Volume 13 - Issue 5 - May 2005
Column
Practice Pearls
09/04/2008
I magine picking up your local paper and reading this scenario, “The police have announced a criminal investigation into losses at a local dermatology practice. Sources close to the investigation revealed that $225,000 is unaccounted for,...
I magine picking up your local paper and reading this scenario, “The police have announced a criminal investigation into losses at a local dermatology practice. Sources close to the investigation revealed that $225,000 is unaccounted for,...
I magine picking up your local...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
M uch has been discussed about a potential shortage of dermatologists. Some say there is a shortage and some say there isn’t. Over the last couple of years, the general consensus has been that there is a shortage and that increasing the...
M uch has been discussed about a potential shortage of dermatologists. Some say there is a shortage and some say there isn’t. Over the last couple of years, the general consensus has been that there is a shortage and that increasing the...
M uch has been discussed about a...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Chief Medical Editor Message
09/04/2008
Dermatology must be understood at many levels, from the biochemical, through the histopathologic, to the clinical (and perhaps on to the epidemiologic from there). Our growing knowledge base is disseminated in many forms and venues:...
Dermatology must be understood at many levels, from the biochemical, through the histopathologic, to the clinical (and perhaps on to the epidemiologic from there). Our growing knowledge base is disseminated in many forms and venues:...
Dermatology must be understood...
09/04/2008
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Legal Ease
09/04/2008
I n an ideal world, doctors would be paid equitably for their services, they would refer patients to other physicians based on the consultant’s competence and appositeness, and, lastly, they would enter relationships with other physicians and...
I n an ideal world, doctors would be paid equitably for their services, they would refer patients to other physicians based on the consultant’s competence and appositeness, and, lastly, they would enter relationships with other physicians and...
I n an ideal world, doctors...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
L ast year, when it came to light that dermatology was suffering from a serious shortage of physicians, concerned dermatologists sprang into action to try to solve the problem before the specialty was left in a real crisis situation. One of...
L ast year, when it came to light that dermatology was suffering from a serious shortage of physicians, concerned dermatologists sprang into action to try to solve the problem before the specialty was left in a real crisis situation. One of...
L ast year, when it came to...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
T he demand for cosmetic surgery in persons of advancing age is increasing as the result of the coupling of two trends. First, the population of the United States is aging. As of the year 2000, approximately one in eight Americans was 65 or...
T he demand for cosmetic surgery in persons of advancing age is increasing as the result of the coupling of two trends. First, the population of the United States is aging. As of the year 2000, approximately one in eight Americans was 65 or...
T he demand for cosmetic surgery...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
E arly detection of melanoma can be the difference between life and death. Of the three major types of skin cancer — basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma — melanoma is the least common, but the most lethal. But, since...
E arly detection of melanoma can be the difference between life and death. Of the three major types of skin cancer — basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma — melanoma is the least common, but the most lethal. But, since...
E arly detection of melanoma can...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
09/04/2008
P arvovirus B19 is a non-enveloped single-stranded DNA virus, the only virus in the parvoviridae family known to cause human disease. It was first identified by Cossart et al in 1975.1 In 1983, Anderson et al demonstrated Parvovirus B19 as...
P arvovirus B19 is a non-enveloped single-stranded DNA virus, the only virus in the parvoviridae family known to cause human disease. It was first identified by Cossart et al in 1975.1 In 1983, Anderson et al demonstrated Parvovirus B19 as...
P arvovirus B19 is a...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Department
Derm Dx
09/04/2008
An 80-year-old nursing home resident woman presented with a 6-month history of intermittent intense pruritus involving the trunk and extremities followed by an eruption of blisters on the palms and soles.
An 80-year-old nursing home resident woman presented with a 6-month history of intermittent intense pruritus involving the trunk and extremities followed by an eruption of blisters on the palms and soles.
An 80-year-old nursing home...
09/04/2008
The Dermatologist
Allergen Focus
09/04/2008
T he thin-layer rapid-use epicutaneous (T.R.U.E) test of 23 common allergens is a valuable, first-line screening tool used by many dermatologists. Although the test focuses on common allergens, frequent questions have arisen from colleagues...
T he thin-layer rapid-use epicutaneous (T.R.U.E) test of 23 common allergens is a valuable, first-line screening tool used by many dermatologists. Although the test focuses on common allergens, frequent questions have arisen from colleagues...
T he thin-layer rapid-use...
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