Hypopigmentation (eBook)

Clio Dessinioti, Andreas Katsambas, Electra Nicolaidou (Herausgeber)

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2019
192 Seiten
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-351-37962-5 (ISBN)

Infos

There are many disorders of a lack of pigmentation in the skin, with different causationsand effects, of which vitiligo is only the best known; this comprehensive text from internationalexperts will enable clinicians to diagnose the full range of these conditions and suggestthe most effective management options for their patients.Contents: Basic concepts of melanocyte biology * Approach to hypopigmentation *Historical review of vitiligo * Epidemiology and classification of vitiligo * Pathophysiologyof vitiligo * Segmental vitiligo * Childhood versus post-childhood vitiligo * Pharmacologicaltherapy of vitiligo * Surgical treatment of vitiligo * Phototherapy and lasers in the treatmentof vitiligo * Emerging treatments for vitiligo * Tuberous sclerosis complex * Oculocutaneousalbinism * Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome, Chediak-Chigasi syndrome, and Griscellisyndrome * Piebaldism * Waardenburg syndrome * Alezzandrini syndrome, Margolissyndrome, Cross syndrome, and other rare genetic disorders * Mosaic hypopigmentation* Skin disorders causing post-inflammatory hypopigmentation * Infectious and parasiticcauses of hypopigmentation * Melanoma leukoderma * Halo nevi * Drug-induced hypopigmentation* Hypopigmentation from chemical and physical agents * Guttate hypomelanosisand progressive hypomelanosis of the trunk (progressive macular hypomelanosis)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.8.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Ästhetische und Plastische Chirurgie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Dermatologie
• ISBN-10: 1-351-37962-3 / 1351379623
• ISBN-13: 978-1-351-37962-5 / 9781351379625