Main description:

Handbook of Dermatology is a concise guide to common skin conditions for undergraduate students and trainees.

The second edition has been thoroughly revised to provide the most up to date information and follows an easy to read format, discussing the etiology, manifestation stages, diagnosis and treatment of numerous dermatological disorders.

This quick reference guide includes a section on the histopathology of key blistering automimmune diseases that affect the skin such as warts and psoriasis, and a comprehensive glossary of clinical and histopathological terms.

Key points

Concise guide to common skin conditions for undergraduate students
Easy to read format
Includes histopathology of key skin blistering conditions
Comprehensive glossary of clinical and histopathological terms
Features more than 100 full colour clinical photographs and illustrations
Previous edition published in 1995

Contents:

Acanthosis Nigricans
Acne Vulgaris
Adenoma Sebaceum (Bourneville's Disease)
AIDS
Alopecia Areata
Animal Scabies
Aphthous Ulcer
Atopic Dermatitis
Bockhart's Impetigo
Callosity
Chancroid
Cheilitis
Chlamydia
Contact Dermatitis
Corn
Creeping Eruption
Darier's Disease
Dermal Leishmaniasis (Delhi Boil)
Dermatitis Herpetiformis
Drug Eruption
Ecthyma
Eczema
Erythema Multiforme
Erythema Nodosum
Exfoliative Dermatitis
Fixed Drug Eruption
Freckles
Fungus Dermatophytoses
Furunculosis
Gonorrhea
Granuloma Annulare
Granuloma Pyogenicum (Syn. Granuloma Telangiectaticum)
Hansen's Disease
Herpes Simplex
Herpes Zoster
Hyperhidrosis
Ichthyosis
Impetigo
Insect Bite Allergy (Papular Urticaria)
Intertrigo
Keloid
Kerion
Lichen Nitidus
Lichen Planus
Lichen Striatus
Lichenoid Reaction
Lupus Erythematosus
Lupus Vulgaris
Lymphogranuloma Venereum (LGV)
Macular Atrophy
Miliaria
Milium
Molluscum Contagiosum
Moniliasis (Candidiasis)
Morphea (Localized Circumscribed Scleroderma)
Neurofibroma
Oil Folliculitis
Pediculosis
Pemphigus
Phrynoderma
Pityriasis Alba
Pityriasis Rosea
Porokeratosis (Mibelli)
Prurigo
Pruritus
Psoriasis
Reiter's Disease
Rosacea
Scabies
Scrofuloderma
Seborrheic Dermatitis (Syn. Dermatitis of the Sebaceous Area)
Sun and Skin Photosensitive Dermatoses
Sycosis Barbae
Syphilis
Systemic Scleroderma
Tinea Versicolor
Trichomoniasis
Tuberculides
Tuberculosis Verrucosa Cutis (TBVC)
Tylosis
Urticaria
Vitiligo
Warts (Verrucae)
Xanthoma
Xeroderma Pigmentosum
Zoon's Plasma Cell Balanitis
Histopathology of few important conditions of Pemphigus
Glossary of Clinical and Histopathological Terms
Structure of the Skin