Atlas of Pediatric Cutaneous Biodiversity: Comparative Dermatologic Atlas of Pediatric Skin of All Colors

141 Pages·2012·11.76 MB·English

by  Nanette B. Silverberg (auth.)

Atlas of Pediatric Cutaneous Biodiversity

Nanette B. Silverberg
Atlas of Pediatric
Cutaneous Biodiversity
Comparative Dermatologic Atlas
of Pediatric Skin of All Colors
Nanette B. Silverberg, MD
Clinical Professor of Dermatology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director, Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Centers
Department of Dermatology
1090 Amsterdam Avenue, Suite 11D
New York, NY 10025, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-3563-1 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-3564-8
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3564-8
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This book is dedicated to all the people who have supported me through
my career:
To my parents, who have always fostered creativity and intellectual growth
To my son, who taught me more about developmental pediatrics than I could
have ever learned from a book, and in the happiest of ways
And to Dr. Teresita A. Laude, my fi rst teacher on this subject, who generously
lent her slides to this work

Preface
The intent of this atlas is to provide a foundation for comparative understanding of pediatric
skin diseases between all the races and ethnicities. In this way, we can be better equipped to
deal with a future of cutaneous biodiversity in which the majority of our patients will be of
color, and where Caucasians will soon be a minority of the population, as they are now in most
countries worldwide. Gaps in published literature on racial and ethnic variations do exist, and
I try to identify these so that investigators with interest in Pediatric Dermatology can gear
future research to fi lling in these gaps.
New York, NY, USA Nanette B. Silverberg
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the following individuals who were kind enough to offer their expert
thoughts and ideas regarding speci fi c topics:
Vincent De Leo, MD
Ilona Frieden, MD
Ashfaq Marghoob, MD
Richard Mizuguchi, MD
Lauren Pachman, MD
Amy Paller, MD
Robert Sidbury, MD, MPH
Jonathan I. Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH
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