Skin disease in organ transplantation / edited by Clark C. Otley [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Otley, Clark C., 1964- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Skin--Diseases--Etiology.

Skin.

Immunosuppressive agents--Side effects.

Immunosuppressive agents.

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 353 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Skin disease is a serious long-term problem for the recipients of solid organ transplants. The potent systemic immunosuppression therapy necessary to sustain a life-saving solid organ transplant is associated with many adverse cutaneous effects, including significantly increased rates of cutaneous malignancies, difficult-to-treat cutaneous infections, and cutaneous adverse manifestations of multiple medications. This book is the first scholarly compilation of the knowledge base surrounding the care of solid organ transplant recipients with dermatologic diseases. Supplemented with dozens of full-color photographs, this work brings together decades of knowledge into a cohesive format and establishes transplant dermatology as an important subspecialty within the field of dermatology and transplant medicine. Skin Disease in Organ Transplantation is an outstanding resource for transplant providers and dermatologists to determine the optimal diagnostic and therapeutic approach to the difficult problems of cutaneous disease in organ transplant recipients.

Contents:

Transplant dermatology: an evolving dynamic field

Transplant medicine and dermatology

Pathogenic factors in transplant dermatology

Cutaneous effects of immunosuppressive medications

Infectious diseases of the skin in transplant dermatology

Benign and inflammatory skin diseases in transplant dermatology

Cutaneous oncology in transplant dermatology

Special scenarios in transplant cutaneous oncology

Educational, organizational, and research efforts in transplant dermatology.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-18008-2

0-511-36930-1

1-281-15622-1

9786611156220

0-511-37034-2

0-511-37085-7

0-511-36984-0

0-511-54737-4

0-511-37132-2

OCLC:

761647185