ABSTRACT

This book is the definitive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of various blistering skin diseases. It offers the reader a succinct clinical description for quick recognition of different types of blistering diseases and their relative urgency. It also provides information on the clinical features of blistering skin diseases, differential diagnoses, laboratory findings, and therapeutic strategy. It contains a section on pathogenesis to enhance the readers understanding on the molecular events underlying the blistering disease process. This book is designed for dermatologists in training and in practice, physicians working in emergency departments, candidates for post-registration qualifications, general practitioners and medical students.

chapter |2 pages

Contents

chapter |1 pages

Preface

chapter 1|8 pages

OVERVIEW OF BLISTERING SKIN DISEASES

chapter 2|12 pages

Methods of skin biopsy

chapter 3|56 pages

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

chapter 4|24 pages

HERITABLE DISEASES

chapter 5|19 pages

INFLAMMATION-MEDIATED DISEASES

chapter 6|5 pages

METABOLIC DISEASES

chapter 7|16 pages

INFECTION-MEDIATED DISEASES

chapter 8|4 pages

PALMAR PLANTAR PUSTULAR DERMATOSES

chapter 156|2 pages

Glossary of abbreviations