Medical Importance of Trace Elements

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2022-2023

Topic

The aim of the course is to give an overview of trace elements that play important roles in the human organism, their biochemical background, dietary sources, and the medical importance of their deficiencies and intoxications. During the course the students will be given an overview of the different trace elements regarding their physiological functions, most important dietary sources, the different national and international dietary recommendations, as well as medical conditions caused by deficiency or relative deficiency and excessive intake on the basis of current literature taking the criteria of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) also into account.

Lectures

• 1. Introduction, thematic - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 2. What are trace elements? Overview of trace elements - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 3. Medical importance of iron, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 4. Medical importance of iodine, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 5. Medical importance of fluoride, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 6. Medical importance of zinc, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 7. Medical importance of copper, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 8. Medical importance of chromium, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 9. Medical importance of selenium, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 10. Medical importance of molybdenum, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 11. Medical importance of manganese, deficiencies, intoxications - Dr. Szabó Éva
• 12. Consultation, written exam - Dr. Szabó Éva

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

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Literature developed by the Department

Eectronic version of the lectures

Notes

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Recommended literature

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Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Maximum of 25 % absence allowed

Mid-term exams

Written exam on the 12th week, the make up of the exam is not possible.

Making up for missed classes

The make up of the course is not possible.

Exam topics/questions

1. The term trace minerals and their incidence
2. Biochemical importance of iron
3. Dietary iron sources
4. Conditions caused by excess iron intake
5. Conditions caused by iron deficiency
6. Biochemical importance of iodine
7. Dietary iodine sources
8. Conditions caused by excess iodine intake
9. Conditions caused by iodine deficiency
10. Biochemical importance of fluoride
11. Dietary fluoride sources
12. Conditions caused by excess fluoride intake
13. Conditions caused by fluoride deficiency
14. Biochemical importance of zinc
15. Dietary zinc sources
16. Conditions caused by excess zinc intake
17. Conditions caused by zinc deficiency
18. Biochemical importance of copper
19. Dietary copper sources
20. Conditions caused by excess copper intake
21. Conditions caused by copper deficiency
22. Biochemical importance of chromium
23. Dietary chromium sources
24. Conditions caused by excess chromium intake
25. Conditions caused by chromium deficiency
26. Biochemical importance of selenium
27. Dietary selenium sources
28. Conditions caused by excess selenium intake
29. Conditions caused by selenium deficiency
30. Biochemical importance of molybdenum
31. Dietary molybdenum sources
32. Conditions caused by excess molybdenum intake
33. Conditions caused by molybdenum deficiency
34. Biochemical importance of manganese
35. Dietary manganese sources
36. Conditions caused by excess manganese intake
37. Conditions caused by manganese deficiency

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars