Existing criteria include muscle biopsies to improve the probability of capturing dermatomyositis (DM), but not much is known whether less invasive diagnostic procedures may be just as useful.We aim to …
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profile of Staphylococcus aureus in inherited epidermolysis bullosa: a cross-sectional multicenter study in Brazil.
Infection is an important complication of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), and Staphylococcus aureus has been pointed out as the most common pathogen among this population. The objective of this study was …
Line-field optical coherence tomography: In vivo diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma subtypes compared to histopathology.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer in the general population. Treatments vary from Mohs surgery to topical therapy, depending on the subtype. Dermoscopy, reflectance confocal microscopy …
Scalp and serum profiling of frontal fibrosing alopecia reveals scalp immune and fibrosis dysregulation with no systemic involvement.
Frontal fibrosing alopecia/FFA is a progressive, scarring alopecia of the frontotemporal scalp, and poses a substantial burden on quality of life. Largescale global profiling of FFA is lacking, preventing the …
Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight.
“Kangaroo mother care,” a type of newborn care involving skin-to-skin contact with the mother or other caregiver, reduces mortality in infants with low birth weight (<2.0 kg) when initiated after …
Long hair follicular unit excision: personal experience.
Long hair follicular unit excision (FUE) is the most state-of-the-art surgical technique in the field of hair transplantation surgery. Long hair FUE reduces the signs of surgery by camouflaging the …
Linear lesions in Dermatology : a clinico-etio-pathological study.
Linear lesions are fairly common in our day to day practice. However, the appearances can be deceptive which puts dermatologists in a diagnostic dilemma.To study the various clinical presentations, demographic …
Systemic Sarcoidosis Reactions as a Result of Tumour Necrosis Alpha Treatment for Patients with Psoriasis.
The widespread use of TNFα inhibitors in the treatment of different inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriasiform arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel disease has led to an …
Tolerability Profile of Topical Cannabidiol and Palmitoylethanolamide: A Compilation of Single-Center Randomized Evaluator-Blinded Clinical and In Vitro Studies in Normal Skin.
While an increasing number of studies have investigated the side effect profile of oral cannabinoids, few studies have provided sufficient data on the tolerability of topical cannabinoids in human subjects.To …
Partial unilateral lentiginosis: a clinicopathological analysis of 32 cases on the head and neck area in Korea.
Partial unilateral lentiginosis (PUL) is a rare acquired circumscribed hyperpigmentation characterized by multiple simple lentigines involving half of the body. Since the previous studies of PUL were mostly based on …