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The future of dermatology is here!

Easier to access; easier to use, digest and retain; and more clinically relevant than any other dermatology text available on the market today, this groundbreaking new text-reference has been designed to meet the needs of the dermatologist of the 21st century.  Dermatology, edited by Jean Bolognia, Ronald Rapini, Joseph Jorizzo and an outstanding international Editorial Board, employs the proven educational features of a modern textbook and combines them with tight editorial control to provide the highest standards of consistency and clarity.

Dermatology contains over 3000 four-color photographs and illustrations, each chapter follows a consistent format to ensure presentation of information in a logical and succinct way, and there is focus throughout on the clinical considerations and issues facing dermatologists in their everyday practice. The book offers an integrated basic science course at a level relevant to trainee and practicing dermatologists’ needs and includes a CD-ROM that displays all of the superb illustrations together with a slide-making package.

Anyone who wants to improve the care that they provide to patients with dermatologic diseases will benefit from this remarkable new book.

• Written by over 255 international leaders in the field.
• Reflects modern practice with two sections on dermatologic surgery.
• Covers pediatric dermatology, dermopathology, and basic science which are needed to pass the boards.
• Features over 3,000 full-color photographs and line drawings.
• Uses colorful graphs, algorithms, and tables to explain difficult concepts and to aid in understanding.
• Begins each chapter with a summary box for a focus on key issues.
• Color-coded pages for quick access to information.
• Focuses on the clinical aspects of dermatology and only includes "need-to-know" basic science.
• Contains key references which serve as a gateway to internet searches for the current literature and references to primary papers.
• Includes a CD-ROM that features all of the illustrations from the text that can be used to create electronic slides for lectures and presentations. It also creates customizable patient information sheets and drug questionnaires.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to clinical dermatology Ron Rapini Section One - Overview of basic science 1 Introduction to basic science Georg Stingl 2 Anatomy and physiology Paul R Bergstresser and Melissa I Costner 3 Embryology Cynthia A Loomis and Tamara Koss 4 Application of molecular biology to the study of skin Jonathan Vogel, Carol Yee and Thomas Darling 5 Immunology Thomas Schwarz Section Two - Pruritus 6 Mediators of itch Malcolm W Greaves 7 Pruritus and dysesthesia Elke Weisshaar, Michael J Kucenic, Alan Fleischer and Jeffrey D Berhard 8 Psychocutaneous diseases John YM Koo and Amy Han Section Three - Papulosquamous and eczematous dermatoses 9 Psoriasis Peter CM van der Kerkhoff 10 Other papulosquamous disorders Gary S Wood and Georg Reizner 11 Erythroderma Wolfram Sterry and J Marcus Muche 12 Lichen planus and lichenoid dermatoses Tetsuo Shiohara and Yoko Kano 13 Atopic dermatitis Kefei Kang, Amy M Polster, Susan T Nedorost, Seth R Stevens and Kevin Cooper 14 Eczematous group Peter O Fritsch and Norbert Reider 15 Allergic contact dermatitis James G Marks and Christen M Mowad 16 Irritant contact dermatitis David E Cohen and Shirley Bassiri-Tehrani 17 Occupational dermatoses Peter S Friedmann and Mark Wilkinson 18 Dermatoses due to plants Thomas W McGovern Section Four - Urticarias, erythemas and purpuras 19 Urticaria and angioedema Clive Grattan and Anne Kobza Black 20 Erythemas Agustin Espana 21 Erythema multiforme William Lee Weston 22 Toxic epidermal necrolysis Lars E French and Christa Prins 23 Drug reactions Laurence Valeyrie and Jean Revuz 24 Purpura and coagulation Warren Piette 25 Purpuras, pigmented purpuras and vasculopathies Warren Piette 26 Vasculitis Robert A Swerlick and Cora W Hannon 27 Eosinophilic dermatoses Cloyce Stetson 28 Neutrophilic dermatoses Samuel L Moschella 29 Pregnancy dermatoses Jeff K Shornick Section Five - Vesiculobullous diseases 30 Biology of the basement membrane zone Kim B Yancey and David M Allen 31 Pemphigus Masayuki Amagai 32 Pemphigoid group Luca Borradori and Philippe Bernard 33 Dermatitis herpetiformis and linear IgA bullous dermatosis Mark D Herron and John J Zone 34 Epidermolysis bullosa Jo-David Fine 35 Other vesiculobullous diseases Jose M Mascaro Jr 36 Vesiculobullous and erosive diseases in the new born Michele Pauport and Ilona Frieden Section Six - Adnexal diseases 37 Structure and function of apocrine, eccrine and sebaceous glands Gerd Plewig and Martin Schaller 38 Acne vulgaris Andrea L Zaenglein and Diane M Thibotout 39 Acne rosacea and related disorders Guy F Webster 40 Folliculitis and the follicular occlusion tetrad Paul Kelly 41 Disorders of the eccrine sweat glands Harry J Hurley Section Seven - Rheumatologic diseases 42 Autoantibodies and their clinical significance Richard D Sontheimer and Heidi T Jacobe 43 Lupus erythematosus Lela A Lee 44 Dermatomyositis Joseph L Jorizzo 45 Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) Vincent Falanga 46 Other rheumatologic diseases Adrienne Rencic and H Carlos Nousari Section Eight - Metabolic and systemic diseases 47 Cutaneous mucinoses Alfredo Rebora and Franco Rongioletti 48 Amyloidosis Martin M Black and Sandra Albert 49 Deposition diseases Ingolf Frank and Harald Gollnick 50 Porphyrias Gillian M Murphy 51 Calcifying and ossifying disorders of the skin Janet A Fairley 52 Nutritional diseases Ramon Ruiz-Maldonado and Luz Orozco-Covarrubias 53 Dermatologic signs of systemic disease Jeffrey P Callen Section Nine - Genodermatoses 54 Basic principles of genetics Amalia Martinez-Mir and Angela M Christiano 55 Genetic basis of cutaneous diseases Arne Konig and Rudolf Happle 56 Biology of keratinocytes Irene M Leigh 57 Ichthyoses and related disorders Franziska Ringpfeil and Gabriele Richard 58 Keratodermas Alfons Krol 59 Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease Jean-Philipe Gorog, Theodora Mauro and Daniel Hohl 60 Genetic immunodeficiences Amy S Paller 61 Neurofibromatosis and tuberous sclerosis Hensin Tsao 62 Mosaicism and linear lesions Celia Moss 63a Other genodermatoses: Other tumour syndromes Susan B Mallory 63b Other genodermatoses: Enzyme deficiency diseases Barbara K Burton 63c Other genodermatoses: Progeroid syndromes Bernard A Cohen 63d Other genodermatoses: ectodermal dysplasias Virginia P Sybert and Jonathan Zonana 64 Developmental anomalies Richard Antaya and Julie V Schaffer Section Ten - Pigmentary disorders 65 Biology of melanocytes Jean L Bolognia and Seth J Orlow 66 Vitiligo and other disorders of hypopigmentation Jean-Paul Ortonne 67a Disorders of hyperpigmentation Colin R Trout and Norman Levine 67b Linear and reticulated hyperpigmentation Mary W Chang Section Eleven - Hair, Nails and mucous membranes 68 Biology of hair and nails Ralf Paus 69 Alopecias Maria K Hordinsky 70 H hypertrichosis and hirsutism Francisco Camacho-Martinez 71 Nails Antonella Tosti and Bianca Maria Piraccini 72 Oral diseases Kenneth M Anderson, Parish Sedghizadeh, Carl M Allen and Charles Camisa 73 Anogenital diseases Fenella Wojnarowska and Susan M Cooper Section Twelve - Infections, infestations and bites 74 Bacterial diseases Jonathan E Blume, Erika G Levine and Warren Heymann 75 Mycobacterial infections Marica Ramos e Silva and Maria Cristina Ribiero de Castroand Jean L Bolognia 76 Rickettsial diseases Philippe Berbis 77 Fungal diseases Jenny Sobera and Boni Elewski 78 Cutaneous manifestations of HIV and HIV-related disorders Clay J Cockerell and T Minsue Chen 79 Human papilloma viruses Reinhart Kirnbauer, Petra Lenz and Martin M Okun 80 Herpes viruses Jennifer R Stalkup, Kimberly Yeung-Yue, Mathijs Brentjens and Stephen K Tyring 81 Other viral diseases Anthony J Mancini and Ayelet Shani-Adir 82 Venereal diseases Angelika Starry 83 Worms and protozoa Omar Sangueza, Di Lu, Martin Sangueza, Claire Paniago Perreira 84 Infestations Terri L Meinking, Craig G Burhart, Craig N Burkhart 85 Bites and stings Dirk M Elston Section Thirteen - Disorders due to physical agents 86 Ultraviolet light Thomas M Runger 87 Photodermatoses John LM Hawk and Henry W Lim 88 Environmental and sports-related skin diseases Michael L Smith 89 Signs of drug abuse Miguel Sanchez 90 Signs of child abuse Sharon S Raimer and Ben G Raimer Section Fourteen - Disorders of Langerhans cells and macrophages 91 Histiocytoses Warren T Goodman and Terry L Barrett 92 Xanthomas W Trent Messengale and Lee T Nesbitt 93 Non-infectious granulomas Amy Howard and Clifton R White Jr 94 Foreign bodies MA Abdallah Section Fifteen- Atrophies and disorders of dermal connective tissue 95 Biology of the extracellular matrix Leena Bruckner-Tuderman 96 Perforating disorders Ronald P Rapini 97 Morphea and lichen sclerosus Martin Rocken and Kamran Ghoreschi 98 Inherited disorders of connective tissue: Ehler-Danlos syndrome, pseudoxanthoma elasticum and cutis laxa Juoni Uitto, Franziska Ringpfeil and Leena Pulkinen 99 Dermal hypertropies Claude S Burton 100 Atrophies of connective tissue Catharine Maari and Julie Powell Section Sixteen - Disorder of subcutaenous fat 101 Panniculitis James W Patterson 102 Lipodystrophies Jacqueline M Junkins-Hopkins and Alison S Avram Section Seventeen - Vascular disorders 103 Vascular biology Michael Detmar 104 Infantile hemangiomas Maria C Garzon 105 Vascular malformations Odile Enjolras 106 Ulcers Peggy Lin and Tania J Phillips 107 Other vascular disorders Norbert Sepp Section Eighteen - Neoplasms of the skin 108 Principles of tumor biology and pathogensis of BCCs and SCCs Fredrik Ponten and Joakim Lundeberg 109 Actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinomas Stanley J Miller and J Margaret Moresi 110 Benign epithelial tumors and proliferations Diane M Pierson, Christoph Bandel, Torsten Ehrig, Clay J Cockerell 111 Cysts Mary S Stone 112 Adnexal neoplasms Tim McAlmont 113 Benign melanocytic neoplasms Raymond L Barnhill 114 Melanoma Frank O Nestle and Helmut Kerl 115 Vascular neoplasms and neoplastic-like proliferations Jay Kincannon, C Hull and Paula E North 116 Cutaneous neural neoplasms Zsolt B Argenyi 117 Fibrohistiocytic and fibrous neoplasms and proliferations of the skin and tendons Hideoko Kamino and John Pui 118 Muscle, cartilage and adipose neoplasms Sabine Kohler 119 Mastocytosis Michael D Tharp 120 B cell lymphomas of the skin Lorenzo Cerroni and Helmut Kerl 121 Cutaneous T cell lymphomas Rein Willemz 122 Other lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative diseases Bruce R Smoller 123 Cutaneous metastases Iftikhar Ahmed Section Nineteen - Medical therapy 124 Public health science in dermatology Tomas L Diepgen 125a Skin barrier and percutaneous drug delivery Peter M Elias, Jui-Chen Tsai, Gopinathan K Menon, Walter M Holleran, Kenneth R Feingold 125b Pharmacokinetics Thomas J Franz 126 Glucocorticosteroids Lee T Nesbitt 127 Retinoids Stephane Kuenzli and Jean-Hilaire Saurat 128 Antimicrobial drugs Carol M Woody and Jack L Lesher Jr 129a Immunomodulators Brain Behrman, Tami De Araujo, Mark Lebwohl 129b Immunomodulators Mark Lebwohl 130a Other topical medications Dan Lipsker, Knud Kragballe and Jean-Hilaire Saurat 130b Vitamin D analogues Karsten Fogh and Knud Kragballe 131 Other systemic drugs Steve Wolverton and Marc Dast 132 Drug-drug interactions Lori E Shapiro, Sandra R Knowles and Neil Shear 133 Alternative medicine Josef Smolle Section Twenty - Physical treatments modalities 134 Ultraviolet light therapy Herbert Honigsmann and Thomas Schwarz 135 Photodynamic therapy Whitney D Tope and Joseph J Shaffer 136 Principles of lasers Ranella J Hirsch and R Rox Anderson 137 Laser therapy Alexander J Stratigos, Jeffrey S Dover and Kenneth A Arndt 138 Cryosurgery Emmanuel G Kuflik and Gilberto Castro-Ron 139 Radiation Lynn Wilson and Renato G Pannizzon 140 Electrosurgery Sheldon V Pollack Section Twenty-one - Surgery 141 Principles of wound healing Robert S Kirsner 142 Surgical anatomy Franklin P Flowers and Jennifer C Zampogna 143 Anesthesia George J Hruza 144 Wound closure materials and instruments Ingrid H Olhoffer, Glenn Goldman and David J Leffell 145 Dressings Gregg Menakerand G Delia Wilcher 146 Biopsy techniques and basic excisions Suzanne Olbricht 147 Flaps Dave Brodland and David Pharis 148 Grafts Desiree Ratner 149 Nail surgery Pheobe Rich 150 Mohs surgery Elizabeth F Callahan, Clark C Otley and Randall K Roenigk 151 Surgical complications and optimizing outcomes Tomas Stasko and Anna S Clayton Section Twenty-two - Cosmetic surgery 152 Introduction Rick Glogau 153 Cosmetics and cosmeceuticals Zoe D Draelos 154 Sunscreens Mark Naylor 155 Chemical and mechanical skin resurfacing Gary D Monheit and Mark A Chastain 156 Sclerotherapy and ambulatory phlebectomy Neil S Sadick 157 Liposuction William P Coleman and Timothy C Flynn 158 Hair transplantation Dow Stough 159 Soft tissue augmentation Seth L Matarasso and Neil S Sadick 160 Botulinum toxin Alaistair Carruthers and Jean Carruthers Index