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Available
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Publication
New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, 6th edition.
ISBN
9780071380768
Description
Provides guidance on how to make evaluations of skin disorders, use laboratory procedures and take appropriate treatment decisions. This book contains chapters covering various aspects of the science and clinical care of the skin in both health and disease. It also includes chapters, on topics ranging from photo-immunology to retinoids and botox.
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CONTENTS:
V.1. General considerations -- Clinical-pathologic correlations of skin lesions: approach to diagnosis -- Biology and development of skin -- Structure and development of skin -- Biology and function of epidermis and appendages -- Biology of extracellular matrix, blood vessels, and nerves -- Cellular and molecular biology of inflammation, repair and carcinogenesis -- Disorders presenting in the skin and mucous membranes -- Noncutaneous manifestations of skin diseases -- Epidermis: disorders of persistent inflammation, cell kinetics, and differentiation -- Epidermis: disorders of epidermal cohesion-vesicular and bullous disorders -- Disorders of epidermal appendages and related disorders -- Epidermal and appendageal tumors -- Disorders of melanocytes -- Inflammatory and neoplastic disorders of the dermis -- Disorders of subcutaneous tissue -- Disorders of the mucocutaneous integument -- Cutaneous changes in disorders of altered reactivity -- Skin changes due to mechanical and physical factors -- Photomedicine -- Disorders due to drugs and chemical agents -- v. 2. Dermatology and medicine -- Skin changes across the span of life -- Skin lesions in nutritional, metabolic, and heritable disorders -- Skin manifestations of bone marrow or blood element disorders -- Skin manifestations of gastrointestinal and renal disorders -- Skin manifestations of disorders of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems -- Skin manifestations of alterations and disorders of the endocrine system -- Skin manifestations of rheumatologic multisystem diseases -- Skin manifestations of diseases in other organ systems -- Diseases due to microbial agents, infestations, bites, and stings -- Bacterial diseases with cutaneous involvement -- Fungal diseases with cutaneous involvement -- Viral and rickettsial diseases -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Infestations -- Bites and stings -- Therapeutics -- Evidence-based dermatology -- Topical therapy -- Systemic therapy -- Surgery in dermatology.
V.1. General considerations -- Clinical-pathologic correlations of skin lesions: approach to diagnosis -- Biology and development of skin -- Structure and development of skin -- Biology and function of epidermis and appendages -- Biology of extracellular matrix, blood vessels, and nerves -- Cellular and molecular biology of inflammation, repair and carcinogenesis -- Disorders presenting in the skin and mucous membranes -- Noncutaneous manifestations of skin diseases -- Epidermis: disorders of persistent inflammation, cell kinetics, and differentiation -- Epidermis: disorders of epidermal cohesion-vesicular and bullous disorders -- Disorders of epidermal appendages and related disorders -- Epidermal and appendageal tumors -- Disorders of melanocytes -- Inflammatory and neoplastic disorders of the dermis -- Disorders of subcutaneous tissue -- Disorders of the mucocutaneous integument -- Cutaneous changes in disorders of altered reactivity -- Skin changes due to mechanical and physical factors -- Photomedicine -- Disorders due to drugs and chemical agents -- v. 2. Dermatology and medicine -- Skin changes across the span of life -- Skin lesions in nutritional, metabolic, and heritable disorders -- Skin manifestations of bone marrow or blood element disorders -- Skin manifestations of gastrointestinal and renal disorders -- Skin manifestations of disorders of the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems -- Skin manifestations of alterations and disorders of the endocrine system -- Skin manifestations of rheumatologic multisystem diseases -- Skin manifestations of diseases in other organ systems -- Diseases due to microbial agents, infestations, bites, and stings -- Bacterial diseases with cutaneous involvement -- Fungal diseases with cutaneous involvement -- Viral and rickettsial diseases -- Sexually transmitted diseases -- Infestations -- Bites and stings -- Therapeutics -- Evidence-based dermatology -- Topical therapy -- Systemic therapy -- Surgery in dermatology.