Main description:

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.

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS A Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris

Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi

Dedication

Foreword

Mert Erogul

Preface

Acknowledgments

Disclaimer

Contributors

Introduction

Laurent Misery

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

Chpter 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

Chapter 20 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

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Chapter 33 & nbsp; 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