The objectives of this course are the same as describe for course PHPH 9108. The course will provide and intergrated description of relevant physiology, pathophysiology, disease state manifestations and clinical pharmacology with respect to the following disease: (a) nutritional and metabolic disorders: nutrition, nutritional deficiencies, obesity, water/electrolyte/acid-base metabolism; (b) endocrine disorders: disorders of the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal glands; disorders of carbohydrate metabolism; (c) gynaecological disorders: common problems, amenorrhoea and abnormal bleeding, endometriosis, breast disorders, neoplasms; (d) neurologic disorders: seizure disorders, sleep disorders, cerebrovascular disease, CNS infection and neoplasms, demyelinating diseases, disorders of movement, spinal cord disorders peripheral nervous system disorders: (e) psychiatric disorders: personality disorders, drug dependence, neuroses, mood disorders, schizophrenic disorders, delusional disorders: (f) musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders: reheumatoid arthritis and other diffuse connective tissue disease, arthritis associated with spondylitis, osteoarthritis, infections and neoplasms of the bones, crystal-induced conditions, bone and cartilage disorders, nonarticulare rheumatism; (g) ophthalmological disorders: disorders of the eyelids, conjunctiva, and cornea, cataract, uveal tract disorders, retinal disorders, glaucoma, disorders of the optic nerve; (h) dermatological disorders: dermatitis, scaling disorders, disorders of the hair folicles and sebaceous glands, skin infections - bacterial, viral, parasitic, fungal, drug eruptions and similar inflammatory disorders of skin, disorders of cornification, tumours. .

Note: The course is elective for programmes 5504, and 9060.