(BQ) Part 1 book “Psoriasis” has contents: History, epidemiology, and pathogenesis, clinical manifestations of psoriasis, differential diagnosis, infectious disorders, inflammatory skin disease, other descriptors, pustular psoriasis, and other contents. | Psoriasis Alan Menter, MD Chair, Psoriasis Research Unit, Baylor Research Institute Dallas, Texas Chief of Dermatology, Baylor University Medical Center Dallas, Texas Clinical Professor of Dermatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas President, International Psoriasis Council (IPC) Benjamin Stoff, MD Chief Resident in Dermatology Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia MANSON PUBLISHING Copyright © 2010 Manson Publishing Ltd ISBN: 978-1-84076-122-1 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the copyright holder or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 1956 (as amended), or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 33–34 Alfred Place, London WC1E 7DP, UK. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. For full details of all Manson Publishing Ltd titles please write to: Manson Publishing Ltd, 73 Corringham Road, London NW11 7DL, UK. Tel: +44(0)20 8905 5150 Fax: +44(0)20 8201 9233 Email: manson@ Website: Commissioning editor: Jill Northcott Project manager: Ayala Kingsley Copy editor: Susie Bond Design and illustration: Ayala Kingsley Proof reader: John Forder Indexer: Jill Dormon Colour reproduction: Tenon & Polert Colour Scanning Ltd., Hong Kong Printed by: Grafos SA, Barcelona, Spain CONTENTS 3 DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS Preface 5 Inflammatory skin disease 58 1 HISTORY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND PATHOGENESIS 57 7 The history of psoriasis 7 Epidemiology 11 Pathogenesis: introduction 12 Histology 12 Genetics 14 Immunology 16 Clinical photographs Eczema 58 Pityriasis rosea 61 Pityriasis rubra pilaris .
