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Melasma and Vitiligo in Brown Skin

Beschreibung

This book sheds new light on pigmentary disorders in people with brown skin. Brown skin encompasses many races and ethnicities. Due to migration, people with brown skin are seen almost everywhere in the world.

A wide variety of pigmentary disorders exists among this population but the most disturbing and challenging are melasma and vitiligo

This book covers these two disorders, among people of brown skin, from the epidemiology to management, in a detailed yet easy-to-read and easy-to-use style.

Autor

Dr Evangeline B. Handog, the first woman President of the International Society of Dermatology, is currently the Chair of the Department of Dermatology, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Philippines and Head of the Cosmetic Unit of the Department of Dermatology, Research Institution for Tropical Medicine, Philippines. As Chair of the Pigmentary Disorders Advisory Board of the Philippines, her research interest is primarily on Melasma and other pigmentary disorders. She has published more than thirty papers, and written fourteen chapters for international books, mostly on lightening agents. She is a member of  the editorial board of the International Journal of Dermatology, faculty of F1000 and contributor to UpToDate. Maria Juliet Enriquez-Macarayo, an active dermatologist consultant at Angeles University Foundation Medical Center, Pampanga, Philippines, is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the International Society of Dermatology's Connection Newsletter,an Associate Faculty of f1000 and a contributor to UpToDate.  She has co-authored local and international book chapters on pigmentary disorders, acne and diseases in Asian skin. With her valuable insights, she is a well- appreciated lecturer and a key opinion leader.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer India / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-81-322-3881-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9788132238812
• ISBN-10: 8132238818
• Artikelnr.: 53574298

Rezensionen

"The purpose is to educate dermatologists on the current knowledge of the pathogenesis and the most effective approaches to treating and understanding melasma and vitiligo. The audience is dermatologists. ... This is a superb reference, in fact the best I have read to date on these conditions. This is the only book you need to read for understanding melasma and vitiligo. ... Buy this book -- you won't be disappointed and you will be surprised at what you will learn." (Patricia Wong, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2017)