Full Description
Giving dermatologists, dermatology residents, and primary care physicians a deeper insight into pemphigus vulgaris, a rare autoimmune disease characterized by blisters and lesions on the skin and mucous membranes, this book provides insight and treatment options alongside dozens of high quality photographs, pathology slides, illustrations, algorithms, figures and clinical tables detailing the disease at all stages. Providing more than 20 clinical case photos of patients exhibiting symptoms, A Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris summarizes much of what is known about this disease, including categories of the disorder, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and recent clinical research photos about the disease.
Contents
Dedication.- Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Disclaimer.- Contributors.- Introduction.- Part I: Overview of Disorder.- Chapter 1. Background.- Chapter 2. Overview of Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Chapter 3. History of Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Chapter 4. Epidemiology and Etiology.- Chapter 5. Analysis of Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Chapter 6. Overview of Diagnosis, Figure 6.1: Diagnosis Chart.- Chapter 7. Differential Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lesions.- Chapter 8. Overview of Treatment, Figure 8.1: Treatment Chart.- Part II: Pathology.- Chapter 9. Pathology.- Part III: Clinical Research 1.- Chapter 10. Clinical Research Introduction.- Chapter 11. Research Objectives.- Chapter 12. Literature Review.- Chapter 13. Research Methods.- Chapter 14. Research Results.- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusion.- Part IV: Clinical Research 2.- Chapter 16. Clinical Research Introduction.- Chapter 17. Research Objectives and Hypotheses.- Chapter 18. Literature Review.- Chapter 19. Research Methods.- Chapter20. Research Results.- Chapter 21. Discussion and Conclusions.- Part V: Clinical Case Reports with Photos.- Chapter 22. Patient One.- Chapter 23. Patient Two.- Chapter 24. Patient Three.- Chapter 25. Patient Four.- Chapter 26. Patient Five.- Chapter 27. Patient Six.- Chapter 28. Patient Seven.- Chapter 29. Patient Eight.- Chapter 30. Patient Nine.- Chapter 31. Patient Ten.- Chapter 32. Patient Eleven.- Chapter 33. Patient Twelve.- Chapter 34. Patient Thirteen.- Chapter 35. Patient Fourteen.- Chapter 36. Patient Fifteen.- Chapter 37. Patient Sixteen.- Chapter 38. Patient Seventeen.- Chapter 39. Patient Eighteen.- Chapter 40. Patient Nineteen.- Chapter 41. Patient Twenty.- Chapter 42. Patient Twenty-One.- Chapter 43. Patient Twenty-Two.- Chapter 44. Patient Twenty-Three.- Index.
