Dupilumab is a relatively new treatment option for patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis. There is a lack of knowledge about treatment with dupilumab during conception in both males and females, …
Comorbidities, Mortality and Survival in Patients with Pyoderma Gangrenosum: A Danish Nationwide Registry-Nested Case-Control Study.
Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an ulcerative skin disease associated with comorbidities and increased mortality. However, the literature on this topic is scarce.To investigate the mortality, prevalence and risk of comorbidities …
Clinical Characteristics and Burden of Disease in Prurigo Nodularis.
Prurigo nodularis (PN) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by intense pruritus, but information on patient experience and impact on quality of life (QoL) remains understudied.To characterize disease characteristics …
Climate change, human migration, and skin disease: is there a link?
Climate change, exemplified by higher average global temperatures resulting in more frequent extreme weather events, has the potential to significantly impact human migration patterns and health. The consequences of environmental …
International registry of dermatological manifestations secondary to COVID-19 infection in 347 Hispanic patients from 25 countries.
The infection by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with multiple cutaneous manifestations, although characterization of them in Hispanic patients with darker skin phototypes is lacking. The objective of …
Physicians Report Sharing Office Visit Notes Beneficial Overall
While time concerns declined after implementation, half of the clinicians reported being less candid in their documentation
Domains and outcomes of the core outcome set of congenital melanocytic naevi for clinical practice and research, part 2 (the OCOMEN project).
Congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN) can have a great impact on patients’ lives due to perceived stigmatization and the risk of melanoma development and neurological complications. Development of a core outcome …
A GWAS identifies novel gene associations with facial skin wrinkling and mole count in Latin-Americans.
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genes influencing skin ageing and mole count in Europeans but little is known about the relevance of these (or other genes) in non-Europeans.To conduct …
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Local Recurrence Rates of Head and Neck Cutaneous Melanomas after Wide Local Excision, Mohs Micrographic Surgery, or Staged Excision.
Prospective trials have not compared local recurrence rates for different excision techniques for cutaneous melanomas on the head and neck.To determine local recurrence rates of cutaneous head and neck melanoma …
Evaluation of plasma and urinary levels of vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-9 in patients with infantile hemangioma.
The pathogenesis of infantile hemangioma (IH) is not fully understood. It has been suggested that angiogenic factors increase in the proliferative stage, decreasing subsequently in the regression phase.To evaluate vascular …