Cutaneous Medicine: This book represents 25 years of clinical experience. In it, Dr. Provost and his expert contributors correlate dermatology and internal medicine by describing the dermatologic manifestations of systemic disease, from rheumatoid arthritis to Raynaud's disease to periocarditis. Each chapter is co-authored by a dermatologist and a medical specialist. Topics covered include the cutaneous manifestations of connective tissue diseases; nonimmunologic arthritides; immune and complement deficiencies; malignancies; hematologic disorders; endocrine diseases; gastrointestinal diseases; metabolic diseases; neurologic diseases; infectious diseases; and AIDS. Miscellaneous putative autoagressive diseases, autoimmune bullous diseases, and oral manifestations of systemc diseases are also covered.

Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response - Medical Xpress


Stealthy leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response
Medical Xpress
... possibly other chronic infectious diseases," said Modlin, who also serves as vice chair for cutaneous medicine and dermatological research at UCLA and is a distinguished professor of medicine and of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics.

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Leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response - TruthDive


Leprosy pathogen evades critical vitamin D-dependent immune response
TruthDive
... possibly other chronic infectious diseases,” said Modlin, who also serves as vice chair for cutaneous medicine and dermatological research at UCLA and is a distinguished professor of medicine and of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics.

and more »