| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 891 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Concepts of Fundamental Importance for Understanding Skin Disease -- Cytokines and Chemokines -- Innate and Adaptive Immunity -- Neuroimmunology -- Stress and Immunity -- Toll-Like Receptors -- Conventional and Unconventional T Cells -- Complement System -- Cutaneous Dendritic Cells in Health and Disease -- Antimicrobial Peptides -- Photoimmunology -- Angiogenesis for the Clinician -- Common Skin Diseases -- Contact Dermatitis: Allergic and Irritant -- Atopic Dermatitis -- Psoriasis -- The Immunology of Acne -- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer -- Immunobiology and Immune-Based Therapies of Melanoma -- Drug Eruptions -- Cutaneous Vasculitis -- Immunodermatology and Viral Skin Infection -- HIV Disease and AIDS -- Bacterial Infections -- Parasitic Infections -- Fungal Infections -- Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma -- Graft-Versus-Host Disease -- Allergic Urticaria -- Immunopharmacology -- Biologic Therapies for Inflammatory Disease -- Topical Immune Response Modifiers: Adjuvants -- Topical Immune Response Modifiers: Antiinflammatories -- Traditional Immune-Modulating Drugs -- Topical Corticosteroids -- Vaccines -- Intravenous Immunoglobulins -- Autoimmunity, Immunodeficiency, and Immune? Associated Dermatoses -- Novel Approach to the Evaluation of Primary Immunodeficiencies -- Iatrogenic Immunodeficiency and Skin Disease -- Granulomatosis -- Vitiligo Vulgaris -- Alopecia Areata -- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus -- Fibrotic Skin Diseases -- Pemphigus Family of Diseases -- The Pemphigoid Spectrum -- Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita -- Immunoglobulin A Dermatoses |
| Summary |
This book is an in-depth and user-friendly reference for better understanding immune-mediated skin diseases and their therapies. The focus is on the needs of the physician, resident, or student to understand the pathophysiology of the disease as well as the mechanisms of action of the therapies. Clinical and Basic Immunodermatology, Second Edition is an effective teaching tool that has practical applications for use on a daily basis. It is a valuable resource for practicing dermatologists, dermatology residents and students, and healthcare workers in related fields |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from pdf information screen (Springer, viewed May 5, 2017) |
| Subject |
Skin -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects.
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Skin Diseases -- immunology
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Infectious & contagious diseases.
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Immunology.
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Allergies.
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Dermatology.
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Medical -- Infectious Diseases.
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Medical -- Immunology.
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Medical -- Dermatology.
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Skin -- Diseases -- Immunological aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gaspari, Anthony A., editor
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Tyring, Stephen K. (Stephen Keith), editor.
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Kaplan, Daniel H., editor
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| ISBN |
9783319297859 |
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3319297856 |
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