"This color Atlas of Womens Dermatology has been conceived to complement our book, Womens Dermatology: From Infancy to Maturity1. Although that text was illustratedwith some color photography, we wanted the opportunity to provide additional picturesof skin diseases afflicting girls and women. The word atlas originally referred to the Greek god who held up the pillars of theuniverse. In medical publishing, it has come to mean a collection of illustrations, designed with the concept that one picture is worth a thousand words2. With thedevelopment of the Kodachrome, also termed slides or diazo."@en
"Presenting a range of pictures selected to illustrate skin diseases in girls and women, this full color work is both a visual resource in its own right and a companion to the authors' previous text, "Women's Dermatology: From Infancy to Maturity".; This atlas contains diseases and conditions that may have different morphology between the sexes and also features clinical entities included because it is the lack of gender difference that makes the clinical presentation significant. Chapters are organized primarily in a topographic format, with pictures labeled according to the illustrated skin disease.; Key areas covered include: - diseases of infants and children including hereditary diseases - non-hereditary diseases of skin structure - infections and infestations - topographic dermatology - diseases and conditions of pregnancy."