'I saw it on Facebook!' Assessing the influence of social media on patient presentation to a melanoma screening clinic.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acne vulgaris is a common chronic skin disease. Inflammation is an important pathogenetic mechanism of acne, and NLRP3 polymorphisms have been reported to be involved in the mediation and occurrence of the inflammation. However, only a few studies on NLRP3 and acne have been reported, and the mechanism remai...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Shen C,Wang QZ,Shen ZY,Yuan HY,Yu WJ,Chen XD,Xu H

更新日期：2019-03-01 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：:Despite scarring being a recognized sequel of acne, the actual extent and incidence of residual scarring remains unknown. One hundred and eighty-five acne patients were included in this study (101 females, 84 males). Patients were selected from acne clinics and their acne scarring was examined. The scarring was quanti...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Layton AM,Henderson CA,Cunliffe WJ

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telangiectatic leg veins (TLV) are experienced by millions of women and men. As they cause significant cosmetic embarrassment, many women seek effective treatment. Options include sclerotherapy and treatment with different lasers. We investigated the safety and efficacy of an 810-nm diode laser in the treatment of TLV...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Varma S,Lanigan SW

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) in a black infant presenting with symmetrical depigmented macules on the face resembling vitiligo. NLE is a rare condition affecting newborn infants of mothers who have connective tissue disease, with or without autoantibodies to extractable nuclear antigens Ro (...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Jenkins RE,Kurwa AR,Atherton DJ,Black MM

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sensitive skin (SS) is a widespread condition, but still not completely understood. To identify risk factors that increase the likelihood of SS, 258 women aged between 20 and 65 years old and resident in the Netherlands were surveyed by questionnaire, which included questions on sociodemographic characteristics (age g...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Falcone D,Richters RJH,Uzunbajakava NE,van Erp PEJ,van de Kerkhof PCM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incipient osteomalacia developed in a Pakistani patient living in the UK after strict sunlight avoidance forming part of the management of the photosensitivity disorder, chronic actinic dermatitis. The patient's skin type and diet, which included calcium-binding phytates in chappattis, had increased his risk of the co...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Kapur N,Creamer D,Hawk J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a patient with multiple leiomyomas confined to the left cheek, giving rise to an unusual clinical presentation of this condition. The lesions were cosmetically disfiguring and, because of their exposed location, were particularly painful in the winter months. The treatment of this condition is discussed. ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Tatnall FM,Leigh IM

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：:A case of Bowen's disease is described in which striking quantities of amyloid were detected in the papillary dermis visualized easily by routine haematoxylin and eosin staining. The material showed positive labelling with an antikeratin monoclonal antibody consistent with the proposed origin of the amyloid as degener...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Speight EL,Milne DS,Lawrence CM

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retrospective study was made of the incidence of cutaneous melanoma among the population of the district of Rijeka (Croatia) during the period 1977-96. A total of 397 patients with cutaneous melanoma was documented during this period. Over the 20-year period the incidence of the tumour increased, the mean annual rat...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Zamolo G,Gruber F,Jonjić A,Cabrijan L,Palle M,Grubisić-Greblo H

更新日期：2000-01-01 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

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：:Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare congenital disorder, mainly characterized by postnatal growth retardation, intellectual disability, and facial and limb abnormalities. Although not considered as characteristic manifestations, numerous cutaneous anomalies have also been reported in patients with RSTS while th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Wang L,Deng Y,Zhou XL,Ma JJ,Li W

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three cases of chondrodermatitis nodularis helicis (CDNH) in patients with the limited form of systemic sclerosis are described. Two of the three cases were noted during regular follow-up visits and the third case was found as part of a survey of the 21 other patients with systemic sclerosis routinely seen in the depa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Bottomley WW,Goodfield MD

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interferons are molecules with antiviral effects, which have been used for the treatment of verruca for many years. AIMS:To determine if sublesional interferon (IFN)-alpha injection offers an effective alternative treatment for common warts. METHODS:We compared the results of single-dose sublesional IFN ap...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Aksakal AB,Ozden MG,Atahan C,Onder M

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is caused by mutations in the COL7A1 gene encoding type VII collagen, the major component of anchoring fibrils. The characteristic genetic lesion in dominant DEB (DDEB) is a glycine substitution in the collagenous domain of the protein. In this study, we identified a Chinese fami...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Zhang XJ,Song YX,Zhang XQ,Yang S,Li M,Li CR,Yang CJ,Yang J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acne vulgaris is a common skin problem that affects up to 90% of adolescents. Colonization of the duct with Propionibacterium species is one of the factors implicated in the development of acne. Owing to the increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance, there has been an greater interest in the development ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yung A,Stables GI,Fernandez C,Williams J,Bojar RA,Goulden V

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mortality from malignant melanoma (MM) has increased in Chile in the past decade. The location of MM lesions on the body has been correlated with prognosis and survival. AIM:To review body site and gender relationships with histopathologically confirmed primary MM in Chile. METHODS:Records of 575 cases pre...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Zemelman V,Roa J,Tagle SR,Valenzuela CY

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) is a rare heritable blistering skin condition caused by loss-of-function mutations in the COL7A1 gene. Incongruent gene transmission is occasionally reported in recessive diseases, and its underlying mechanism is often uniparental disomy (UPD). AIM:To unders...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Lee M,Xu G,Wang K,Wang H,Zhang J,Tang Z,Lin Z,Yang Y

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two patients with newly diagnosed dermatoses localizing to the radiotherapy field following treatment for breast cancer. Patient 1 was a 53-year-old woman who developed bullous morphoea on her left breast two years after radiotherapy. Patient 2 was a 43-year-old woman who developed urticaria pigmentosa on ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Hellen R,Kiely C,Murad A,Mulligan N,Coffey J,Lenane P,Moloney FJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 29-year-old white woman who presented with oral involvement and subsequently developed severe and extensive laryngeal involvement with mucous membrane pemphigoid. She could not tolerate systemic corticosteroids due to side-effects. Dapsone improved only the oral disease, but the laryngeal disease remained ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Gürcan HM,Ahmed AR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple cutaneous and uterine leiomyomata (MCL) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by the development of benign smooth muscle tumours (leiomyomas) in the skin and uterus of affected women, and in the skin of affected men. In rare cases, MCL has been associated with a predisposition to the rare type II pa...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Chuang GS,Martinez-Mir A,Engler DE,Gmyrek RF,Zlotogorski A,Christiano AM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Common unifying features of the subepidermal blistering diseases are the presence of tense blisters clinically and demonstration by immunofluorescence of linear deposition of immunoreactants along the dermoepidermal junction. Further characterization of subtype is possible by identification of the target antigen by im...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Rao R,Bhogal B,Groves R

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 71-year-old woman with vitiligo developed multiple actinic keratoses only on the vitiligo skin of sun-exposed areas. She had worked outdoors as a farmer for a long period. Although actinic skin cancers arising on vitiligo skin have rarely been reported, the present case demonstrates that vitiligo skin is more suscep...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Yashiro K,Nakagawa T,Takaiwa T,Inai M

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：:Tetracyclines, including doxycycline, are widely used drugs that form an integral part of daily prescribing, and serious adverse reactions (SARs) are rarely reported. The frequency of hypoglycaemia complicating tetracycline treatment remains unknown, and is not a recognized complication. We describe an 80-year-old man...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Tan CH,Shelley C,Harman KE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Renbök phenomenon (or Inverse Köbner phenomenon) describes how the emergence of one skin condition inhibits another skin condition. The term was first coined in 1991 by Happle et al. to describe retained hair growth localised to psoriatic plaques in a patient with coexisting psoriasis and alopecia areata (AA). Sub...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Nemazee L,Harries M

更新日期：2020-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many antihistamines are now in clinical use, few studies directly compare their pharmacodynamic and sedative activities in humans in vivo. We designed a double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study to compare the inhibitory effects of bepotastine, cetirizine, fexofenadine, and olopatadine on histamine-in...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental dermatology

authors： Takahashi H,Ishida-Yamamoto A,Iizuka H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00