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Protocols
1.Inflammation and repair, cellular injury and adaptation
- Acute inflammation
- Chronic inflammation
- Chemical mediators of inflammation
- Morphologic patterns of acute and chronic inflammation
- Granuloma
Repair
- Inflammation (Phase 1)
- Proliferation and tissue formation (Phase 2)
- Tissue remodeling (Phase 3)
2. Genetics and Genodermatoses
- Chromosomal basis of inheritance
- Single gene disorder
- Multifactonal disorder
- Genetic counseling
- Perinatal diagnosis
Genodermatoses
- Tuberous sclerosis
- Neurofibromatosis
- Epidermolysisbullosa
- Darier’s disease
Immunology and Allergy
- Humoral and cell mediated immunity
- Immunodeficiency syndrome
- Complement deficiency
- Hypersensitivity including allergies and autommune diseases.
Immonological Tests
- Common Immunological laboratory tests.
- Evaluation of patients with immune diseases.
- Lymphocyte and phagocytic cell biology
- Antigen presentation
- Humoral, cellular and mucosal immunity including TH1 and TH2 response
- Skin mast cells
- Langerhan’s cells
- Complement system and cytokines
- Hypersensitivity and autoimmunity.
Clinical conditions
- Anaphylaxis
- Angioedema
- Urticaria
- Graft versus host disease
3. Cellular injury & Adaptation
Cellular injury
- Necrosis e Ishaemic and hypoxic injury
- Reversible and irreversible injury
- Free radical injury
- Chemical injuries
- Apoptosis
- Pathologic calcification
Adaptation
- Hypertrophy
- Atrophy
Hyperplasia - Dysplasia
- Metaplasia
4. Neoplasm
- Definition
- Classification
- Charactenstics of benign and malignant neoplasm
- Carcinogen and pathogenesis
- Oncogenes and tumour suppressor gene
Common parasitic disease of skin
- Scabies
- Pediculosis
- Filariasis
- Leishmaniasis
6. Common bacterial diseases including skin TB and leprosy.
- Streptococcal infection
- Staphylococcal infection
- Pseudomonas infection
- Gram-negative infection
- Leprosy
- Skin TB
- Corynebacterial infection
7. Common viral infections of skin
- Herpes virus infection
- HPV infection e Measles
- Chickenpox
8. Fungal infection
- Definition
- Classification
9. STD and AIDS
- Basic concepts about epidemiology, transmission, clinical manifestation, laboratory investigation of following STDs
- Syphilis e Gonorrhoea
- LGV (Lymphogranulomavenereum)
- GI (Granuloma inguinale)
- Chancroid e Herpes progenitalis
- AIDS
11. Laboratory methods :
- Skin incision and biopsy
- Nail clipping and biopsy
- Skin scrapping and slit skin smear, smear specimen
- Collection, Smear-fixation and staining
11. Psychodermatology :
- Skin signs of psychiatric illness
- Delusion of parasitosis
- Neurotic excoriation
- Fectitious dermatosis