Psoriasis: Diagnosis and Management

Description

Practical and user-friendly, this is the ideal guide to the diagnosis and treatment of psoriasis, helping you navigate a logical management pathway through a complex maze of possibilities.

Psoriasis is a cruel disease that can seriously affect the sufferer’s quality and length of life. It is also highly idiosyncratic, with features that vary greatly from patient to patient; this being mirrored in the highly variable response to treatment. It is increasingly recognized that psoriasis is not a discrete disease and that many patients suffer two or three comorbid conditions that can complicate the efforts of doctors treating patients.

Psoriasis: Diagnosis and Management will provide dermatologists of all levels with a practical, well-illustrated approach to fully understanding the disease, including clear, clinical guidance to enable best-practice and effective management of patients.

In full color throughout and excellently illustrated, key highlights include:

• easily understandable description of the psoriasis pathogenesis;
• a strong emphasis on the clinical features of psoriasis;
• careful consideration of comorbid conditions as part of the psoriatic spectrum to be managed;
• coverage of both traditional and contemporary management approaches;
• plenty of diagnostic algorithms and management protocols to aid the daily practical care of patients.

Brought to you by several of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, Psoriasis: Diagnosis and Management is an essentialpurchase for the dermatologist.

Table of Contents

List of contributors
Preface

Part I: Epidemiology and economic aspects

• 1 Epidemiology and economic aspects, 3
  Luigi Naldi, Simone Cazzaniga, and Giovanna Rao
• 2 Cost-effective psoriasis management, 11
  Luigi Naldi, Simone Cazzaniga, and Giovanna Rao

Part II: Etiology and pathogenesis

• 3 Microscopic skin alterations, 21
  Kerstin Wolk, Hans-Joachim Röwert-Huber, and Robert Sabat
• 4 Pathogenesis of psoriasis, 28
  Robert Sabat and Kerstin Wolk
• 5 Genetics of psoriasis, 49
  Ellen Witte and Robert Sabat

Part III: Clinical features/diagnostic procedure

• 6 Plaque psoriasis, 57
  Wolfram Sterry
• 7 Gutatte psoriasis, 76
  Wolfram Sterry and Frank Bachmann
• 8 Erythrodermic psoriasis, 81
  Wolfram Sterry
• 9 Pustular psoriasis, 84
  Sandra Philipp
• 10 Nail psoriasis, 93
  Sandra Philipp
• 11 Psoriatic arthritis, 98
  Marina Backhaus
• 12 Mucosal presentation of psoriasis, 108
  Georgios Kokolakis
• 13 Psoriasis in different life situations, 112
  Sandra Philipp

Part IV: Evaluation of disease severity

14 Evaluation of disease severity—clinical scores and questionnaires, 129
Frank Bachmann

Part V: Psoriasis and associated diseases

• 15 Psoriasis and associated diseases, 143
  Steven M. Nwe and Kenneth B. Gordon

Part VI: Therapeutic management

• 16 Therapeutic aim of psoriasis therapy, 161
  Sandra Philipp
• 17 Treatment of plaque psoriasis, 163
  • Topical therapy of psoriasis, 163
    Knud Kragballe
• Phototherapy and photochemotherapy, 175
  Erhard Hölzle
• Classical systemic treatments, 184
  Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof
• Biologics, 197
  Sandra Philipp
• 18 Special therapeutic aspects, 214
  Wolfram Sterry
• 19 Combination treatments, 221
  Peter C.M. van de Kerkhof
• 20 Optimizing adherence to treatment, 228
  Frank Bachmann
• 21 Psoriasis therapy in children, 233
  Sandra Philipp
• 22 Therapy of psoriasis during pregnancy, 241
  Sandra Philipp
• 23 Recent and future developments in targeted therapy, 249
  Caitriona Ryan and Alan Menter

Index, 268