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All doctors, regardless of specialty, will encounter patients with skin disease. This book provides a concise guide to the investigation, diagnosis and management of common skin diseases.

A huge thank you to our dermatology trainees, particularly Bryan Macdonald and Karolina Gholam, and to my colleagues at the St John's Institute of Dermatology. Thanks to Tanya Henshaw for her contribution to the nursing chapter and also to Rhonda Meys. Thanks to Gary Mulcahy for the medical photography, and a special thanks to Anthony du Vivier, a mentor and friend who is responsible for making this book happen. Finally, thanks to my husband Neil, who now knows more dermatology than he ever thought possible.

I would like to thank David McGibbon for his help with supplying images, my great friends and colleagues Bláithín Moriarty and Seshi Manam for their help, and Rachael Morris-Jones, David and Elaine for their good humour and advice. Final and most special thanks go to Philippa for her unwavering support and encouragement.