The Biology of the Skin

An authoritative, extensively illustrated clinician's text on skin biology, this book has been published expressly for practitioners and residents in dermatology, plastic surgery, and otolaryngology. Essentially an expansion of the editors' and contributing authors' popular "Structure and Function" course given annually at the meetings of the American Academy of Dermatology. The book teaches skin biology in the context of practical clinical settings. It covers the basic biology of the skin, how the skin functions, effects of the environment, the molecules that direct cutaneous function, genetic influences, and methods in cutaneous research.The Biology of the Skin, Ill was published 2001 under ISBN 9781850700067 and ISBN 1850700060.