Handbook of psoriasis / Charles Camisa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Camisa, Charles.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psoriasis--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Psoriasis.

Medical Subjects:

Psoriasis.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xiii, 351 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2004.

Summary:

The new second edition of the Handbook of Psoriasis remains an easy-to-read but detailed text on a common skin disease which affects 2% of the world's population. The text is designed as a reference for both the specialist and the primary care physician and can be read cover-to-cover in a week. Each chapter stands alone as a reference to a specific topic but is clearly cross-referenced to offer a more detailed perspective.This new edition runs the full gamut from pathogenesis to clinical variants of psoriasis to individual treatments with emphasis on standard protocols. Each chapter has been carefully updated to reflect developments in the last five years and new chapters cover such topics as childhood psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis and biologic immunotherapy.

Contents:

1 Overview of psoriasis / Charles Camisa 1

2 The clinical variants of psoriasis / Charles Camisa 7

3 Histopathology of psoriasis / Charles Camisa 36

4 Pathogenesis of psoriasis / Charles Camisa 45

5 Conditions associated with psoriasis / Charles Camisa 61

6 Drugs that induce or exacerbate psoriasis / Charles Camisa 80

7 Evaluation of psoriasis symptoms and disability / Charles Camisa 88

8 Scalp psoriasis / Thomas N. Helm, Charles Camisa 104

9 Nail psoriasis / Charles Camisa 118

10 Childhood psoriasis / Allison L. Holm, Thomas N. Helm 131

11 Corticosteroids / Charles Camisa 139

12 Anthralin / Charles Camisa 158

13 UVB phototherapy and coal tar / Charles Camisa 166

14 Psoralens and photochemotherapy (PUVA) / Thomas N. Helm, Charles Camisa 191

15 Retinoids / Charles Camisa 215

16 Methotrexate / Charles Camisa 238

17 Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and pimecrolimus / Charles Camisa 256

18 Vitamin D[subscript 3] and analogues / Charles Camisa 276

19 Antimetabolites and sulfasalazine / Charles Camisa 289

20 Investigational treatments for psoriasis / Charles Camisa 302

21 Psoriatic arthritis / Thomas Osborn, William S. Wilke 310

22 Biologic immunotherapy of psoriasis / Kenneth Gordon 328.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1405109270

OCLC:

52853787