SKIN DISEASE

any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human skin. They have a wide range of causes. Additional reading Introductory works include Walter F. Lever and Gundula Schaumburg-Lever, Histopathology of the Skin, 6th ed. (1983), a standard textbook of the histology of skin diseases; Thomas B. Fitzpatrick et al. (eds.), Dermatology in General Medicine, 3rd ed., 2 vol. (1987), a textbook with an atlas; Etain Cronin, Contact Dermatitis (1980); Robert M. Adams, Occupational Skin Disease (1983); R. Baran and R.P.R. Dawber (eds.), Diseases of the Nails and Their Management (1984); and Peter D. Samman and David A. Fenton, The Nails in Disease, 4th ed. (1986). Also see George C. Andrews, Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology, 7th ed., edited by Anthony N. Domonkos, Harry L. Arnold, and Richard B. Odom (1982); David R. Bickers, Paul G. Hazen, and William S. Lynch, Clinical Pharmacology of Skin Disease (1984); Leonard C. Harber and David R. Bickers, Photosensitivity Diseases: Principles of Diagnosis and Treatment (1981); and Arthur Rook and R.P.R. Dawber, Diseases of the Hair and Scalp (1982). A readable general overview of personal skin care is William Montagna, Frank Parker, and Antonio Tosti, Skin: Your Owner's Manual (1986).