Blistering Skin Diseases [Hardcover]

Lawrence S. Chan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2009 | ISBN-10: 1555815200 | ISBN-13: 978-1555815202 | Edition: 1

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 reader's understanding of 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, and in medical microbiology, immunology, and infectious disease.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Eminently suitable for dermatologists and trainees, and a useful addition to any departmental library. Overall, a nice, clear and excellently illustrated read Dermatology in Practice --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Lawrence S. Chan, MD - Associate Professor of Dermatology and Microbiology/Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, USA. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Mason Publishing; 1 edition (January 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555815200
• ISBN-13: 978-1555815202
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,030,847 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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