Lever's Histopathology of the SkinRely on Lever’s for more accurate, more efficient diagnoses! Continuously in publication for more than 65 years, Lever's Histopathology of the Skin remains your authoritative source for comprehensive coverage of those skin diseases in which histopathology plays an important role in diagnosis. This edition maintains the proven, clinicopathologic classification of cutaneous disease while incorporating a “primer” on pattern-algorithm diagnosis. More than 1800 full-color illustrations, including photomicrographs and clinical photographs, help you visualize and make the most of the clinical diagnostic process. |
Contents
Contributors | |
Histology of the Skin | |
Laboratory Methods | |
Outline of Cutaneous Pathology | |
Congenital Diseases Genodermatoses | |
Noninfectious Erythematous Papular and Squamous Diseases | |
Vascular Diseases | |
Noninfectious Vesiculobullous and Vesiculopustular Diseases | |
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