Dermatology

Dermatology, edited by world authorities Jean L. Bolognia, MD, Joseph L. Jorizzo, MD, and Julie V. Schaffer, MD, is an all-encompassing medical reference book that puts the latest practices in dermatologic diagnosis and treatment at your fingertips. It delivers more comprehensive coverage of basic science, clinical practice, pediatric dermatology, and dermatologic surgery than you'll find in any other source. Whether you're a resident or an experienced practitioner, you'll have the in-depth, expert, up-to-the-minute answers you need to overcome any challenge you face in practice. Get regular content updates, download illustrations in JPEG or PPT format, and search the complete contents online with on-the-go access at expertconsult.com. Find answers fast with a highly user-friendly, "easy-in-easy-out" format and a wealth of tables and algorithms for instant visual comprehension. Get full exposure to core knowledge with coverage of dermatology's entire spectrum of subspecialties. See just the essential information with "need-to-know" basic science information and key references. Expedite decision making and clarify complex concepts with logical tables, digestible artwork, and easy-to-grasp schematics.

Previous edition: 2008.

Front cover; Dermatology; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; User Guide; Volumes, Sections and Color Coding; Volume One; Volume Two; Basic Science Chapters; Therapeutic Ladders; Dermatology Website; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Section One Overview of Basic Science; 0 Basic Principles of Dermatology; Chapter Contents; Introduction to clinical dermatology; Etiologic Premises; Inflammatory versus neoplastic; Morphology; Palpation and appreciation of textural changes; Color; Variation in skin color within the human population; Configuration and Distribution.

ConfigurationDistribution; Temporal Course; The role of dermatopathology in clinicopathologic correlation; The Skin Biopsy; Site selection; Biopsy techniques; Post-procedure handling of the skin biopsy; Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases by Pattern Analysis; Ten patterns defined; Perivascular dermatitis; Interface dermatitis; Spongiotic dermatitis; Psoriasiform dermatitis; Vesiculobullous and pustular dermatoses; Intraepidermal (see Fig. 0.13E); Subepidermal (see Fig. 0.13F); Vasculitis/pseudovasculitis; Nodular and diffuse dermatitis; Folliculitis/perifolliculitis.

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