Practical pediatric dermatology : controversies in diagnosis and treatment /

This book presents a selection of controversial issues of practical importance in pediatric dermatology with the aim of enabling the reader to adopt a well-balanced and evidence-based approach to the management of dermatological disorders encountered during childhood. It is not, therefore, structure...

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Other Authors: Oranje, Arnold P. (Editor), Al-Mutairi, Nawaf (Editor), Shwayder, Tor (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Switzerland : Springer, 2016
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Pediatrics and Dermatology. Inflammation: Pro-active treatment of atopic eczema
  • Contact allergy in children, diagnosis and treatment
  • Atopy patch test: direct/ delayed
  • Skin prick tests in atopic eczema: pro and contra
  • Treatment of psoriasis
  • Pityriasis rubra pilaris
  • Cause and treatment. Pityreosporon folliculitis versus infantile acne. Tumors: Infantile hemangioma
  • B blocker controversy
  • Multiple infantile hemangioma
  • Congenital nevi. Immune disorders and auto-immunity: Treatment of Alopecia Areata
  • Immune bullous disorders
  • Steroids and vasculitis
  • Psychology: Psychodermatology or dermatopsychology
  • Trichotillomania
  • Child abuse: when to think of it and practical approach. Miscellaneous controversies: Androgenetic Alopecia in teenagers
  • Classification of mastocytosis
  • Mastocytosis: what to do?- Kawasaki disease
  • Retinoids
  • Cyclosporin
  • Acyclovir and herpetic infections
  • Laser therapy: when, where, why
  • Dermatological photography: minimum demands.