Genodermatoses: A Clinical Guide to Genetic Skin Disorders / Edition 2

Specially designed for dermatologists, pediatricians, and family physicians, this user-friendly guide to genetic skin disorders is an ideal resource for both board preparation and clinical practice. To help make learning a difficult subject more efficient and effective, the text takes a user-friendly, visual approach, featuring more than 300 full-color illustrations and a format designed for maximum retention of content.

You'll find features like these—

• Each syndrome is presented in easy-to-read, two-page spreads, allowing you to read material in depth or at-a-glance
• Full body diagrams and clinical photographs of each syndrome
• Bulleted text summarizing the patterns of inheritance, prenatal diagnosis, incidence, age of presentation, pathogenesis, key features, differential diagnosis, laboratory findings, management, and prognosis
• Boxed features highlight clinical pearls and add insight and breadth to the material
• New syndromes such as PHACE, AEC, EEC, Griscelli, and Birt-Hogg-Dube

As a board preparation tool or on-the-job resource, this powerful reference is valued for its breadth and depth as well as its compact, efficient format.

Table of Contents

Chapter One
Disorders of Cornification
Clinical Pearls by Leonard Millstone and Mary Williams, M.D. (LM and MW)

Chapter Two
Disorders of Pigmentation
Clinical Pearls by Seth Orlow, M.D. (SO), Amy Paller, M.D. (AP), DGR Evans, M.D. (DE)

Chapter Three
Disorders of Vascularization
Clinical Pearls by Amy Paller, M.D. (AP), Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), and Judith Willner, M.D. (JW)

Chapter Four
Disorders of Connective Tissue
Clinical Pearls by Juonni Uitto, M.D. (JU), Ilona Frieden, M.D. (IF), Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), and Judith Willner, M.D. (JW)

Chapter Five
Disorders with Malignant Potential
Clinical Pearls by Lawrence Eichenfeld

Chapter Six
Epidermolysis Bullosa
Clinical Pearls by Angela Christiano, PhD (AC)

Chapter Seven
Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism
Clinical Pearls by Vincent DeLeo, M.D. (VD)

Chapter Eight
Disorders with Photosensivity
Clinical Pearls by Moise Levy, M.D. (ML), Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), Judith Willner, M.D. (JW)

Chapter Nine
Disorders with Immunodeficiency
Clinical Pearls by Moise Levy, M.D. (ML)

Chapter Ten
Disorders of Hair and Nails
Clinical Pearls by David Whiting, M.D. (DW), Bernice Krafchik, M.D. (BK), Richard Scher, M.D. (RS), Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), Judith Willner, M.D. (JW), and Mary Williams, M.D. (MW)

Chapter Eleven
Disorders of Metabolism
Clinical Pearls by Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), Judith Willner, M.D. (JW)

Chapter Twelve
Disorders with Chromosome Abnormalities
Clinical Pearls by Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), Judith Willner, M.D. (JW)

Chapter Thirteen
Disorders with Short Stature
Clinical Pearls by Kurt Hirschhorn, M.D. (KH), Judith Willner, M.D. (JW)