The impact of childhood atopic dermatitis (AD) and psoriasis on school absenteeism are not fully elucidated.To determine the burden and predictors of chronic school absenteeism in children with AD and …
Impact of delay in follow-up due to COVID-19 pandemic on skin cancer progression: a real-life experience from an Italian hub hospital.
The COVID-19 pandemic required the setting of a national lockdown in Italy from March 9, 2020, until May 18, 2020; therefore, most of the non-COVID-19 activities were postponed. As a …
Melanoma-associated glycosyltransferase GCNT2 as an emerging biomarker and therapeutic target.
In metastatic melanoma, with a dismal survival rate and propensity for treatment resistance and recurrence, it is critical to establish biomarkers that better predict treatment response and disease severity. The …
Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa with tetracycline, doxycycline, or lymecycline: a prospective study.
To evaluate the clinical efficacy of tetracycline, doxycycline, and lymecycline in patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).A prospective study of three different treatment regimens in patients with HS; oral tetracycline 500 mg …
Patients’ Mental Health Impacts Rating of Psoriasis Severity
Likelihood of a patient overestimating their psoriasis severity versus physician increased for those with depression, anxiety
Good Response Seen With HealthCare.gov Reopening
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Dupilumab treatment in atopic dermatitis patients in the Netherlands versus Japan: a comparative cohort study revealing a discrepancy in patient-reported outcome measures.
Dupilumab was equally effective among all racial subgroups in clinical trials, but a direct comparison in daily practice is lacking.To investigate effectiveness of dupilumab in atopic dermatitis (AD) patients in …
Four childhood atopic dermatitis subtypes identified from trajectory and severity of disease and internally validated in a large UK birth cohort.
Atopic dermatitis (AD) disease activity and severity is highly variable during childhood. Early attempts to identify subtypes based on disease trajectory have assessed AD presence over time without incorporating severity.To …
Oral dimethyl fumarate induces changes within the peripheral neutrophil compartment of psoriasis patients that are linked with skin improvement.
Dimethyl fumarate (DMF) is a treatment for moderate-to-severe psoriasis and multiple sclerosis. DMF therapy typically improves skin inflammation within the first 3 months of treatment. DMF is a prodrug that …
Predicting sentinel node positivity in melanoma patients: external validation of a risk-prediction calculator (the MIA nomogram) using a large European population-based patient cohort.
A nomogram to predict SN-positivity (the Melanoma Institute Australia (MIA) nomogram) was recently developed and externally validated using two large single-institution databases. However, there remains a need to further validate …