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Dermatologic Disorders in Children of Color

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Children of color include a broad variety of ethnic types, skin tones, and genetic backgrounds. Broadly, the grouping includes Black, Hispanic, Asian, Indian, and Middle Eastern children. The United States is referred to as a melting pot, and, indeed, children with genetic backgrounds from the far reaches of the world can be seen in North America due to immigration patterns. These global immigration patterns have helped to introduce both new patterns of disease and new cutaneous infectious diseases into the North American pediatric population. This chapter provides an overview of pediatric dermatologic diseases as they pertain to skin of color. The first section looks at the development of skin and soft tissue structures in children of color, the second examines the presentation of common childhood diseases in children of color, and the third looks specifically at diseases genetically limited to children of color.

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Silverberg, N.B. (2013). Dermatologic Disorders in Children of Color. In: Alexis, A., Barbosa, V. (eds) Skin of Color. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84929-4_20

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