Dermatitis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options

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Cornelia Sigrid Lissi Müller (Editor)
Saarland University, Dept. of Dermatology, Homburg/ Saar, Germany

Series: Dermatology – Laboratory and Clinical Research
BISAC: MED017000

Cutaneous inflammatory diseases are an ever-increasing and confusing field of clinical dermatology. In “Dermatitis: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment Options” topics include: the value of skin biopsies in the diagnosis of inflammatory skin diseases in children, dermatitis in childhood, conceptual thoughts on elastophagocytosis as a defining criterion of distinct dermatoses, mosaicism in clinical dermatology, borreliosis (Lyme disease), allergic contact dermatitis associated with the use of orthodontic appliances, T-lymphocyte clonality in inflammatory skin diseases, calcium signalling in inflammatory skin disease, treatment of chronic hand eczema using orally administered alitretinoin, management of dermatitis in patients with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck receiving cetuximab and radiotherapy, topical anti-inflammatory treatment and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and analogues in the treatment of psoriasis and other skin conditions.

Special emphasis is given to the histopathological aspects of inflammatory diseases of the skin and the value of clinicopathological correlation as well as wide-ranging reviews on innovative aspects of different kinds of skin diseases. Excellent and comprehensive information on infectious diseases, such as Lyme disease highlighting new methods of visualization of infectious agents are presented. This book provides clinical dermatologists rapid information to problematic, innovative and important areas in the astonishing field of inflammatory skin diseases. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical )

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – The Value of Skin Biopsies in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Skin Diseases in Children
(Almut Böer-Auer, Dermatologikum Hamburg, Department of Dermatopathology, Stephansplatz, Hamburg, Germany)

Chapter 2 – Dermatitis in Childhood – Causes and Treatment Options
(Claudia Schiekofer, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 3 – Refutation of a Myth: Elastophagocytosis is Not a Defining Criterion of Distinct Dermatoses
(Cornelia S.L. Müller, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 4 – Dermatitis and Mosaicism: Current Aspects on Apparent Genetic Events
(Rebecca Körner, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 5 – Borreliosis (Lyme Disease)
(Klaus Eisendle, Jenny Deluca, Bernhard Zelger, Department of Dermatology, Central Teaching Hospital, Bolzano/Bozen, Italy, and others)

Chapter 6 – Allergic Contact Dermatitis Associated with the Use of Orthodontic Appliances
(Vanessa Paredes, Rosa Cibrian, Jose Luis Gandia, Orthodontics Department, University of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Valencia, Spain, and others)

Chapter 7 – T-Lymphocyte Clonality in Inflammatory Skin Diseases
(Cornelia S.L. Müller, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 8 – Calcium Signalling in Inflammatory Skin Disease
(Hedwig Stanisz, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 9 – Treatment of Chronic Hand Eczema Using Orally Administered Alitretinoin
(Claudia Pföhler and Karin Braunert, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 10 – Topical Anti-Inflammatory Treatment
(Mylene Niclou, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Chapter 11 – 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 and Analogues in the Treatment of Psoriasis and other Skin Conditions
(Jörg Reichrath, The Saarland University Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Index

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