The best-selling dermatology manual for medical students, residents, and primary care practitioners, Sauer's Manual of Skin Diseases is in its revised, updated Ninth Edition. It provides step-by-step instructions and algorithms for diagnosis and treatment of all common skin conditions. Unique features include more than 400 full-color photographs; diagnostic algorithms based on site and type of lesion and age of patient; chapters on cosmetics and tropical diseases; a formulary; and a comprehensive dictionary-index of skin diseases. This edition includes new chapters on malignant melanoma, bioterrorism, dermatoses in pregnancy, sports medicine dermatology, and psychodermatology, plus timely information on dermatologic reactions to drugs. "Doody's Core Titles 2009."

Table of Contents

FUNDAMENTALS OF DERMATOLOGY Structure of the Skin Ken Watson Laboratory Procedures and Tests Ken Watson Dermatologic Diagnosis John C. Hall Introduction to the Patient John C. Hall Dermatologic Therapy John C. Hall Physical Dermatologic Therapy Frank Koranda Fundamentals of Cutaneous Surgery Frank Koranda Cosmetics for the Physician Marianne N. O'Donoghue Dermatologic Allergy John C. Hall Dermatologic Immunology Jonathan A. Dyer INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES Pruritic Dermatoses John C. Hall Vascular Dermatoses John C. Hall Seborrheic Dermatitis, Acne, and Rosacea John C. Hall Psoriasis Other Papulosquamous Dermatoses John C. Hall Granulomatous Dermatoses John C. Hall Dermatologic Parasitology John C. Hall Bullous Dermatoses John C. Hall Exfoliative Dermatitis John C. Hall Psychodermatology John Y.M. Koo INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE SKIN Dermatologic Bacteriology John C. Hall Spirochetal Infections John C. Hall Dermatologic Virology Jashin Wu and Stephen K. Tyring Cutaneous Diseases Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Dermatology Mycology John C. Hall TUMORS OF THE SKIN Tumors of the Skin John C. Hall Malignant Melanoma STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE SKIN Diseases Affecting the Hair Thelda M. Kestenbaum Diseases Affecting the Nails Adam Rubin and Richard K. Scher Diseases of the Mucous Membrane John C. Hall SPECIALIZED DISEASE CATEGORIES Pigmentary Dermatoses Fran Cook-Bolden Collagen Diseases Gary Goldenberg The Skin and Internal Disease Laura Ravitsky and Warren R. Heymann Dermatologic Reactions to Sun and Radiation Henry W. Lim Genodermatoses Virginia Sybert Pediatric Dermatology Geriatric Dermatology John C. Hall Tropical Diseases of the Skin Francisco G. Bravo and Alejandro Morales Bio-Terrorism and Skin Disease John C. Hall Sports Medicine Dermatology Rodney S.W. Basler Dermatoses in Pregnancy Jeffrey Shornick Where to Look for More Information About a Skin Disease John C. Hall DICTIONARY-INDEX