Blistering Skin Diseases

This book aims to provide the definitive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of various blistering skin diseases. It offers the reader a succinct clinical description for quick recognition of different types of blistering diseases and their relative urgency. It also provides information on the clinical features of blistering skin diseases, differential diagnoses, laboratory findings, and therapeutic strategy. There is also a section on pathogenesis to enhance the readers understanding on the molecular events underlying the blistering disease process. This book will be useful for dermatologists in training and in practice, physicians working in emergency departments, candidates for post-registration qualifications, general practitioners and medical students. CONTENTS SECTION I. Overview of blistering skin diseases SECTION II. Diagnostic Methods for blistering skin diseases SECTION III. Autoimmune blistering skin diseases SECTION IV. Heritable blistering skin diseases SECTION V. Inflammation-mediated blistering skin diseases SECTION VI. Metabolic blistering skin diseases SECTION VII. Infection-mediated blistering skin diseases SECTION VIII. Palmar plantar pustular dermatoses, Physician resources, Patient resources Acknowledgments Glossary Index Lawrence S. Chan, MD - Associate Professor of Dermatology and Microbiology/Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA Key features: * Covers the clinical features, differential diagnoses, laboratory findings and therapeutic strategy * Compares the relative urgency of the condition presented - useful for emergency physicians * Superb quality colour illustrations.