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Chronic Erythematous and Desquamative Lesions

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Clinical Cases in Exfoliative Dermatitis

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Erythroderma, or exfoliative dermatitis, is an inflammatory disorder that involves desquamation and erythema of more than 90% of the body surface area. Several diseases such as previous dermatoses (psoriasis, eczema, atopic dermatitis, pityriasis rubra pilaris, and pemphigus foliaceous), congenital ichthyosiform disorders, infections, drug eruptions, and internal malignancies may appear as erythroderma.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey

    Özge Aşkın & Zekayi Kutlubay

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  1. Dermatology, Marconi University, Rome, Roma, Italy

    Torello M. Lotti

  2. Dermatologie & Allergologie, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

    Uwe Wollina

  3. Department of Dermatology & Venereology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Setchenov University), Moscow, Russia

    Olga Olisova

  4. Psychodermatology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Central Michigan University College of Medicine, Saginaw, MI, USA

    Mohammad Jafferany

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Aşkın, Ö., Kutlubay, Z. (2022). Chronic Erythematous and Desquamative Lesions. In: Lotti, T.M., Wollina, U., Olisova, O., Jafferany, M. (eds) Clinical Cases in Exfoliative Dermatitis. Clinical Cases in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08466-9_9

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