Clinical Cases in Psoriasis

This updated volume provides a guide to the diagnosis and management of psoriasis. The book examines clinical cases to help the reader work through unusual cases using best practice techniques. New chapters on erythrodermic psoriasis, severe pediatric psoriasis, psoriasis with patients with prior breast cancer, and psoriasis with patients who wish to become pregnant have been added. The treatment of psoriasis in relation to patients with hepatitis B and C, HIV, and who have received pneumococcal and herpes zoster vaccines are also discussed.

Clinical Cases in Psoriasis highlights evidence-based best practice through its multidisciplinary approach and is relevant to trainees and clinicians working within dermatology.

Autorentext

Through the 7 year Honors Program in Medical Education, Dr. Wu earned a BA in biological sciences from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and an MD from Northwestern University Medical School. Dr. Wu completed his dermatology residency at the University of California, Irvine, California, where he was chief resident. Dr. Wu is currently a Councilor for the International Psoriasis Council and a Medical Board member of the National Psoriasis Foundation. He is co-editor for 2 textbooks: Mild-To-Moderate Psoriasis, 3rd edition, and Moderate-To-Severe Psoriasis, 4th edition, which are the most widely referenced textbooks on psoriasis. He has written over 150 peer-reviewed articles, of which over 50 are about psoriasis. He is the President-Elect of the Los Angeles Metro Dermatological Society and Board Member of the California Society of Dermatology & Dermatologic Surgery (CalDerm).

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1. Introduction to interventional procedures; timing and patient selection

2. Headache anatomy and mechanisms of peripheral nerve interventions

3. Pharmacology of interventional headache management 4. Greater occipital nerve and lesser occipital nerve blocks

5. The role of other peripheral nerve blocks

6. Onabotulinumtoxina for refractory headache

7. The role of interventional procedures in childhood and adolescent headaches-peripheral neuro-modulation

8. Interventional headache management in the elderly

9. Interventional headache management in pregnancy and lactation

10. Efficacy of trigger point injections and dry needling 11. Potential role of acupuncture

12. The role of radiofrequency thermocoagulation

13. The potential role of ozone therapy

14. Peripheral neuromodulation on the refractory headache disorders 15. Sample cases(treatment response of gon blockade in chronic migraine)