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edited by H. Hunter Hansfield, 216 pp (paperback), $54.95, ISBN 0-07-026033-8, New York, NY, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Arch Dermatol. 2002;138:1261-1262.

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The diagnosis and management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have taken on a new scope in the field of medicine over the past several decades. Demographic changes, the sexual revolution, and the advent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome have made STDs one of the most prevalent—and sometimes the most devastating—afflictions of our time. Nevertheless, most physicians leave medical school having had limited exposure to the wide spectrum of clinical manifestations of STDs.

With this need in mind, the Color Atlas and Synopsis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases presents medical students and health care providers with a quick source of up-to-date information on the diagnosis and treatment of STDs. As a second edition, the atlas provides new photographs, updated treatment regimens, and an expanded section on viral STDs. Presentation is clear and reader friendly, with a succinct outline format consisting of epidemiology, history, physical examination, laboratory diagnosis and diagnostic criteria, treatment, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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