Harper's Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology

by Irvine, Alan D.; Hoeger, Peter H.; Yan, Albert C.

• ISBN13: 9781405176958
• ISBN10: 1405176954
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-19
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The third edition of this highly regarded text continues to provide a comprehensive resource for pediatric dermatologists. The book offers evidence-based diagnosis and treatment recommendations and covers both common and rare conditions, including emerging conditions and research, especially at the genetic level. A refreshing new text design makes the book more accessible, and new editors and contributors bring a distinctly international perspective to the work.

Author Biography

Alan Irvine, MBBS, MD, Associate Professor and Consultant Pediatric Dermatologist, University of Dublin and Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin, Ireland

Albert Yan, MD, Assistant Professor, Director of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Dr Yan is also President-elect of the Society of Pediatric Dermatology

Peter Hoeger, MD, Professor and Head of Pediatric Demratology, Cathjolic Children's Hospital, Hamburg and Department of Dermatology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Table of Contents

Pyodermas and Toxin-mediated Syndromes.Skin Manifestations of Meningococcal Infection.Pitted Keratolysis, Erythrasma and Erysipeloid.Mycobacterial Infections of the Skin.Bartonella Infections: Bacillary Angiomatosis, Cat Scratch Disease and Bartonellosis.Lyme Disease.Endemic Treponematoses: Yaws, Pinta and Endemic Syphilis.Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Other Rickettsial Infections.Superficial Fungal Infections.Deep Mycoses.Opportunistic Infections/infections in immunocompromised.Skin Manifestations of Nutritional Disorders.Tropical Ulcer.Leishmaniasis.Cutaneous Larva Migrans.Myiasis.Leprosy.Papular Urticaria.Scabies and Lice.Other Noxious and Venomous Creatures.Urticaria.Mastocytosis.Annular Erythemas.Erythema Nodosum and Other Forms of Panniculitis.Erythema Multiforme, Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis.Acne.Psoriasis.Psoriasis - Pathogenesis.Psoriasis - Treatments.Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris.Pityriasis Rosea.Lichen Planus and Lichen Nitidus.Lichen Striatus.Differential Diagnosis of Vesiculobullous Lesions.Infantile Acropustulosis.Chronic Bullous Disease of Childhood: Linear IgA Disease of Childhood and Mixed Immunobullous Disease.Dermatitis Herpetiformis.Pemphigus, Pemphigoid and Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita.Differential Diagnosis of Skin Nodules and Cysts.Granuloma Annulare.Adnexal Disorders.Calcification and Ossification in the Skin.Knuckle Pads.Fibromatoses, Hyalinoses and Stiff Skin Syndrome.Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia.Skin Malignancies.Pityriasis Lichenoides.Lymphomatoid Papulosis.Jessner's Lymphocytic Infiltrate of the Skin.Cutaneous lymphomas.The Histiocytoses, Langerhans Cell and Non-Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis.Disorders of Hypopigmentation and Hyperpigmentation.Vitiligo.The Idiopathic Photodermatoses.Porphyrias.Photoprotection.Melanocytic Naevi and Melanoma.Epidermal Naevi/Epidermal NaevusSyndromes.Proteus Syndrome.Vascular Malformations.Infantile Haemangiomas and Other Vascular Tumours.Disorders of Lymphatics.Principles of Genetics, Mosaicism and Molecular Biology.Chromosome Disorders.Review of Keratin Disorders.Epidermolysis Bullosa.Kindler syndrome.Generalized Disorders of Cornification (the Ichthyoses).Netherton's Syndrome.Palmoplantar Keratodermas.Keratosis Pilaris.The Erythrokeratodermas.Darier's Disease.The Porokeratoses.Ectodermal Dysplasias.The Neurofibromatoses.Tuberous Sclerosis.Incontinentia Pigmenti.Pigmentary Mosaicism (Ito syndrome).The Gorlin (Naevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma) Syndrome.Focal Dermal Hypoplasia Syndrome (Synonym: Goltz Syndrome).Premature Ageing Syndromes (Laminopathies).Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Cockayne's Syndrome and Trichothiodystrophy.Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome.Bloom's Syndrome, Dyskeratosis Congenita and Fanconi's Syndrome.Genetic Diseases that Predispose to Malignancy.Dyschromatoses.Prenatal Diagnosis of Inherited Skin Disorders.Skin Gene Therapy.Disorders of Fat Tissue.Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes.#60