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The clinical features of skin disease are well known, but many are difficult to quantify, particularly with minor changes which are very much observer-dependent. For monitoring the course of disease a verbal description may be insufficient, and too crude for analysis. Infrared thermography can be helpful in analyzing surface thermal patterns in dermatoses and in supplementing morphological and histological findings. A most important application in dermatology is the evaluation of various pharmacological effects of drugs, especially those applied topically.
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Stuttgen, G. (1984). Temperature Changes in Skin Disease. In: Ring, E.F.J., Phillips, B. (eds) Recent Advances in Medical Thermology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7697-2_17
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