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Autore |
Camisa Charles |
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Titolo |
Handbook of psoriasis / / Charles Camisa |
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Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Pub., c2004 |
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1-280-19689-0 |
9786610196890 |
0-470-79625-1 |
0-470-75070-7 |
1-4051-4611-7 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (375 p.) |
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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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Handbook of Psoriasis; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Overview of psoriasis; 2 The clinical variants of psoriasis; 3 Histopathology of psoriasis; 4 Pathogenesis of psoriasis; 5 Conditions associated with psoriasis; 6 Drugs that induce or exacerbate psoriasis; 7 Evaluation of psoriasis symptoms and disability; 8 Scalp psoriasis; 9 Nail psoriasis; 10 Childhood psoriasis; 11 Corticosteroids; 12 Anthralin; 13 UVB phototherapy and coal tar; 14 Psoralens and photochemotherapy (PUVA); 15 Retinoids; 16 Methotrexate; 17 Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and pimecrolimus |
18 Vitamin D3 and analogues19 Antimetabolites and sulfasalazine; 20 Investigational treatments for psoriasis; 21 Psoriatic arthritis; 22 Biologic immunotherapy of psoriasis; Index; A colour plate faces |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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