A Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris

Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXI, 188 Seiten

2017 | 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-67758-3 (ISBN)

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Giving dermatologists, dermatology residents, and primary care physicians a deeper insight into pemphigus vulgaris, a rare autoimmune disease characterized by blisters and lesions on the skin and mucous membranes, this book provides insight and treatment options alongside dozens of high quality photographs, pathology slides, illustrations, algorithms, figures and clinical tables detailing the disease at all stages. Providing more than 20 clinical case photos of patients exhibiting symptoms, A Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris summarizes much of what is known about this disease, including categories of the disorder, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and recent clinical research photos about the disease.

Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi, MD, MSc is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Child & Family Research Institute affiliated with the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Grace Medical Centre. He is the proud President/Owner of the NWM Medical Clinic (Vancouver, BC, Canada) as well as the Founder/CEO of the Misdiagnosis Association and Society (Seattle, WA, USA), and Founder/CEO of the Father Medical Charity based in Vancouver, Canada. About the Author Dr. Beigi established the Misdiagnosis Association and Society with the aim of collecting and preparing the most comprehensive databases of misdiagnosed cases and conducting related medical research studies, in collaboration with health organizations, universities, clinics, professors, and physicians from all around the world. He aims to diminish and ultimately solve the problem of misdiagnosis through meticulous research and collaboration with the world's health systems. Furthermore, he founded the Father Medical Charity with the goal of helping patients in need, especially those in underdeveloped countries. This charity collaborates with many physicians and nurses employed in underdeveloped countries. These professionals identify patients in need and refer them to this medical charity to receive the necessary medications or facilitate treatments. He is the author of multiple scientific articles in different journals and medical textbooks released with Springer including Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Clinician's Guide and A Clinician's Guide to Mycosis Fungoides.

Dedication.- Foreword.- Preface.- Acknowledgments.- Disclaimer.- Contributors.- Introduction.- Part I: Overview of Disorder.- Chapter 1. Background.- Chapter 2. Overview of Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Chapter 3. History of Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Chapter 4. Epidemiology and Etiology.- Chapter 5. Analysis of Pemphigus Vulgaris.- Chapter 6. Overview of Diagnosis, Figure 6.1: Diagnosis Chart.- Chapter 7. Differential Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lesions.- Chapter 8. Overview of Treatment, Figure 8.1: Treatment Chart.- Part II: Pathology.- Chapter 9. Pathology.- Part III: Clinical Research 1.- Chapter 10. Clinical Research Introduction.- Chapter 11. Research Objectives.- Chapter 12. Literature Review.- Chapter 13. Research Methods.- Chapter 14. Research Results.- Chapter 15. Discussion and Conclusion.- Part IV: Clinical Research 2.- Chapter 16. Clinical Research Introduction.- Chapter 17. Research Objectives and Hypotheses.- Chapter 18. Literature Review.- Chapter 19. Research Methods.- Chapter20. Research Results.- Chapter 21. Discussion and Conclusions.- Part V: Clinical Case Reports with Photos.- Chapter 22. Patient One.- Chapter 23. Patient Two.- Chapter 24. Patient Three.- Chapter 25. Patient Four.- Chapter 26. Patient Five.- Chapter 27. Patient Six.- Chapter 28. Patient Seven.- Chapter 29. Patient Eight.- Chapter 30. Patient Nine.- Chapter 31. Patient Ten.- Chapter 32. Patient Eleven.- Chapter 33. Patient Twelve.- Chapter 34. Patient Thirteen.- Chapter 35. Patient Fourteen.- Chapter 36. Patient Fifteen.- Chapter 37. Patient Sixteen.- Chapter 38. Patient Seventeen.- Chapter 39. Patient Eighteen.- Chapter 40. Patient Nineteen.- Chapter 41. Patient Twenty.- Chapter 42. Patient Twenty-One.- Chapter 43. Patient Twenty-Two.- Chapter 44. Patient Twenty-Three.- Index.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.12.2017
Zusatzinfo	XXI, 188 p. 106 illus., 104 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
Schlagworte	bullous disease • Dermatology • epidemiology • etiology of pemphigus vulgaris • general practice • Medicine • Medicine: general issues • pemphigus vulgaris • primary care medicine
ISBN-10	3-319-67758-6 / 3319677586
ISBN-13	978-3-319-67758-3 / 9783319677583
Zustand	Neuware