Mr. Lester Fred Libow MD
Dermapathologist | Dermatopathology
1122 Austin Hwy San Antonio TX, 78209About
Dr. Lester Libow practices Dermatopathology in San Antonio, TX. Dermatopathology is a medical specialty that focuses on dermatology and pathology, and involves the diagnosis of various diseases of the skin, hair, and nails by looking at cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level. By revealing the histology of diseases and results from a specific diagnostic interpretation, Dr. Libow is able to analyze the potential causes of skin diseases at a basic level.
Education and Training
Mechanical Engineering 1980
Board Certification
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Trichosporon beigelii infection presenting as white piedra and onychomycosis in the same patient.
- A case of bullous pemphigoid limited to psoriatic plaques.
- Epidermodysplasia verruciformis associated with severe immunodeficiency, lymphoma, and disseminated molluscum contagiosum.
- What is your diagnosis? Nevus lipomatosus cutaneous superficialis.
- Successful treatment of acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau with etretinate.
- Ultraviolet radiation acts as an independent mitogen for normal human melanocytes in culture.
- Phakomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIIb.
- Symmetrical erosions in a neonate: a case of neonatal sucking blisters.
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