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This concise yet comprehensive textbook, which is illustrated in full color throughout, has established itself as a favorite not only with undergraduate medical students, but also with nurses and pharmacists in practice and training, and with general practitioners and other physicians seeking a clear and well-illustrated guide to dermatology.In response to changes in the approach to medical eduction, this fourth edition is designed as a problem solving book. Every chapter begins with a number of clinical cases which the reader is asked to read prior to studying the chapter. Suggested management plans are supplied at the end of the chapter. In addition to these problem-solving exercises, project work is included for each chapter, which can be carried out using either an on-line database or medical library. Many of the full color illustrations to be found throughout the text are new to the Fourth Edition, and the page size has been enlarged and the design updated to make the book easier and more appealing to use. Successful features such as 'growth points' familiar to users of previous editions have been inclued in the Fourth Edition.