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.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - An Overview of Dermatologic DiagnosisChapter 2 - Cutaneous Disorders of the NewbornChapter 3 - Eczematous Eruptions in ChildhoodChapter 4 - Papulosquamous and Related DisordersChapter 5 - Hereditary Disorders of CornificationChapter 6 - Hereditary Disorders of the DermisChapter 7 - Disorders of Hair and NailsChapter 8 - Disorders of the Sebaceous and Sweat GlandsChapter 9 - Cutaneous Tumors and Tumor SyndromesChapter 10 - Histiocytoses and Malignant Skin DiseasesChapter 11 - Disorders of PigmentationChapter 12 - Vascular Disorders of Infancy and ChildhoodChapter 13 - Bullous Disorders of ChildhoodChapter 14 - Bacterial, Mycobacterial, and Protozoal Infections of the SkinChapter 15 - Viral Diseases of the SkinChapter 16 - Exanthematous Diseases of ChildhoodChapter 17 - Skin Disorders due to FungiChapter 18 - Infestations, Bites, and StingsChapter 19 - Photosensitivity and PhotoreactionsChapter 20 - The Hypersensitivity SyndromesChapter 21 - Vasculitic DisordersChapter 22 - Collagen Vascular DisordersChapter 23 - Endocrine Disorders and the SkinChapter 24 - Inborn Errors of MetabolismChapter 25 - Skin Signs of Other Systemic DiseasesChapter 26 - Abuse and Factitial Disorders
