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Hossain Shahidullah, Harper’s Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology, British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 166, Issue 6, 1 June 2012, Pages 1378–1379, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2012.10959.x
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Harper’s Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology, 3rd edn, Vol. 2. Alan Irvine, Peter Hoeger, Albert Yan. Oxford: Wiley‐Blackwell, 2011; 2816 pp. ISBN: 978‐1‐4051‐7695‐8. Price £325·00.
The original Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology has evolved into the third edition and has taken on the new title of Harper’s Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology with a new editorship. The initial impression is that the larger page and layout is similar to Rook’s Textbook of Dermatology. However the mistake made in that textbook with an index only in one volume has thankfully not been replicated here. There are two volumes with more international contributors and several new chapters.
In Volume 1, for example, collodion baby and Harlequin ichthyosis have been separated into two chapters with updated genetics. The new section on histopathology of the skin may be too basic for dermatologists but may appeal to paediatricians. The atopic dermatitis section has been bolstered by a new chapter on the skin barrier and I particularly liked the structured approach and case studies in the new chapter on food allergy and eczema. The new section on cutaneous infections in immunocompromised children is of interest to both trainees and existing paediatric dermatologists but it could have been helped by inserting some investigation‐based algorithms. One surprise in the new chapter on the pathogenesis of psoriasis is the lack of detail about the immunological advances made in this field especially as the following chapter is devoted to the emergence of biologic use in children.
