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Titolo |
Imported skin diseases [[electronic resource] /] / edited by William R. Faber, Roderick J. Hay, Bernard Naafs |
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Chichester, West Sussex, U.K., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-47262-4 |
1-299-15849-8 |
1-118-47265-9 |
1-118-47264-0 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (322 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FaberWilliam Richard <1940-> |
HayR. J <1947-> (Roderick J.) |
NaafsB (Bernard) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Skin - Diseases - Epidemiology |
Skin - Diseases - Diagnosis |
Communicable diseases - Transmission |
Emigration and immigration - Health aspects |
Rare diseases - Diagnosis |
Travel - Health aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Imported Skin Diseases; Contents; Contributors; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; References; CHAPTER 2 Precautions and Protection; Introduction; Sun exposure; Insects; References; CHAPTER 3 Pigmentary Disorders in Black Skin; Introduction; Normal variations in ethnic skin; Voigt's or Futcher's lines; Hyperpigmentation at the extensor side of the joints; Nail pigmentation; Familial periorbital hyperpigmentation; Oral pigmentation; Palmar and plantar hyperpigmentation; Mongolian spot; Abnormal hyper- and hypopigmentations; Nevus of Ota, nevus of Ito, and Hori nevus; Transient neonatal pustular melanosis |
Ashy dermatosisDermatosis papulosa nigra; Pityriasis versicolor; Melasma; Postinflammatory hyperpigmentation; Postinflammatory hypopigmentation; Pityriasis alba; Idiopathic guttate hypomelanosis; |
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Vitiligo; Melanoma; Progressive macular hypomelanosis; References; CHAPTER 4 Difference Between Pigmented and Nonpigmented Skin; Introduction; Erythema; Pigment changes; Cohesion; Keloid formation; Pigmentation and skin cancer; Pigmentation and immunity; Other differences; Hair; References; CHAPTER 5 Influence of the New Environment on the Skin; Introduction |
Environment, adaptation, and skin disordersSkin disorders in immigrants; Skin diseases due to physical environmental factors; Skin diseases related to biological and immunological factors; Skin diseases related to chemical agents; Skin disorders related to social and cultural factors; Skin disorders in tourists; Miliaria; Sunburn (dermatitis solaris); References; CHAPTER 6 Fungal Infections; Introduction; Superficial mycoses; Subcutaneous mycoses; Sporotrichosis; Mycetoma (Maduromycosis, madura foot); Chromoblastomycosis (chromomycosis) |
Phaeohyphomycosis (Phaeomycotic cyst, cystic chromomycosis)Other subcutaneous infections; Systemic mycoses; Histoplasmosis; References; CHAPTER 7 Mycobacterial Infections; Introduction; Tuberculosis; Introduction; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; Treatment; M. marinum infection (swimming pool granuloma) [2,3,9-11]; Introduction; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; Diagnosis; Treatment; M. fortuitum infections [2, 3,12]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; M. chelonae infections [2-4,12]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; Treatment; M. abscessus infections [2, 3,12-14]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture |
TreatmentM. avium-intracellulare infections [2, 6]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; M. szulgai infections [2]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; M. kansasii infections [2, 3]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; Mycobacterium hemophilum infections [2]; Epidemiology; Clinical picture; Treatment; General comments; Cutaneous mycobacterial infections and immune suppression; References; CHAPTER 8 Leprosy; Introduction; Epidemiology; Clinical spectrum; Diagnosis and classification; Laboratory tests; Diagnosis of reactions; Antimycobacterial treatment; Treatment of reactions [20, 24,25]; Rehabilitation |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Global movement of people leads to the global movement of disease International travel enables skin diseases to move around the world with increasing ease. Skin diseases transmitted through casual contact with people, animal vectors and a foreign environment are particularly prone to transport. Dermatologists need to recognize the signs and symptoms of disease not native to their environment to enable proper diagnosis and care. Imported Skin Diseases provides a clinical guide to the foreign diseases increasingly seen in 'Western' clinics. With a focus on accurate d |
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