Skin Deep dermatology resource
Skin Deep: a new paediatric global collaborative project launched to address the lack of skin tone diversity of paediatric medical education images.
Category Dermatology
Madge Macklin
Madge Thurlow Macklin (1893 - 1962) was an American medical geneticist. Curth-Macklin syndrome (1954)
Monika Knickenberg
Monika Knickenberg is a German dermatopathologist. Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome (HKS)(1975)
Otto P. Hornstein
Otto Paul Hornstein (1926 - 2018) was a German dermatologist. Emeritus Prof at Erlangen-Nürnberg. Hornstein-Knickenberg syndrome 1975
Katharine Krom Merritt
Katharine Krom Merritt (1886 - 1986) was an American pediatrician. Kasabach–Merritt syndrome (1940)
Hugh Hailey
Hugh Edward Hailey (1909-1963) was an American dermatologist
Howard Hailey
Biography Medical Eponyms Hailey-Hailey disease (Familial Benign Chronic Pemphigus) Key Medical Contributions Major Publications Controversies References Biography Eponymous terms
Sophie Spitz
Sophie Spitz (1910 - 1956) was an American pathologist. Spitz nevus (1948)
Bernadette Christol
Bernadette Christol (1934 - 2011) was a French dermatologist. Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome (1964)
Liliane Schnitzler
Liliane Schnitzler (1938 - ) French dermatologist. Schnitzler syndrome (1972, 1974)
Thomas Addison
Thomas Addison (1795 - 1860) was an English physician.
Mees lines
Mees lines: white bands traversing the full width of the nail, running parallel to the lunula, with no palpable ridges. As the nail grows they bands move distally and finally disappear when trimmed. The finding was initially related to acute arsenic poisoning.