Publisher's Synopsis
Now updated into a third edition, this best-selling quick reference provides practical and concise guidance on the recognition and treatment of more than 100 pediatric and adolescent skin conditions.
Key Features:
- All chapters are significantly reviewed and updated.
- Provides 13 new chapters on topics such as pigmentary mosaicism, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, polymorphous light eruption, acrodermatitis enteropathica, aplasia cutis congenita, dermoid cysts, kwashiorkor, and Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
- Features 79 new full-colour images to aid in accurate visual diagnosis - with more than 300 colour images in total.
- Must-have information on each condition is presented in the precise sequence in which it is required in the clinical setting: etiology/epidemiology; symptoms and signs; how to make the diagnosis; treatment; prognosis; referral considerations; and resources for families.
Content highlights:
Approach to the patient with a rash.
Diagnostic Techniques.
Therapeutics.
Dermatitis.
Acne.
Localized Viral Infections.
Systemic Viral Infections.
Localized Bacterial Infections.
Systemic Bacterial, Rickettsial, or Spirochetal Infections with Skin Manifestations.
Funal and Yeast Infections.
Papulosquamous Diseases.
Vascular Lesions.
Hypopigmentation.
Hyperpigmentation.
Lumps and Bumps.
Bullous Diseases.
Genodermatoses.
Hair Disorders.
Skin Disorders in Neonates/Infants.
Acute Drug/Toxic Reactions.
Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatologic Diseases.
Nutritional Dermatoses.
Other Disorders.
