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Featuring nearly 400 clear, sharp photomicrographs, the Third Edition of this
primer is a user-friendly guide to interpreting skin biopsies. Abnormalities are
grouped according to location in the skin and morphologic characteristics. Each
abnormality is discussed in an easy-to-follow three-column format. The first
column lists the disease entities. The second column lists histologic criteria
for diagnosis, with key features in boldface. The third column presents the
differential diagnosis, helpful hints, and clinical information. Adjacent to the
text are representative photomicrographs, accompanied where necessary by
drawings to clarify cellular structures. New to this edition is a bound-in
CD-ROM that contains over 2,000 full-color photomicrographs with more than