Induction of hair growth in alopecia totalis with diphencyprone sensitization.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitiligo is a skin disease characterized by loss of normal pigmentation in the skin. Several treatments exist but none is really effective. Recently, perturbations of calcium homeostasis in vitiliginous epidermis have been described. AIM:Based on these findings, the aim of this prospective, randomized, open...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Leone G,Pacifico A,Iacovelli P,Paro Vidolin A,Picardo M

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：:Pseudoepitheliomatous keratotic and micaceous balanitis (PKMB) is an uncommon premalignant condition involving the glans penis. We report the case of an 86-year-old man who presented with phimosis and pain on retracting his foreskin. He had previously undergone circumcision, which revealed a hyperkeratotic plaque with...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Choo KJL,Ng SK,Sim CS,Cheng SWN

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), the epidermal destruction is associated with a slight to moderate lymphomonocytic cell infiltrate. Interleukin (IL)-8, which is a keratinocyte-derived pro-inflammatory cytokine, might be involved in this process. The IL-8 receptor CXCR2 has also been shown to...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Paquet P,Ribbens C,Piérard GE

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Idiopathic solar urticaria (SU) is a rare, debilitating photodermatosis, which may be difficult to treat. First-line treatment with antihistamines is effective in mild cases, but remission after phototherapeutic induction of tolerance is often short-lived. Other treatment options include plasma exchange, photopheresis...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Hughes R,Cusack C,Murphy GM,Kirby B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of EMLA cream in relieving the discomfort associated with percutaneous infiltration of lignocaine was assessed in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Patients undergoing minor skin surgery were divided into two groups, according to the number of lesions requiring surgery. The first group had a ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Jones SK,Handfield-Jones S,Kennedy CT

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a patient with intermittent unilateral hyperhidrosis localized to the left hand only. Histology confirmed the presence of an eccrine naevus. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Parslew R,Lewis-Jones MS

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryosurgery is an alternative treatment option to surgical excision for lentigo maligna. Clinical evidence of recurrence is usually characterized by repigmentation at the treated site. We report two patients who developed amelanotic malignant melanoma following cryosurgery for a pigmented lentigo maligna. These cases ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： McKenna DB,Cooper EJ,Kavanagh GM,Davie RM,McLaren KM,Tidman MJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The various clinical types of lupus erythematosus (LE) show an essentially similar histological picture, and the subsets of LE cannot easily be distinguished by histology alone. However, there is an important clinical difference: lesions of discoid LE (DLE) cause scarring, particularly on the scalp, whereas ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Al-Refu K,Goodfield M

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:In Europe and the USA, the incidence of primary nasal natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma is rare. The skin is one of the predilection sites for dissemination. Cutaneous dissemination is a poor prognostic sign and is consistently fatal. We describe the case of a 17-year-old white German girl with a primary nasal NK/T-...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sandner A,Helmbold P,Winkler M,Gattenlöhner S,Müller-Hermelink HK,Holzhausen HJ

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Vitiligo is a pigmentation disorder of autoimmune aetiology. Polymorphisms in beta-defensin genes have been linked to a predisposition to some autoimmune disorders. AIM:To evaluate the role of polymorphisms in DEFB1, the gene encoding for human beta-defensin (HBD)-1 and its 5' untranslated region in nonsegm...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ochoa-Ramírez LA,Becerra-Loaiza DS,Díaz-Camacho SP,Muñoz-Estrada VF,Ríos-Burgueño ER,Prado-Montes de Oca E,Rangel-Villalobos H,Velarde-Félix JS

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dapsone has potent anti-inflammatory effects, and is used in the treatment of leprosy, cutaneous vasculitis, neutrophilic dermatoses, and dermatitis herpetiformis and other blistering disorders. However, it may cause severe adverse reactions such as hypersensitivity syndrome, which is characterized by fever, skin rash...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chun JS,Yun SJ,Kim SJ,Lee SC,Won YH,Lee JB

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ichthyosis hystrix, Curth-Macklin type (IHCM) is an extremely rare autosomal dominant dermatosis caused by mutations in the keratin genes, KRT1 or KRT10, which often manifests as extensive, dark, spiky or verrucous plaques and severe palmoplantar keratoderma. We report a novel frameshift truncation mutation, c.1596_15...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yang Z,Xu Z,Zhang N,Ma L

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first of two articles on C1 inhibitor deficiency based on a recent UK consensus document covering diagnosis and management of the disorder in both adults and children. This paper focuses on diagnosis of this disorder. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Gompels MM,Lock RJ

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The protein kynureninase (KYNU) has recently been reported to participate in the pathological processes of various diseases. AIM:To explore the expression and the biological function of KYNU in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC). METHODS:Expression of KYNU in cSCC cell lines and tissues was firstly e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Ci C,Wu C,Lyu D,Chang X,He C,Liu W,Chen L,Ding W

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two leprosy patients with neuritis caused by giant abscesses involving almost the entire ulnar nerve are described. One patient, who also had skin lesions, was diagnosed histopathologically as having borderline tuberculoid leprosy both on skin and nerve biopsy, and the other, with only nerve involvement, belonged to t...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Saxena U,Ramesh V,Misra RS,Mukherjee A

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alopecia areata (AA) is a recurrent, immune-mediated, hair-loss disorder. It is associated with other autoimmune disorders that carry a high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, there is a lack of reports on the association of cardiovascular comorbidities and AA. Cardiac troponin I is a biomarker of myocardi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： El-Sayed Mahmoud Marie R,El-Sayed GAK,Attia FM,Gomaa AHA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial occurrence of Jessner's lymphocytic infiltration of the skin is reported in a father and daughter. A definitive diagnosis of Jessner's disease was greatly facilitated by the presence of large numbers of plasmacytoid monocytes within the dermal infiltrates in both patients. A role for skin-directed lymphocyte ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Toonstra I,van der Putte SC,de la Faille HB,van Vloten WA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS)/drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is characterized by late disease onset, fever, rash, hepatic dysfunction, haematological abnormalities, lymphadenopathy and often, human herpesvirus (HHV) reactivation. The diagnosis of DIHS is ba...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Teraki Y,Shibuya M,Izaki S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, a new population of IL-17-producing CD4 T helper (Th) cells, named Th17, was identified and shown to be involved in various inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis. AIM:To determine the frequency of Th17 cells and related cytokines in peripheral blood of patients with psoriasis, ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chhabra S,Narang T,Joshi N,Goel S,Sawatkar G,Saikia B,Dogra S,Bansal F,Minz R

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact hypersensitivity from topical corticosteroids is becoming increasingly recognized; it is present in 2-5% of the patients attending contact dermatitis clinics. The use of a corticosteroid series containing tixocortal pivalate 1% (petrolatum), to detect hypersensitivity to hydrocortisone, and other steroids 1% (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Wilkinson SM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Azathioprine is used in a variety of dermatological conditions. However, because of its side-effect profile, azathioprine is limited for use in patients with severe disease. An unpredictable, rare and potentially fatal side-effect of azathioprine is the development of a hypersensitivity reaction, often consisting of f...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Knowles SR,Gupta AK,Shear NH,Sauder D

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with Darier's disease was discovered to have persistent, asymptomatic cervical and thoracic spinal hyperostoses after receiving isotretinoin for 7 years. The spinal abnormalities have remained asymptomatic but have now progressed following 4 years of etretinate therapy. The development of skeletal abnormalit...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Archer CB,Elias PM,Lowe NJ,Griffiths WA

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report 20 patients who contracted cutaneous leishmaniasis in Central and South America, 18 of them in Belize. The diagnosis was confirmed by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in 79% of those tested; the corresponding figure for histology was 62%, touch smear 46%, and culture 11%. Results of PCR can be falsely pos...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Palmer RA,Tran D,Hepburn NC,Ashton RE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Malignant melanoma (MM), accounts for around 10% of skin cancers. To date, there have been few data on patient satisfaction with initial management of MM. OBJECTIVE:To identify the predictors of patient satisfaction with initial diagnosis and management of MM. METHODS:Data on 214 patients were collected us...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Sheth N,Sarker SJ,Harries M,Healy C,Russell-Jones R,Acland K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disorder in young, sexually active populations in the USA and Europe. Giant condyloma acuminatum (GCA) is a unique variant of condyloma acuminata, characterized by local aggressive behaviour despite benign histology. It carries a substantial risk of sq...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Erkek E,Basar H,Bozdogan O,Emeksiz MC

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myiasis is a condition resulting from the invasion of tissues or organs of man or animals by the larvae of dipterous flies. The distribution of myiasis is worldwide, with more cases being reported from tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas. The various forms of myiasis may be classified from an entomological...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Delir S,Handjani F,Emad M,Ardehali S

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of an 80-year-old woman who developed extensive cutaneous calcification following intravenous phosphate administration is presented. Also the circumstances under which cutaneous calcification may occur are discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Mills CM,Knight AG

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lichen planus (LP) is an inflammatory disease of the skin and mucous membranes. Autoimmunity has been suggested as a possible cause of this disease. The cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1, COX-2) are the key enzymes in the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), a key product ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： El-Rifaie AA,Rashed LA,Doss RW

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00