Pediatric Dermatology - the World's Reality in the Children's Skin: Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Pediatric Dermatology, Buenos Aires, September 27-October 1, 1994

Author: Adrian M. Pierini
Published: November 1995
Publisher: Elsevier Science
ISBN: 0444819177
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 372

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Comprises the proceedings of the September-October, 1994 conference held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The collection's 70 contributions are grouped according to the following headings: atopic dermatitis, adolescent dermatology, photodamage and photoprotection in children, tropical diseases, AIDS, dermatopathology, and disorders of keratinization (two papers each); vasculitis, genodermatoses, immunodeficiency, and tumors of the skin other than nevi (three papers each); histiocytosis and neonatal dermatology (four papers each); bullous diseases, hair and nail disorders, neurocutaneous syndromes, and nutrition and the skin (five papers each); and infectious diseases and controversies in therapeutics (six papers each).

Table of Contents
The psychological and social impact of skin disease 3
Tropical skin diseases in children 13
Mastocytosis 17
The hyper IgE syndrome 21
Advances in pediatric dermatology 27
The psychological psycho-social and psychiatric aspects of acne 35
Problem skin disease in adolescence 39
Childhood Public Education Project in "sun and skin", and "skin cancer prevention": the Arizona experience 43
Skin cancer awareness programmes in Australia 45
Bullous diseases: Chairman's report 53
Differential diagnosis of bullae in children 55
Acquired bullous diseases in children 61
Erythema multiforme in children: the Bordeaux experience 65
Recent advances in understanding epidermolysis bullosa 69
Superficial mycoses in children: a 3-year survey in Buenos Aires 75
Staphylococcal skin diseases in Japan 79
Leprosy in children 83
Leprosy in Thailand is still a great challenge 87
The problem of tinea capitis control at a home for mentally-handicapped children 95
Discussion of session 99
What is new in Langerhans cell histiocytosis 103
Practical diagnostic guidelines for histiocytosis 107
Cytoplasmic markers in histiocytic syndromes 111
Controversies in histiocytoses 115
Endothelial adhesion molecules in atopic dermatitis 121
Physiological characteristics of infant's skin 125
How to deal with longitudinal melanonychia in childhood 135
Congenital hypotrichosis 139
Hair shaft anomalies in children 145
Twenty-nail dystrophy 147
Management of alopecia areata in children 151
Infantile acute hemorrhagic edema 157
Periarteritis nodosa and Kawasaki disease 159
Connective tissue disease vasculitis in children 161
Incontinentia pigmenti. Clinical remarks on 15 cases 167
New aspects of neurocutaneous syndromes associated with large facial hemangiomas and giant melanocytic nevi 173
Neurofibromatosis: early diagnostic parameters 177
Neurological manifestations of the epidermal nevus syndromes 185
Sturge-Weber syndrome. Controversies in diagnosis and management 189
Hereditary epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma 193
Congenital reticular ichthyosiform erythroderma. A distinct type of ichthyosis 195
Proteus syndrome 199
Tropical geographic pathology in pediatric dermatology 205
Aquatic-borne cutaneous infections in pediatrics 209
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Argentina 219
AIDS in Asia 223
Juvenile hyaline fibromatosis 231
Lichenoid dermatoses and pseudo-ainhum 233
The ichthyosiform syndromes: extracutaneous manifestations and diagnostic criteria 237
Infant skin care: when, why and what? 245
Toxicity of topically applied drugs in the neonate 251
Neonatal erythroderma 257
Diagnosis of cutaneous vascular lesions in the newborn 261
Update on zinc and copper deficiencies 267
Dermatology in the undernourished population 271
Vitamin shortages or excesses affecting the skin 273
Nutrition in epidermolysis bullosa 279
Food in atopic dermatitis 283
Heat shock (stress) proteins and potential immunomodulatory activity 287
Breakthroughs in the understanding and therapy of primary immunodeficiency 293
Graft vs. host disease 301
Angioblastoma (Nakagawa): a review of Japanese cases 307
Congenital midline lesions 313
Granuloma annulare and necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum 317
Dietary management of atopic dermatitis 323
Cutaneous scleroderma 327
Impetigo: a selective approach to management 329
Sebaceous nevus in children: when to remove it? 333
New treatments for old diseases 337
Discussion of session 341
Index of authors 343
Keyword Index 345

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