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Dedications There are a great number of people who made significant contributions to my personal and professional development, provided me with nurturing love and guidance, the opportunity to succeed, and valuable professional support which has enabled me to make a difference for my patients and my specialty. I am deeply and humbly indebted to them all. It is to these members of my life family that this book is lovingly dedicated. Miriam and Morris Schneiderman Steven and Arthur Schneiderman Judy Schneiderman Hyman Karmen Arthur and Marcia Karmen Etta and Louis Biblowitz Iris and Jerry Schwartzbaum Kenneth Barnett, PhD Eric Tash Bette Schneiderman Andy and Scott Schneiderman Judy and Morty Eydenberg John J. Gullo, MD Robert O. Knapp, MD
Frank Call, MD Edward W. Hook, MD Dwight Wooster, MD David Stone, MD Kenneth E. Greer, MD Richard L. Edelson, MD Edward P. Cawley, MD Louis E. Harman, MD Peyton E. Weary, MD Larry Legum, MD Barry S. Coller, MD Steven R. Kohn, MD Larry Bilsky, MD My co-author Marc E. Grossman, MD Paul I Schneiderman
For my favorite girls Leslie, Andrea, and Julie Marc E Grossman
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Paul I Schneiderman MD Clinical Professor of Dermatology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Marc E Grossman MD Professor of Clinical Dermatology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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