Understanding the role of haptoglobin in psoriasis: effects of ultraviolet B.

abstract：:Severe cases of psoriasis and psoriasis arthritis require systemic treatment. Although a number of established drugs are in clinical use, there is a need for new compounds with an improved risk-benefit ratio with a major emphasis on long-term safety. Furthermore, patients with moderate psoriasis ask for systemic drugs...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Mrowietz U

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Piloleiomyoma is a benign tumour originating in the smooth muscles of the arrector pili muscle in the skin. The lesions are often sensitive to touch, cold and emotional disturbance. We present a patient with multiple piloleiomyoma (MPL) of the submentum who underwent reconstructive surgery using a submental perforator...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Matsushita S,Ishihara T,Takeda K,Uchida Y,Tamai M,Usuki K,Kanekura T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The two photodermatoses, polymorphic light eruption (PLE) and chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD), are characterized by lymphocyte-rich inflammatory infiltrates, the pathogeneses of which are not fully understood. We have therefore studied suction blister fluid (SBF) samples from patients with these conditions before and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Norris P,Bacon K,Bird C,Hawk J,Camp R

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome (MRS) is an uncommon, complex neuromucocutaneous disorder characterized by recurrent orofacial oedema, facial palsy and fissured tongue. Complete MRS is uncommon. A case of complete MRS with multiple cranial nerve palsies is reported. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Zeng W,Geng S,Niu X,Yuan J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians have become increasingly aware of the important effects of psoriasis on patients' quality of life. As a result, several measures of the disabilities and handicaps associated with psoriasis have been developed. The Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI) has been shown to be sensitive to changes in the extent of le...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kent G,al-Abadie M

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidermal replacement is an important step in the management of patients with post-traumatic and iatrogenic scars. Skin-colour variation from disease or trauma causes significant changes in self-image and appearance. AIM:The aim of our study was to analyse the results obtained with a novel autologous cell-h...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Cervelli V,De Angelis B,Spallone D,Lucarini L,Arpino A,Balzani A

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical characteristics associated with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) severity are poorly understood. In this study, 124 patients with HS from 6 Italian dermatology centres participated in this study. Disease severity was assessed using the Hidradenitis Suppurativa Physician's Global Assessment score (HS-PGA) and...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Bianchi L,Caposiena Caro RD,Ganzetti G,Molinelli E,Dini V,Oranges T,Romanelli M,Fabbrocini G,Monfrecola G,Napolitano M,Egan CG,Musumeci ML,Lacarrubba F,Micali G,Passoni E,Calzavara-Pinton PG,Venturini M,Zanca A,Offida

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The motivations for patients presenting to melanoma screening clinics (MSCs) with concerning skin lesions are poorly understood. Social media (SoMe) refers to online platforms designed to facilitate sharing of information with billions of users worldwide. There is evidence of patients posting skin lesion 'se...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Guckian J,Jobling K,Oliphant T,Weatherhead S,Blasdale K

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete deficiency of the fourth component of complement (C4) is an extremely rare condition. However, it has been reported that partial C4 deficiency can occur in normal subjects, and is associated with several immune diseases. We report a 44-year-old woman who developed slight oedema and punctate purpura on her low...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kosaka S,Osada S,Kaneko T,Nishimura S,Kawana S

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of autoimmune blistering diseases consists of systemic glucocorticosteroids usually in combination with additional immunosuppressants such as azathioprine and mycophenolate mofetil or immunomodulators such as dapsone, antibiotics, intravenous immunoglobulins, and immunoadsorption. In some patients, these tre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Schmidt E,Hunzelmann N,Zillikens D,Bröcker EB,Goebeler M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Metallothioneins (MTs) are a group of proteins widely distributed in tissues regulating metal metabolism, scavenging free radicals, and taking part in immunological reactions. Knockout mice for MT genes I and II (MT(-/-)) exhibit reduced tolerance to ultraviolet B injury in vivo. Upregulation of MT proteins ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ma C,Li LF,Zhang BX

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humans are the natural host for eight of more than 80 known herpes viruses. Infections with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) are ubiquitous worldwide and highly transmissible. Herpes simplex labialis (HSL) is the best-recognized recrudescent infection of the lips and perioral tissues caused by HSV-1. Facial lesions...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Fatahzadeh M,Schwartz RA

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small tufts of chest hair were epilated at different rates and the roots classified as to growth phase, presence or absence of root sheaths and whether the shafts were fractured. With respect to anagen roots, a slow epilation gives bare roots whereas an increase in the rate of epilation increases the proportion of ens...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chapman DM

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year-old Caucasian male presented with a 5-week history of a widespread pruritic papular eruption. Histology from a papule on the left shoulder showed a dense dermal infiltrate of large mononuclear cells which were positive for leucocyte common antigen, KP1 and PGM1, with an MIB-1 proliferating fraction of 40%, d...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Millard TP,Aitchison R,Wilkinson JD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Artemisia scoparia Waldst. et Kitaib (AS) (Oriental wormwood, known as Bissuk in Korea) is a plant used in cosmetic and pharmaceutical treatments. However, the effect of AS on atopic dermatitis (AD) has not been described. AIM:To examine the inhibitory effect of AS on AD using a murine model. METHODS:We ap...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ryu KJ,Yoou MS,Seo Y,Yoon KW,Kim HM,Jeong HJ

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) contribute to the cell dysfunction and tissue damage that result from glucolipotoxicity in diabetes. ROS formation in cells causes oxidative stress, thereby activating oxidative damage-inducing genes. Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) has been shown to play an e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Lee YJ,Kwon SB,An JM,Kim CH,Lee SH,Choi CY,Nam DH,Park JW,Nam HS,Lee SH,Lee MW,Cho MK

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Summary Mid-dermal elastolysis is an unusual process characterized by the absence of the elastic fibres within the mid-dermis. The disappearance of these fibres causes fine wrinkles (type 1) or perifollicular protrusions (type 2) affecting the trunk, neck and arms. There is a female predilection, and most patients hav...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Cutillas E,Ferrando FJ,Martí ME,Mateu A,Rausell N

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A group of 23 patients with partial atrophic change of the tongue was examined for candidiasis. All of them reported pain in the tongue on eating hot or spicy food. The intensity of the tongue pain was evaluated before and after treatment using a visual analogue scale. Of the 23 patients, 10 (43.5%) had predisposing f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Terai H,Shimahara M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lichen planus (LP) is an immune-mediated chronic mucocutaneous disease. Rarely, LP affects the conjunctiva, resulting in conjunctival inflammation, cicatrization and scarring of the subepithelium and cornea, causing keratitis and keratoconjunctivitis sicca. To date, there has been no case-control study exami...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Şanli B,Çetin EN,Bir F,Taşli L,Yaldizkaya F,Yaylali V

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen patients with psoriasis received long-term treatment with cyclosporin (CsA). Among patients there was great variability in the minimal effective CsA dose. In most patients long-term treatment was limited due to dose reductions made necessary because of side-effects. The therapeutic window for CsA seems small....

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Korstanje MJ,Van de Staak WJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secukinumab is an interleukin (IL)-17 monoclonal antibody inhibiting T-helper (Th)1-mediated immune response. It has proven high efficacy for moderate to severe psoriasis but data on its long-term toxicities are limited. We describe two patients who received secukinumab for clinically presumed psoriasis, but were subs...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yoo J,Shah F,Velangi S,Stewart G,Scarisbrick JS

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study was undertaken to determine whether the 2-mm punch biopsy technique yields specimens of sufficient size and quality to allow a reliable histological diagnosis to be made. A histopathological comparison was made between tissue obtained from a 2-mm punch biopsy and a standard ellipse biopsy taken ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Todd P,Garioch JJ,Humphreys S,Seywright M,Thomson J,du Vivier AW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitiligo is a disease characterized by the loss of melanocytes, resulting in progressive depigmentation of skin, and areas of normally pigmented skin can be of cosmetic concern. Several options have been tried to remove the pigment and make the skin a more even colour. We present an easy and effective therapeutic proc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Di Nuzzo S,Masotti A

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disaccharide content of the chondroitinase-digestible glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) extracted from 6-mm skin punch biopsies from the atrophic and sclerotic skin of two patients with Werner's syndrome (WS) were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography after 1-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone labelling. The t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Higuchi T,Ishikawa O,Hayashi H,Ohnishi K,Miyachi Y

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoporosis has been observed with chronic hypervitaminosis A, leading some authors to hypothesize that systemic retinoids may have an effect on bone mineral density. Two previous small studies identified osteoporosis in patients who received long-term therapy with etretinate. Etretinate has now been superceeded by a...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： McMullen EA,McCarron P,Irvine AD,Dolan OM,Allen GE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with asymptomatic skin nodules and symptoms of anaemia, and was found to have acute megakaryoblastic leukaemia with fibrosis, a condition now believed to correspond to the former diagnosis of acute myelofibrosis. There is only one previous report of skin lesion...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Macfarlane AW,Parry DH,Caslin AW,Hughes M

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 65-year-old female suffered trauma to her left hand on which acrodermatitis continua (psoriasis of Hallopeau) developed. It is suggested that the persistent pain of this skin condition, its poor response to treatment and her allied mental state led to the development of a severe algodystrophy with marked underlying ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Stephens CJ,McGibbon DH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrobiosis lipoidica is a well recognized but comparatively rare cutaneous complication of diabetes mellitus. The aetiology is probably multifactorial with microangiopathy, immune complex formation, abnormal collagen synthesis and breakdown, and altered haemostasis all thought to play a part. Necrobiosis lipoidica of...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Owen CM,Murphy H,Yates VM

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Buschke-Loewenstein tumour is regarded as a type of verrucous carcinoma occurring on anogenital mucosal surfaces. The tumour is locally invasive but displays a benign cytology and rarely metastasizes. It is associated with human papillomavirus types 6 and 11. We describe a case of Buschke-Loewenstein tumour occurr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Antony FC,Ardern-Jones M,Evans AV,Rosenbaum T,Russell-Jones R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Robert Willan is commemorated by a blue plaque on the house in which he lived in Bloomsbury Square in London. He lived there during a productive period of his career, until ill-health caused him to travel to Madeira, where he died. This fitting tribute to Willan is the result of the efforts of Dr. Henry MacCormac, him...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Walker SL

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00