Common dermatoses.

Deals with the aetiology, diagnosis and treatment of the more common dermatoses likely to be encountered in general practice. Beginning with a description of normal skin, it moves to actual cases. Animated diagrams of cross sections of the skin are shown to illustrate the different characteristics of each condition. The conditions described include contact seborrhoeic and exfoliative dermatitis, pompholyx, the eczemas, psoriasis and discoid lupus erythematosus.