Pigmentary Disorders

A Comprehensive Compendium

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

3 197 kr

Tillfälligt slut

Beskrivning

Pigmentation means coloring. Skin pigmentation disorders affect the color of the skin. Skin gets its colour from a pigment called melanin. Special cells in the skin make melanin. When these cells become damaged or unhealthy, it affects melanin production. Some pigmentation disorders affect just patches of skin. Others affect the entire body (MedlinePlus).This book is a comprehensive guide to pigmentary disorders. Beginning with an introduction to the field, the following chapters discuss the diagnosis and management of numerous different skin pigmentation disorders including vitiligo, melasma and ochronosis. Pigmentation abnormalities of hair and nails are also included.Key pointsComprehensive guide to pigmentary disorders of the skinCovers diagnosis and management of numerous different conditionsIncludes chapters on pigmentation abnormalities of hair and nailsHighly illustrated with more than 270 clinical photographs and illustrations

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-03-15
Mått:216 x 279 x undefined mm
Vikt:1 925 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:460
Förlag:Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers
ISBN:9789350906583

Utforska kategorier

Dermatologi inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Koushik Lahiri MBBS DVD (Cal) FIAD FAAD FFAADV MRCPS (Glasgow)Senior Consultant Dermatologist, Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals; Nightingale Hospitals; WIZDERM Specialty Skin & Hair Clinic, Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaCol Manas Chatterjee MD DNBSenior Advisor, Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology, Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, West Bengal, IndiaRashmi Sarkar MD MNAMSProfessor, Department of Dermatology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi, India

Innehållsförteckning

History and Evolution of Pigmentary Disorders in HumanEvolution of Skin Colour in Human: An AnthropologicalThe MelanocyteBiology of Pigmentation – An UpdateSystemic Disorders with Cutaneous Pigmentary AlterationsDevelopmental, Nevoid, Genetically Determined and Neurocutaneous Pigmentary DisordersMetabolic Pigmentary DisordersEndocrinal Pigmentary Disorders MethodsChemical, Occupational and Drug Induced PigmentaryInfective and Post-Inflammatory Pigmentary Disorders MelasmaNeoplasms with Pigmentary Changes or DiscolorationNutritional Pigmentary DisordersMorphological Types of PigmentationPigmented Variants of Skin DisordersVitiligo and the Melanocyte ReservoirClinical, Biochemical and Immunological Interface of VitiligoMeasuring Disease Severity in VitiligoEpidemiology of Vitiligo Based on Recent Understanding of PathophysiologyClassification of VitiligoSegmental VitiligoVitiligo in ChildrenThe Concept of Stability of Vitiligo: A ReappraisalPhototherapy in VitiligoMedical Management of VitiligoOral and Systemic Steroids in Management of VitiligoTopical Treatment of Vitiligo: New Insights and New TrendsAlternative Treatments for VitiligoSurgical Management of VitiligoMinigrafting in VitiligoMeshed Split Skin Graft for Extensive VitiligoTherapeutic Guidelines for Vitiligo OverviewPigmentary Changes in PregnancyQuality of Life in Pigmentary DisordersEpidemiology of MelasmaEtiopathogenesis of MelasmaHistopathological Evaluation of Melasma and Other Facial HyperchromiasUpdated Scoring Methods and Noninvasive MeasurementCutaneous Biophysical Characteristics of Melasma DisordersDefective Importance of Pendulous Melanocytes in MelasmaClassification and Clinical Features of MelasmaMedical Management of MelasmaPhotoprotection for MelasmaChemical Peeling for MelasmaPhysical Therapies for MelasmaCosmetics, Cosmeceuticals and Camouflage Relevant for MelasmaRecent Trends and Future Treatment Paradigms of MelasmaExogenous OchronosisPeriorbital MelanosisPhysical Therapies for Periorbital Hyperpigmentation -Chemical Peels and LasersReticulate Pigmentary DisordersProgressive Macular HypomelanosisNon Melasma Facial MelanosisPigmentation of Hair – 50 Shades of Grey?Pigmentary Abnormalities of NailMacular AmyloidosisLichen Planus Pigmentosus