Anergic reactions and anergic diseases are found in many fields of medicine. As wen as affecting the skin, allergic diseases occur in internal organs such as the lungs and the kidneys and in the vascular and nervous systems. Interdisciplinary understanding and cooperation thus seem necessary to get a better insight into allergic reactions in the different fields of medicine in order that we may give our patients the best diagnostic and therapeutic care. Allergic diseases are on the increase. Studies from Sweden show that 15% of the population there are atopic, and some people speculate that...

Die in den letzten Jahren zunehmende Inzidenz des malignen Melanoms hat diesen b-sartigsten Tumor der Haut vermehrt in den Vordergrund des Interesses der Dermato-Onkologie ger}ckt. Besondere Beachtung verdienen in diesem Zusammenhang neue therapeutische M-glichkeiten mit Interferon undInterleukin als Immunmodulatoren. Die Besch{ftigung hiermit ist ein wesentlicher thematischer Bestandteil des Buches. Dar}ber hinaus werden Besonderheiten von Hauttumoren bei Jugendlichen und bei alten Patienten er-rtert.

Recent progress in the fields of pharmacology and immunology has provided us with new possibilities for treating dermatological diseases. This book reviews the most important immunosuppressive and immunostimulatory drugs and gives helpful, practical information on the treatment of various dermatoses, including autoimmundiseases, atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, vasculitis, contact dermatitis, pyoderma gangrenosum, infectious diseases, and neoplasms of the skin - in particular, malignant melanoma.