Recent Advances in Dermatology (Volume 3) Sanjay Ghosh, Nilendu Sarma, Dipankar De
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1Recent Advances in DERMATOLOGY2
3Recent Advances in DERMATOLOGY
VOLUME 3
Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Ghosh MD Professor Department of Dermatology and Venereology MGM Medical College and LSK Hospital Kishanganj, Bihar, India Medical Director (Honorary) Institute of Allergic and Immunologic Skin Diseases (IAISD) Kolkata, West Bengal, India Associate Editors Nilendu Sarma MD Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology NRS Medical College Kolkata, West Bengal, India Dipankar De MD Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh, India Foreword AK Bajaj
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All our patients, whose kind permission and patience have led us to study dermatology more vividly6
7Contributors 9Foreword
It is a pleasure and privilege for me to write this Foreword. The Recent Advances in Dermatology, in its Volume 3, is a labor of dedication and commitment by Prof Sanjay Ghosh, a devoted Clinical Dermatologist. He is an institution in himself and highly academically inclined. The previous two volumes have been tremendously popular and found acceptance amongst the students and teachers alike, encouraging Sanjay to bring out the new volume.
The present volume covers a wide spectrum of disorders ranging from scabies to lasers in dark skin. Other interesting topics include infantile hemangiomas, HPV and mucocutaneous cancers, nonvenereal genital lesions, newer drugs, adverse effects of antiretroviral drugs and pulse therapy of pemphigus. Disorders such as alopecia areata, arsenic and skin, chemical leukoderma, management of urticaria and hand dermatitis have been well covered. Acne update and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis are additional highlights. The book is likely to appeal to young and old alike as well as dermatologists with varying interests.
Despite explosion of online information available on the click of a mouse, a handy and easy-to-read book that has been carefully conceived and crafted by experts becomes indispensable. I am sure the book will find a respectable space in the book shelf of academicians, busy practitioners, and students.
AK Bajaj
Former Professor and Head
Department of STD
Moti Lal Nehru Medical College
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India10
11Preface
The first volume of the Recent Advances in Dermatology was born in 2004 and the second one in 2007. Since then, six years have elapsed during which my publisher, M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, has been after me to publish the third volume. The popularity and the demand of the book among junior as well as senior dermatologists we felt ourselves while having conversations with them in different zones. We feel delighted to know the thirst of the readers for a hard-copy version of a book in this e-book era. I sincerely apologize for so much delay in bringing the third volume due to my personal hectic schedule, dearth of good articles, and delay for acquiring write-up from some authors. However, I personally must take the full responsibility for all the lapses happened.
As in the previous volumes, our target readers are postgraduate trainees in dermatology and practicing dermatologists, on which basis, we have selected our articles. The chapters have been designed in a manner, which can enlighten newer advancements in the field of dermatology on the basic platform of conventional knowledge. We have tried to include the topics which have not been that much elaborately discussed in textbooks, especially those which are important and relevant. The authors we have chosen this time are also in tune with previous volumes comprising seniors with vast clinical experience and younger with enthusiastic knowledge-appetite as ‘netigens’.
I must pay my deep regards to Prof AK Bajaj, a legend in Indian dermatology scenario, for kindly writing the ‘Foreword’ of this volume. From the bottom of my heart, I convey thanks to all the authors and co-authors of the books whose earnest help have made the book to see the daylight.
I acknowledge and express my sincere regards to Shri Jitendar P Vij (Group Chairman), Mr Ankit Vij (Managing Director), Mr Tarun Duneja (Director-Publishing) and all the team members of M/s Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India, for the eagerness to continue this book, regular support and cooperation in every step of publishing this book.
Last but not least, I should confess my debt to my Associate Editors Dr Nilendu Sarma and Dr Dipankar De, as without their help, it was not possible for me at all to sail alone in the difficult sea.
Sanjay Ghosh