Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 2/e - Softcover

Thomas B. Fitzpatrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070212090 ISBN 13: 9780070212091

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1992

Synopsis

This affordable, full-color review of dermatology grows even stronger in a new second edition that features a completely new section on Serious Skin Signs. 300 of the 400 color illustrations are new, and each illustrations is accompanied by a synoptic review of the etiology, history, physical examination, differential diagnosis and treatment of the corresponding skin disorder. The new coverage of serious, life-threatening skin signs includes AIDS, drug reactions, cutaneous carcinoma, skin signs of systemic cancer, melanoma and much more. In this edition anyone seeing patients with skin disorders has the one convenient source book needed for the identification and differential diagnosis of both the common and the more serious dermatologic conditions.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Instant access to more than 700 exceptional vivid color photographs of all common and uncommon diseases
* Get the information you need with a hassle-free search vehicle
* Diagnosis, therapy, and treatment options included for each condition
* Powerful "Zoom" feature provides close-up view of any image
* Print, Bookmark, and navigate the text with unprecedented ease
* Details the adult as well as the child
* Includes expanded use of African-American illustrations and updated management section

The McGraw-Hill Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, 4e CD-ROM, was developed using the Adobe Acrobat file format, for desktop computers running Mac's and Windows.

Recommended System Requirements
* 16-bit color (thousands of colors) or greater vide subsystem
* 24 MB RAM
* PowerPC (Mac) or Pentium (Windows) processor

Minimum System Requirements
* 8-bit color (256 colors) video subsystem
* 16 MB RAM
* PowerPC (Mac) or Pentium (Windows) processor
* 10 MB of available hard-disk space
* Mac OS software version 7.1.2 or later OR
* Micosoft Windows 95, or Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later

Users with less than the Recommended System Requirements may not be able to take full advantage of what the materials offer.

Electronic development by Foxglove Communications, using Adobe Acrobat.

About the Author

Thomas Fitzpatrick, MD, Professor of Dermatology, Chairman Emeritus, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School; Chief Emeritus, Dermatology Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA is still an active clinician and investigator.

Richard A. Johnson, MDCM, Clinical Instructor in Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Associate in Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Associate in Dermatology, Beth Israel Hospital, Associate Physician (Dermatology), Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dermatologist, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA.

Klaus Wolff, MD, is Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, The University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria.

Richard Suurmond, MD, is Professor Emeritus and Chairman, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070212090
• ISBN 13: 9780070212091
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 848