Differential Diagnosis for the Dermatologist: Edition 2

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· Springer Science & Business Media
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When faced with a challenging dermatologic problem, physicians are often required to perform a time-consuming search through large dermatologic texts in order to find information that will assist in the necessary differential diagnosis. This comprehensive and concise handbook is designed to simplify this process dramatically, permitting rapid identification of the correct diagnosis. Hundreds of dermatologic diagnoses, morphologic features, drug-induced disorders, extracutaneous manifestations, histologic findings, and random other findings are listed in alphabetical order and in a homogeneous, reader-friendly structure. The differential diagnoses are shown under each main diagnosis, sorted according to similarity with that diagnosis. Since the first edition, approaching 50 new diagnoses have been added, and many new images included. This easily portable book will be of great value for dermatologists and all who deal with dermatologic diseases.

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Dr. Scott M. Jackson is a practicing dermatologist in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and a Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health Sciences Center, New Orleans. He gained his MD from the LSU Health Sciences Center in 2003, and received the Henry W. Jolly Award for the top graduating medical student in dermatology. The previous year he had been awarded membership of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. In 2007 he received the LSU Resident of the Year Award and also the Louisiana Dermatological Society Annual Peterkin Award. Dr. Lee T. Nesbitt, Jr is Chairman of the Department of Dermatology at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans and Henry Jolly Professor of Dermatology. He has twice been named President of the Louisiana Dermatological Society and has served for 9 years as a Director of the American Board of Dermatology, of which he was President from 2000 to 2001. He was selected into membership of the American Dermatological Association, the country's oldest honorary dermatological organization, in 1985, and has served on its Board of Directors since 1999. He is a member of many other organizations in dermatology and ancillary fields, and has served on numerous committees and task forces within the specialty.

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