CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY

Author: Richard Weller, MD, FRCP (Edin), John Hunter, OBE BA MD FRCP (Edin), John Savin, MA MD ChB FRCP DIH, Mark Dahl, BA MD
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2008
ISBN 10: 140514663X
ISBN 13: 9781405146630
Edition: 4th

Description:

This book acknowledges that clinical dermatology is a visual specialty. The route to diagnostic understanding is a combination of access to photographic material combined with a simple scheme for recognising primary skin lesions. Clinical dermatology is designed to help undergraduate medical students, general practitioners, general physicians (the secondary market) requiring a fundamental knowledge of dermatology, and trainee dermatologists. The book contains chapters which cover all the common skin diseases in the context of their underlying pathological processes and the way in which disturbances of the function of the skin produce recognisable physical signs. These are punctuated by short, sometimes witty learning points.

Table of Contents

Front Matter

Introduction

Skin disease in perspective

The function and structure of the skin

Diagnosis of skin disorders

Disorders of keratinization

Psoriasis

Other papulosquamous disorders

Eczema and dermatitis

Reactive erythemas and vasculitis

Bullous diseases

Connective tissue disorders

Disorders of blood vessels and lymphatics

Sebaceous and sweat gland disorders

Regional dermatology

Racially pigmented skin

Dermatology of different age groups

Infections

Infestations

Skin reactions to light

Disorders of pigmentation

Skin tumours

The skin in systemic disease

Cosmetic dermatology

The skin and the psyche

Other genetic disorders

Drug eruptions

Medical treatment of skin disease

Physical forms of treatment

Formulary 1 Topical treatments

    Formulary 2 Systemic medication