Global dermatology : diagnosis and management according to geography, climate, and culture
A comprehensive source of information on variations found in skin diseases throughout the world is offered here. By considering the overall problems of hereditary variables, climate fluctuations, and therapeutic differences, this volume provides an appraisal of the diverse factors that make up the composite picture of cutaneous medicine. Divided by continent and then further organized into countries or regions, each entry presents basic information on the disease indigenous to the area, including its definition and symptoms, etiology, clinical manifestations, histopathology, appropriate laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, management, prevention and references. Additional chapters discuss the influence of travel and migration as well as of variables such as climate. 38 full color plates superbly illustrate the many variations of major dermatologic diseases. As technology has made global travel far quicker and more commonplace, this book is a must for all dermatologists, infectious disease specialists, and for all family practitioners and general internists
Aufsatzsammlung
xvi, 359 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
9780387941400, 9783540941408, 9783540941491, 0387941401, 3540941401, 3540941495
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Prologue
Comments / Lawrence Charles Parish
Tropical medicine and tropical public health / Barnet L. Cline
Dermatological epidemiology / R.J. Hay, R. Estrada Castanon
Climatology / Luitgard G. Wiest
Culture and socioeconomic background: constructing the relationship between the skin, touch and sexuality / Sander L. Gilman
Cultural construction of illnesses of the skin / Inga-Britt Krause
Globalization of medical and dermatologic education / Alton I. Sutnick, Miriam Friedman, Marjorie P. Wilson
Influence of migration and travel
Comments / Robin A.C. Graham-Brown
United States of America / Y. Alyssa Kim, Robert A. Schwartz
Western Europe / Aldo F. Finzi, Alberto Fioroni
United Kingdom / Robin A.C. Graham-Brown, Rebecca L. Neame
Immigrants in Eastern Europe / Albrecht Scholz
Africa / Adekunle O. George
Travel medicine / Rita Sigg-Martin, Alfred Eichmann, Robert Steffen
Variables in dermatology
Comments / Joseph L. Pace
Diseases affected by heat / S. Bose, J.P. Ortonne
Diseases affected by cold: arctic and subarctic areas / Gunnar Lomholt. (cont) Diseases affected by war: the Korean experience / Sungnack Lee, Sung Ku Ahn
Global veterinary dermatology / Peter J. Ihrke
Anthropologic dermatology
Comments / Sidney N. Klaus
Diseases among Arab people / Mohamed Amer
Diseases among Australian aborigines / Allen C. Green
Diseases among Black people / K. Erik Kostelnik, Cherie M. Ditre
Diseases among Jewish people / Abraham Feinstein
Diseases among native American people / Dennis A. Weigand
Regional dermatology
Comments / Larry E. Millikan
Americas
Caribbean region / Anthony J. Badame
Chile / Juan F. Honeyman
Colombia / Rafael Falabella
Mexico / Luciano Dominguez-Soto
Venezuela / Mauricio Goihman-Yahr
Europe
Germany / Gunter Stuttgen
Greece / John D. Stratigos, A. Katsambas, D. Rigopoulos
Malta / Joseph L. Pace
Poland / Stefania Jablonska
Africa
Malawi / Gunnar Lomholt
Nigeria / Yetunde Mercy Olumide
Rwanda / Eric Van Hecke
South Africa / E. Joy Schulz
Asia
Japan / Yoshiki Miyachi
India / Patrick Yesudian
Lebanon / Ramsay S. Kurban, Amal K. Kurban. (cont) United Arab emirates / Ahmed Moh'd Abu Shareeah
Global therapy
Therapeutic considerations / Mohamed Amer
Antimicrobial therapy / J. Carl Craft
Antifungal therapy / G. Cauwenbergh
Antiparasitic therapy / Mohamed Amer