Larry Eichenfield: Textbook of Neonatal Dermatology  January 2001 · 30.400 Ptas./182,71 Euros · 510 Pages · 360 Illustrations

Larry Eichenfield, MD, Children's Pediatric Clinic, Division of Pediatric and Dermatology and Laser Surgery, San Diego, CA
Ilona J. Frieden, MD, Director of Pediatric Dermatology Clinics, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Nancy Esterly, MD, Medical Director, Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

The Textbook of Neonatal Dermatology is a unique reference of dermatology of newborns. It includes discussions of common and uncommon conditions seen in infants at birth and in the first few months of life. With over 300 superb photographs of normal and abnormal cutaneous skin conditions, this resource is valuable to pediatricians, neonatologists, and dermatologists as well as other healthcare professionals who care for newborns and infants.

The 27 comprehensive but concisely written chapters cover skin development and functions, premature skin, morphology and transient cutaneous disorders, birth marks including vascular and pigmentary disorders, inflammatory disorders, vesiculobullous diseases, neoplastic disorders and genetic diseases, and hair and nails.

Features

• Chapters are organized by clinical problem, such as erythroderma, purpuric eruption, blisters and pustules, making the text helpful and easy to access for the clinician.
• Tables of differential diagnosis are conveniently located throughout the book, emphasising clinical presentation.
• Provides an excellent review of infant skin care and toxicology with tables of toxic substances in the newborn.
• Offers the most comprehensive discussion of neonatal mucosal disease, hair, nail subcutaneous, and iatrogenic disorders, not available in any other single source.
• Superb photos of common, uncommon and rare neonatal skin diseases with detailed accompanying text of clinical/disease correlations.

Fetal Skin Development, Structure and Function of Newborn Skin, Lesional Morphology and Assessment, Skin of the Premature Infant, Neonatal Skin Care and Toxicology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures, Transient Benign Cutaneous Lesions in the Newborn, Iatrogenic and Traumatic Injuries, Developmental Abnormalities, Vesicles, Pustules, Bullae, Erosions and Ulcerations, Bacterial Infections, Viral Infections, Fungal Infections, Infestations and Parasitic Infections in Neonates, Eczematous Disorders, Erythrodermas: The Red Scaly Baby, Disorders of Cornification (Ichthyosis), Inflammatory and Purpuric Eruptions, Hypopigmentation Disorders, Hyperpigmentation Disorders, Lumps, Bumps, and Hamartomas, Disorders of the Subcutaneous Tissue, Neoplastic and Infiltrative Diseases, Selected Hereditary Diseases, Neonatal Mucous Membrane Disorders, Hair Disorders, Nail Defects