasites. Historical development of medical protozoology. Development of medical helminthology. Classification of Helminthes. General properties of Helminthes.

Introduction, basic definitions, aetiology of disease. Cell injury, cellular adaptation, cell death (necrosis and apoptosis). Free radicals. Ischemic cell injury. Cutaneous wound healing and repair. Inflammation, definition and causes of acute inflammation. Vascular and cellular events in acute inflammation. Mediators of acute inflammation (vaso-active amines, plasma derived). Serous/fibrinous inflammation, chronic inflammation, granulomatous inflammation. Systemic effects of inflammation. Consequences of deficient/excess inflammation. Genetic disorders, classification (chromosomal, single gene and multifactorial). Chromosomal disorders (Down, Turner, Klinefelter, Edwards syndromes). Single gene disorders (classic and non classic). Mutations and multifactorial disorders. Congenital anomalies, types, aetiology. Teratogenesis.

Introduction, basic definitions, aetiology of disease. Cell injury, cellular adaptation, cell death (necrosis and apoptosis). Free radicals. Ischemic cell injury. Cutaneous wound healing and repair. Inflammation, definition and causes of acute inflammation. Vascular and cellular events in acute inflammation. Mediators of acute inflammation (vaso-active amines, plasma derived). Serous/fibrinous inflammation, chronic inflammation, granulomatous inflammation. Systemic effects of inflammation. Consequences of deficient/excess inflammation. Genetic disorders, classification (chromosomal, single gene and multifactorial). Chromosomal disorders (Down, Turner, Klinefelter, Edwards syndromes). Single gene disorders (classic and non classic). Mutations and multifactorial disorders. Congenital anomalies, types, aetiology. Teratogenesis.

Immunopathology. Innate and adaptive immunity. Components of immune system (cells, tissues and molecules). Hypersensitivity disorders. Major histocompatibility complex. Mechanism of tolerance. Autoimmunity. Primary immunodeficiencies. AIDS. Amyloidosis. Haemodynamic disorders. Oedema. Embolism. Thrombosis. Shock. Neoplasia. Definition, benign/malignant tumours. Tumour nomenclature, aetiology of tumours. Genes involved in neoplastic process. Familial syndromes. Chemical, radiation and microbial carcinogenesis. Tumour immunity. Effect of tumour on host. Paraneoplastic syndromes. Intracellular accumulations. Pathologic calcification. Intracellular accumulations of protein. Lipids, glycogen and pigments. Infectious diseases. Malaria. Tuberculosis. Leprosy. Schistosomiasis. Syphilis. Amoebiasis. Typhoid. Onchocerciasis.

Immunopathology. Innate and adaptive immunity. Components of immune system (cells, tissues and molecules). Hypersensitivity disorders. Major histocompatibility complex. Mechanism of tolerance. Autoimmunity. Primary immunodeficiencies. AIDS. Amyloidosis. Haemodynamic disorders. Oedema. Embolism. Thrombosis. Shock. Neoplasia. Definition, benign/malignant tumours. Tumour nomenclature, aetiology of tumours. Genes involved in neoplastic process. Familial syndromes. Chemical, radiation and microbial carcinogenesis. Tumour immunity. Effect of tumour on host. Paraneoplastic syndromes. Intracellular accumulations. Pathologic calcification. Intracellular accumulations of protein. Lipids, glycogen and pigments. Infectious diseases. Malaria. Tuberculosis. Leprosy. Schistosomiasis. Syphilis. Amoebiasis. Typhoid. Onchocerciasis.

Space and time, units and dimension, vectors and scalars, differentiation of vectors: displacement, velocity and acceleration, kinematics, Newton laws of motion (Inertial frames, Impulse, force and action at a distance and momentum conservation). Relative motion, application of Newtonian mechanics, equations of motion, conservation principles in physics, conservative forces, conservation of linear momentum, kinetic energy and work, potential energy, system of particles, centre of mass, rotational motion, torque, vector product, moment, rotation of coordinate axes and angular momentum. Polar coordinates, conservation of angular momentum, circular motion, moments of inertia, gyroscopes and precession. Gravitation, Newton’s Law of gravitation, Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion, gravitational potential energy, escape velocity, satellites motion and orbits.