Now in its revised, updated Eighth Edition, Sauer's Manual of Skin Diseases will remain the leading dermatology manual for medical students, residents, and primary care practitioners. It provides step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow algorithms for diagnosis and treatment of all common skin conditions. Unique features include a detailed, practical formulary ... differential diagnoses based on site, type of lesion, and age of patient ... more than 500 full-color illustrations ... and a dictionary-index of dermatology terms and rare diseases. Sauer's Manual of Skin Diseases contains a section on cosmetics by a world-renowned expert in cosmetic dermatology, and is the only current dermatology book in the United States with a section on tropical skin diseases.New contributing authors have rewritten the Eighth Edition's sections on laboratory procedures and tests, dermatologic immunology, genodermatoses, pediatric dermatology, tropical diseases, and cutaneous manifestations of internal disease. All other sections have been completely updated.