Textbook of PsoriasisSecond Edition
Edited by: Peter Van de Kerkhof (UMC S Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Pub Date 2004
360 pages, 61 illustrations
DescriptionTextbook of Psoriasis presents a concise and clinical account of the subject for the trainee and practising dermatologist. The text principally concentrates on the clinical presentation of psoriasis and on the management of the condition using the various pharmacological agents available. However it also reviews the underlying science from the point of view of causation and pathology. Containing the contributions of a distinguished team of experts in the field, the book is divided into three sections which discuss the clinical morphology of the skin, its etiology and pathogenesis, and finally the current available treatments for this distressing disease
TopTable of ContentsPart 1: Clinical Presentations
1 Clinical Features
2 Psoriatic Arthropathy
3 Psychosocial Aspects
Part 2: Aetiology and Pathogenesis
4 Epidemiology
5 The Complex Genetics of Psoriasis Revisited
6 Pathogenesis
7 Immunopathogenesis
Part 3: Therapy
8 Vitamin D3 Analogues
9 Corticosteroids
10 Dithranol
11 Photo(chemo)therapy
12 Methotrexate
13 Topical and Systemic Retinoids
14 Cyclic Immunosuppressive Agents
15 Novel Immunotherapies
16 Clinical Use and Pharmacological Profile of Fumaric Acid Esters
17 Comparisons and Combinations