title: Pitfalls in clinical dermatology: confessions and caveats.
abstract: The clinician handling skin disorders may be confounded in a number of ways. By being aware of the general types of errors seen in clinical medicine and the specific, clinical pitfalls of common dermatoses, the physician should be better able to triage and treat skin problems accurately.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pariser
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology