Full Description
Written by two leaders in the field of pediatric dermatology, this classic text provides both detailed content for the specialist and easily accessible information for the non-dermatologist and less experienced clinician. Paller and Mancini - Hurwitz Clinical Pediatric Dermatology, 6th Edition, comprehensively covers the full range of skin disorders in children, offering authoritative, practical guidance on diagnosis and treatment in a single volume. This award-winning, evidence-based text has been fully revised and updated, and is an essential resource for anyone who sees children with skin disorders.
Features new content outline boxes for faster navigation, hundreds more clinical images, and authors' tips for the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric skin diseases.
Contains updated, evidence-based guidance and the latest drug developments and disease classifications.
Provides a careful balance of narrative text, useful tables, and 1,300 high-quality clinical photographs, helping you recognize virtually any skin condition you're likely to see.
Includes a greatly expanded discussion of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis and new therapeutic approaches for treating genetic disorders and systemic diseases such as ichthyoses and rheumatologic disorders.
Discusses new tests for subclassifying disease, such as the myositis-specific antibodies of juvenile dermatomyositis, genotyping, and immunophenotypes of inflammatory skin disorders.
Contains new and updated tables on psoriasis co-morbidities, genetic syndrome classifications, acne therapies, pediatric histiocytoses, PHACE syndrome criteria, HSV therapies and juvenile dermatomyositis.
Features updated sections on infections, exanthems, vascular disorders, dermatoses and genodermatoses.
Discusses hot topics such as the use of stem cell and cell therapy, as well as recombinant protein, for treating epidermolysis bullosa; the resurgence of measles; congenital Zika virus infections; and much more.
Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Contents
Chapter 1 - An Overview of Dermatologic Diagnosis
Chapter 2 - Cutaneous Disorders of the Newborn
Chapter 3 - Eczematous Eruptions in Childhood
Chapter 4 - Papulosquamous and Related Disorders
Chapter 5 - Hereditary Disorders of Cornification
Chapter 6 - Hereditary Disorders of the Dermis
Chapter 7 - Disorders of Hair and Nails
Chapter 8 - Disorders of the Sebaceous and Sweat Glands
Chapter 9 - Cutaneous Tumors and Tumor Syndromes
Chapter 10 - Histiocytoses and Malignant Skin Diseases
Chapter 11 - Disorders of Pigmentation
Chapter 12 - Vascular Disorders of Infancy and Childhood
Chapter 13 - Bullous Disorders of Childhood
Chapter 14 - Bacterial, Mycobacterial, and Protozoal Infections of the Skin
Chapter 15 - Viral Diseases of the Skin
Chapter 16 - Exanthematous Diseases of Childhood
Chapter 17 - Skin Disorders due to Fungi
Chapter 18 - Infestations, Bites, and Stings
Chapter 19 - Photosensitivity and Photoreactions
Chapter 20 - The Hypersensitivity Syndromes
Chapter 21 - Vasculitic Disorders
Chapter 22 - Collagen Vascular Disorders
Chapter 23 - Endocrine Disorders and the Skin
Chapter 24 - Inborn Errors of Metabolism
Chapter 25 - Skin Signs of Other Systemic Diseases
Chapter 26 - Abuse and Factitial Disorders
