Dermatology Books

An in-depth introduction to radiotherapy physics emphasizing the clinical aspects of the field. This second edition gradually and sequentially develops each of its topics in clear and concise language. It includes important...

​This engaging new text teaches students, residents, and practitioners of all ages how to use insights from both pathologists and dermatologists to improve their comprehension of skin disorders. It is meant to bridge the gap between dermatology and...

Fatty acids play an important role in the barrier function of skin and represent a major source of proinflammatory mediators such as prostaglandins, leukotrienes and other lipids in inflammatory skin disorders. This book...

Lower extremity skin disorders are often overlooked by clinicians. Ailments such as eczema, psoriasis and tinea at times prove difficult to distinguish clinically, and misdiagnosis can lead to inappropriate therapy. Many practitioners are mystified when...

Most venous leg ulcers can be CURED.Not healed temporarily with dressings and compression, only to come back again - but cured.So why is this revolutionary?Because most patients are not given the chance of a cure. Patients with leg ulcers are consigned...

This book provides the description of the granulomatous diseases of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck with their characteristic features, investigations and management. It includes wide variety of infective, idiopathic, neoplastic, hereditary, reactive...

R. MARKS Biology has become a 'numbers game'. The advantages of being able to grade changes in tissue, submit results to statistical analysis and accurately record biological phenomena make measurement essential. This is as...

Wc have felt for some years that an atlas of paediatrie dermatology merired a place in the world dcrmatologicallitcrature. Non-dermatologists find skin conditiom difficult to describe and diagnose and this may bc cvcn mare...

Since the industrialization and urbanization of the Western workforce, tanned skin has been perceived increasingly as attractive and fashionable for naturally light-skinned individuals. However, in addition to causing tanning, photo-aging, and other...

Until now, the general belief has been that premature baldness (male pattern bald­ ness: M.P.B., or androgenetie alopeeia) is a hereditary eondition that progresses with age and for which there is no eure. If the father is...

Strong body odor is a condition for which, until now, there have been few treatment methods. The Japanese authors, encouraged by the willingness of Oriental patients to undergo radical treatment, have developed the subcutaneous...

Hair transplantation is in demand worldwide, but because Asian hair tends to be more sparse and coarse than Caucasian hair, transplantation procedures need to be adapted to Asian patients. This book, exclusively devoted to Asian hair, is a complete and...

Dieses Buch will die Forschungen der Pharmakologie und der ihr helfenden Wissenschaften, vor allem del' physikalischen Chemie einer wohlbegrtindeten Therapie der Rautkrankheiten nutzbar machen. Die Rezeptierkunde ist nicht nur...

Dem Wunsche zahlreicher Arzte und Studenten, meine seit zwei Jahr­ zehnten gehaltenen Vorlesungen uber Haarkrankheiten und kosmetische Hautleiden in Buchform erscheinen zu lassen, komme ich gerne nacho Diese Monographie...

VI nur auf Grund unserer theoretischen Kenntnisse aus dem fast unübersehbaren Gebiete der Tuberkulose möglich sind, sondern auch deshalb, weil von derma­ tologischer Seite vielfach in ausgiebiger Weise dazu Stellung genommen...

Die Rontgentherapie, ein wichtiger und heute wohl ausgebauter Teil del' gesamten Rontgenologie hat mit L. FREUND'S Bestrahlung eines Naevus pilosus (1896) ihren Ausgang von der Dermatologie ge­ nommen. Das neue Verfahren ist in...

Seit dem Erscheinen des "Handbuches der KOtlmetik" sind fast drei Jahrzehnte verflossen. Trotz­ dem seither eine Reihe ausgezeichneter einschlagiger Bucher veroffentlicht wurde, schien es bei der immer groBer werden den...

This volume compiles the perspectives of a multi-author team examining the entire spectrum of burn reconstruction and long-term treatment. Individual chapters cover basic aspects of wound healing and scarring, and those of plastic surgery relating to...

The skin is the largest human organ system. Loss of skin integrity due to injury or illness results in a substantial physiologic imbalance and ultimately in severe disability or death. The most common cause of significant skin...

This book focuses on the use and significance of in vivo reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) for non-invasive high-resolution imaging of the skin. All of the chapters in this hands-on guide are generously illustrated with numerous confocal images and...

This book sheds new light on the development and use of quantitative models to describe the process of skin permeation. It critically reviews the development of quantitative predictive models of skin absorption and discusses key recommendations for model...

Michael Sand gives the reader an overview ofcurrent techniques in expression profiling of miRNAs and their maturationmachinery in the skin. This book is a postdoctoral thesis on miRNAs incutaneous malignant melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer with a...

In the last fifty years dramatic progress has been made in the under­ standing of skin and skin diseases. Although we are still someway off understanding the ultimate causes of such disorders as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and...

In this handbook the opportunity has been taken firstly to present the waterbalance in the horny layer and the sweat secretion process with particular emphasis on their relationship to the pharmacodynamical aspects of the...

The morphological behaviour of leucocytes· leaving the blood has been studied for more than a hundred years and can be described in some detail, but the mechanisms involved are for the most part still unclear. Following an...

The two organs of the body most accessible to examination are the eye and the skin and its appendages. That is why, it is said, ophthalmological genetics is in such flourishing good health. Dermatological genetics does not seem...

The control of cancer is at once a major public health problem and a problem of fundamental biologic interest. As a result of technologic developments and new insights in the realm of molecular biology, new and important...

Recent progress in the fields of pharmacology and immunology has provided us with new possibilities for treating dermatological diseases. This book reviews the most important immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugs and...

There is no doubt among experts that the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased in many industrialized countries in recent years. The rea­ sons for this increase are unknown; only suppositions exist. Many people focus on...

Numerous diseases in the areas of orthopaedics, rheumatology, and radiology can only be completely diagnosed if the corresponding conditions of the skin and mucous membranes are included in the diagnostic work-up (skin-bone)...

This concise drug guide lists 500 substances, such as pharmaceutical drugs, lifestyle drugs, and environmental toxicants, which show documented untoward effects on the male sexual organs and their functions. All substances are listed in user-friendly...

Cytokines and cytokine receptors remain an area of great interest for the development of targeted therapies for cutaneous inflammatory diseases. Anti-TNF therapeutics have proven to be effective in the treatment of psoriasis, and clinical investigations...

Pharmaceutical companies are spending increasing amounts of money on drug discovery and development. Nevertheless, attrition rates in clinical development are still very high, and up to 90% of new compounds fail in clinical phase I - III trials, which is...

This volume of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology covers diverse topics related to intradermal immunization. The chapters highlight the effectiveness of intradermal immunization in experimental animal models or in clinical practice, all...

Skin lesions are often the first sign for an endocrine disease. Their description is thus of relevance for early diagnosis and treatment of endocrine disease for specialists in endocrinology as well as in dermatology. Lavishly...

History of Dermatomyositis.- Classification of Dermatomyositis.- Diagnostic Criteria.- Epidemiology of Dermatomyositis.- Clinical Manifestations of Dermatomyositis.- Cutaneous Manifestations of Dermatomayositis.- Oral Manifestations of Dermatomyositis.-...