Kabir Sardana MD, DNB, MNAMS is currently Director-Professor and Head, Department of Dermatology and STDs, ABVIMS and Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi. He was previously a Professor at Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), New Delhi, from 2006-2016 and Assistant Professor at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalya from 2005-06. He is an alumnus of MAMC (1991-96) and completed his MD from Lady Hardinge Medical College in 2000. He is a DNB holder and a member of the National Academy Medical Sciences. He began writing on common diseases and then books for MBBS and MD students. His focus is to simplify complex text with images and artist drawn diagrams, to enable readers to grasp complex topics.
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;"><em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Highlights of the Seventh Edition</em></strong></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Numerous new clinical images and schematic diagrams added to chapters</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Underlining of important text</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Cross citations between chapters to help readers get broader perspectives</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Diagnosis: Addition of sections on nerve biopsy procedure, electrophysiological studies and nerve imaging</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Immunopathogenesis: Easy to comprehend text, punctuated with illustrations, covering complexities of immunology of leprosy and reactions and latest developments</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Drug resistance: Recent developments with detailed clinical relevance</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Chemoprophylaxis, immunoprophylaxis and immunotherapeutics: Addition of recent developments and literature</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Nerve function assessment and muscle testing: New schematic and clinical images; detailed descriptions of nerve course and innervations</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Disability and deformities section: New orthoses have been detailed, and more images on surgical correction of deformities added</li></ul>