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Fast Facts: Disorders of the Hair and Scalp
By Anne Farrell and
Rodney Sinclair
Published 2000
88 pages, 52 illustrations
ISBN 978-1-899541-03-4
$25.00
Diseases of the hair and scalp can be genetic, the result of infection, due to hormone imbalance, medication, trauma, underlying primary disease or, indeed, of unknown origin. Regardless of origin, the psychological distress and physical discomfort caused by these disorders can be immense.
Fast Facts: Disorders of the Hair and Scalp deals with problems as they present in clinical practice. Three acknowledged experts provide those in the frontline of patient care with a practical guide to the diagnosis and effective treatment of a wide variety of conditions so that they can effectively manage and bring comfort to their patients.
Contents
Anatomy and physiology; Diffuse hair loss; Patchy hair loss; Scarring hair loss; Ringworm; Hirsuties in women; Scaly scalp; ‘Funny-looking’ hair in children; Future trends.
The authors
Anne Farrell
Consultant Dermatologist, Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, UK
Rodney Sinclair
Professor of Dermatology, University of Melbourne, Director of Dermatology Services, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Director of Research and Training, Skin and Cancer Foundation, Darlington/Westmead, NSW, Australia
