A Clinician's Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris

by Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi

Overview

Giving dermatologists, dermatology residents, and primary care physicians a deeper insight into pemphigus vulgaris, a rare autoimmune disease characterized by blisters and lesions on the skin and mucous membranes, this book provides insight and treatment options alongside dozens of high quality photographs, pathology slides, illustrations, algorithms, figures and clinical tables detailing the disease at all stages. Providing more than 20 clinical case photos of patients exhibiting symptoms, A Clinician’s Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris summarizes much of what is known about this disease, including categories of the disorder, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and recent clinical research photos about the disease.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319677590
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	11/24/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	188
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi, MD, MSc is a Clinical Research Fellow at the Child&Family Research Institute affiliated with the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC, Canada) and Grace Medical Centre. He is the proud President/Owner of the NWM Medical Clinic (Vancouver, BC, Canada) as well as the Founder/CEO of the Misdiagnosis Association and Society (Seattle, WA, USA), and Founder/CEO of the Father Medical Charity based in Vancouver, Canada. About the Author

Dr. Beigi established the Misdiagnosis Association and Society with the aim of collecting and preparing the most comprehensive databases of misdiagnosed cases and conducting related medical research studies, in collaboration with health organizations, universities, clinics, professors, and physicians from all around the world. He aims to diminish and ultimately solve the problem of misdiagnosis through meticulous research and collaboration with the world’s health systems. 

Furthermore, he founded the Father Medical Charity with the goal of helping patients in need, especially those in underdeveloped countries. This charity collaborates with many physicians and nurses employed in underdeveloped countries. These professionals identify patients in need and refer them to this medical charity to receive the necessary medications or facilitate treatments. 

He is the author of multiple scientific articles in different journals and medical textbooks released with Springer including Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Clinician’s Guide and A Clinician’s Guide to Mycosis Fungoides.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Clinician’s Guide to Pemphigus Vulgaris

Pooya Khan Mohammad Beigi

Dedication

Foreword

Mert Erogul

Preface

Acknowledgments

Disclaimer

Contributors

Introduction

Laurent Misery

 

Part I: Overview of Disorder 

Chapter 1        Background 

Chapter 2        Overview of Pemphigus Vulgaris 

Chapter 3        History of Pemphigus Vulgaris

Chapter 4        Epidemiology and Etiology 

Chapter 5        Analysis of Pemphigus Vulgaris

Chapter 6        Overview of Diagnosis

Figure 6.1: Diagnosis Chart

Chapter 7        Differential Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lesions

Chapter 8        Overview of Treatment

Figure 8.1: Treatment Chart

Part II: Pathology

Chapter 9        Pathology

Part III: Clinical Research 1 

Chapter 10      Clinical Research

Introduction

Chapter 11      Research Objectives

Chapter 12      Literature Review

Chapter 13      Research Methods

Chpter 14      Research Results

Chapter 15      Discussion and Conclusion

Part IV: Clinical Research 2

Chapter 16      Clinical Research Introduction

Chapter 17      Research Objectives and Hypotheses

Chapter 18      Literature Review

Chapter 19      Research Methods

Chapter 20      Research Results

Chapter 21     

Discussion and Conclusions 

Part V: Clinical Case Reports with Photos 

Chapter 22      Patient One 

Chapter 23      Patient Two 

Chapter 24      Patient Three 

Chapter 25      Patient Four

Chapter 26      Patient Five 

Chapter 27      Patient Six 

Chapter 28      Patient Seven 

Chapter 29      Patient Eight 

Chapter 30      Patient Nine 

Chapter 31      Patient Ten 

Chapter 32      Patient Eleven

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Chapter 33 & nbsp;    Patient Twelve

Chapter 34      Patient Thirteen

Chapter 35      Patient Fourteen 

Chapter 36      Patient Fifteen 

Chapter 37      Patient Sixteen 

Chapter 38      Patient Seventeen 

Chapter 39      Patient Eighteen 

Chapter 40      Patient Nineteen 

Chapter 41      Patient Twenty 

Chapter 42      Patient Twenty-One 

Chapter 43      Patient Twenty-Two

Chapter 44      Patient Twenty-Three

Index