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Phillip H. McKee, MD, FRCPath, Formerly Associate Professor of Pathology and Director, Division of Dermatopathology, Department of Surgical Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; J. Eduardo Calonje, MD, DipRCPath, Director of Diagnostic Dermatopathology, Department of Dermato-Histopathology, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK; and Scott R. Granter, MD, Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Pathologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
2nd Edition
Mosby
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Dermatology
This magnificent work…covers the gamut of dermatopathology”—NEJM. The most complete, in-depth coverage of the field available today in one source! It focuses particularly on etiology and pathogenesis, disease mechanisms and includes all of the appropriate recent genetic, molecular and basic science data. More than 5,400 illustrations provide diagnostic assistance of clinical variants to support clinicopathological correlation and differential diagnoses. The 3rd Edition has been completely reorganized and redesigned to better meet the diagnostic challenges faced in everyday practice. Histologic and diagnostic pitfalls are highlighted throughout and include detailed references for all relevant conditions.
Reviews
“The book that no dermatologist or dermatopathologist can resist buying . . . the constant companion of the dermatopathology microscope”—British Medical Journal “This magnificent work is one of the best illustrated books available that covers the gamut of dermatopathology.”—New England Journal of Medicine
Key Features
- Details all of the histological variations of any skin condition, integrating dermatopathology, clinical correlations, and clinical photographs.
- Uses tables to highlight key clinical and diagnostic points.
- Provides differential diagnosis tables to facilitate "at-a-glance" comparison.
- All relevant genetic and molecular material is included.
- Every conceivable variant is illustrated.
New to this Edition
- Offers six brand-new chapters covering hair, drug reactions, oral mucosa, diseases of the vulva, and the physical effects of skin/photosensitivity, and reorganizes the chapter on inflammatory dermatoses into three chapters.
- Emphasizes diagnosis with diagnostic pitfalls described in at-a-glance tables, where appropriate, with page references to the relevant conditions.
- Every indexed topic comprehensively discussed and illustrated.
- Includes 70% new, high quality histologic illustrations.
- Presents the key clinical features for each entity in bulleted format for ease of reference.
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Phillip H McKee MD FRCPath Formerly Associate Professor of Pathology and Director Division of Dermatopathology Department of Surgical Pathology Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston MA USA J Eduardo Calonje MD DipRCPath Director of Diagnostic Dermatopathology Department of DermatoHistopathology St Johns Institute of Dermatology St Thomass Hospital London UK and Scott R Granter MD Associate Professor of Pathology Harvard Medical School Associate Pathologist Brigham and Womens Hospital Boston MA USA Pathology Skin |
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