Tom Severe Skin Diseases in Children

• First book to focus solely on systemic therapy for childhood skin disorders
• Easy-to-use reference
• Covers a wide range of diseases
• Includes reference tables for drugs summarizing recommended dosage and monitoring

This textbook is designed as an easy-to-use reference that will guide practitioners in treating severe skin diseases in children in whom topical therapy has been unsuccessful. Individual sections are devoted to inflammatory diseases, immune-mediated/autoimmune diseases, photosensitive disorders, tumors, and genodermatoses. Each chapter addresses a particular disease and follows a standard format. After discussion of which patients represent suitable candidates for systemic therapy, considerations and caveats regarding the use of such treatments are examined. Potential drug treatments are then appraised from an evidence-based perspective, with provision of detailed practical information on dose ranges, monitoring, pitfalls, and side-effects. High-quality color photographs illustrate the conditions and cases, and a helpful appendix includes reference tables for drugs that summarize recommended dosage and monitoring.