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Dermatology.co.uk is an independent website providing an educational resource for skin conditions and their treatment to patients, the public and health professionals. This includes information and pictures on eczema, skin cancer, psoriasis, acne, impetigo, melanoma, causes and treatments.
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Dermatology is the branch of medicine which treats and diagnosis diseases of the skin, hair and nails. A doctor trained in dermatology is refered to as a Dermatologist, and treats all types of skin related diseases.
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Penn's Department of Dermatology provides general and specialized dermatologic care for skin problems using the latest treatments and technology. The Department's expertise includes all areas of dermatologic care, such as bullous and autoimmune disease, cutaneous T cell lymphoma, dermatologic surgery, dermatopathology, difficult pigmented lesions, diseases difficult to diagnose and treat, medical dermatology (including psoriasis and phototherapy), hair and scalp disease, occupational and contact dermatitis, and rheumatologic skin disease.
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The PAMF Department of Dermatology practices general dermatology, treating a wide array of skin disorders both medically and surgically. Surgical procedures range from performing biopsies to the advanced Mohs method of removing recurrent skin cancers.
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Clinical care for Dermatology patients is provided at the Tech Park Clinical site (631 444-4200), as well as the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Northport. Clinical specialties include atopic atitis, allergic contact atitis, alopecia areata, cutaneous allergies, autoimmune blistering diseases, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, eczema, pemphigus, pemphigoid, phototherapy, psoriasis, skin cancer, and wound healing.
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The work De morbis cutaneis ("On the diseases of the skin" - 1572) by Geronimo Mercuriali from Forlì (Italy) is known as the first scientific tractation about Dermatology. Early photographic documentation of skin diseases was produced by Balmanno Squire, Dr. Alfred Hardy, Dr. A. de Montméja, Dr. Howard Franklin Damon, Dr. George Henry Fox and Dr. Oscar G. Mason in the latter 1800s.
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