Role of intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid: analysis of current data.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) are genetically linked to two alleles of the HLA subgroup, and circulating antibodies were found in first-degree relatives of these patients, thus showing genetic predisposition. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to determine the occurrence of circulating true PV-IgG in patient...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Brandsen R,Frusic-Zlotkin M,Lyubimov H,Yunes F,Michel B,Tamir A,Milner Y,Brenner S

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Treatment guidelines are lacking for classic Kaposi sarcoma. OBJECTIVE:We sought to review the evidence on efficacy of treatments for classic Kaposi sarcoma. METHODS:Articles published in English or French in MEDLINE, Trip, Cochrane Library, and Pascal databases from 1980 to December 2010 were screened. St...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Régnier-Rosencher E,Guillot B,Dupin N

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratosis follicularis spinulosa decalvans is a rare, X-linked disorder affecting both the skin and eyes. There are few reports about this entity. The aim of this report is to describe 2 brothers with progressive scarring alopecia of the scalp, hypotrichosis with follicular prominence of the eyelashes, and extensive k...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Alfadley A,Al Hawsawi K,Hainau B,Al Aboud K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct immunofluorescence microscopy was positive in 88% of forty-one skin biopsy specimens from thirty-four patients with the clinical diagnosis of erythema multiforme. The most common finding, present in 67% of positive specimens, was the cytoid body, or fluorescent keratinocyte, which stained most often with IgM (h...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Finan MC,Schroeter AL

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the prevalence of androgenetic alopecia among men, little is known about its psychological effects. OBJECTIVE:This investigation examined the psychosocial sequelae that balding men attribute to hair loss and compared balding and nonbalding men in personality functioning. METHODS:Subjects included 6...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Cash TF

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma erysipelatodes, also known as inflammatory metastatic carcinoma, is a type of cutaneous metastatic disease. We describe a 64-year-old woman with metastatic breast carcinoma who presented with a blistering erythematous eruption resembling erysipelas with formation of vesicles and bullae. She was found to have...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Meadows KP,Egan CA

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Actinic keratosis is a skin lesion that can progress to squamous cell carcinoma but cannot always be clinically distinguished from a squamous cell carcinoma. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical presentation of actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma. METHODS:The author's...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Moy RL

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with cutaneous melanoma metastases have experienced excellent responses to intralesional interleukin (IL)-2. This has led to its recent inclusion into the US National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines for management of cutaneous melanoma metastases. Despite this, intralesional IL-2 has not bee...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Shi VY,Tran K,Patel F,Leventhal J,Konia T,Fung MA,Wilken R,Garcia MS,Fitzmaurice SD,Joo J,Monjazeb AM,Burrall BA,King B,Martinez S,Christensen SD,Maverakis E

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In infantile seborrheic dermatitis (ISD) several different pathogenetic mechanisms have been proposed. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to investigate the importance of essential fatty acids (EFAs) and their metabolites in the origin of ISD. METHODS:The serum EFA patterns of 30 children with ISD, 1 t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Tollesson A,Frithz A,Berg A,Karlman G

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Differentiation between seborrheic keratosis (SK) and skin cancers may be difficult. Reflectance confocal microscopy (RCM) enables noninvasive assessment of skin neoplasms at cellular-level resolution. OBJECTIVE:We sought to describe RCM features of SK and to correlate these RCM findings with dermoscopic st...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ahlgrimm-Siess V,Cao T,Oliviero M,Laimer M,Hofmann-Wellenhof R,Rabinovitz HS,Scope A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pachyonychia congenita is a rare genetic disorder classified in clinical subtypes. Late onset of the disease has recently been described and designated as pachyonychia congenita tarda. A patient in whom typical manifestations of pachyonychia congenita appeared at the age of 39 years is described. This report substanti...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Mouaci-Midoun N,Cambiaghi S,Abimelec P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Necrolytic migratory erythema (NME) is an uncommon inflammatory dermatosis with a distinct clinical and histologic appearance. NME is usually associated with glucagonoma. Only a few cases of NME in the absence of glucagonoma have been previously reported. OBJECTIVE:We sought to understand further the pathog...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Marinkovich MP,Botella R,Datloff J,Sangueza OP

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interleukin 4 is one of many cytokines under investigation about its possible role in the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. Transient acantholytic dermatosis is of uncertain origin. It has not previously been linked to drug ingestion and is generally not believed to have an immunologic basis. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Mahler SJ,De Villez RL,Pulitzer DR

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retinoids have been investigated extensively as chemopreventive and therapeutic agents in a variety of neoplasms. They have been shown to inhibit the proliferation of transformed cell lines in vitro and transplanted tumors in vivo. In cultured murine melanoma cells, retinoids inhibit proliferation and induce diffe...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Meyskens FL Jr,Edwards L,Levine NS

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Poikiloderma" is a morphologic and descriptive term referring to a combination of cutaneous atrophy, telangiectasia, and varied macular pigmentary changes that result in a mottled skin appearance. Its etiology includes both congenital and acquired causes. Many studies have reported different causes of acquired poikil...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Nofal A,Salah E

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the origin of civilization the pursuit of beauty has exemplified the highest order of the human being's quest for achievement, and from the beginning, this pursuit has focused, in part, on perfecting the human form. Freed from much of the time-consuming burden of attending to elemental needs, the present generati...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Basler RS

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with HIV and AIDS are living longer because of advancements in antiretroviral therapy. These patients are often susceptible to debilitating inflammatory disorders that are refractory to standard treatment. We discuss the relationship of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and HIV and then review 27 published cases of...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Gallitano SM,McDermott L,Brar K,Lowenstein E

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Technological advance in society and medicine has brought tremendous improvements and convenience but also a degree of depersonalization. The personal and pastoral aspects of medical practice, which are probably more important in helping patients toward health than we realize, are becoming increasingly stifled by heal...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Gibbs S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Erythema induratum of Bazin is a mostly lobular panniculitis. There is considerable controversy in the literature about whether or not vasculitis is a histopathologic requirement to establish the diagnosis of erythema induratum of Bazin. Even accepting vasculitis as a histopathologic criterion, there is no a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Segura S,Pujol RM,Trindade F,Requena L

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mature psoriatic lesion does not necessarily demonstrate changes relevant to early phases of the lesion. OBJECTIVE:In a model for relapsing psoriasis we examined the epidermal phenotype by means of a panel of immunohistochemical parameters: keratins 14 and 16, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), Ki...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Castelijns FA,Gerritsen MJ,van Vlijmen-Willems IM,van Erp PE,van de Kerkhof PC

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastasis to the skin from cervical carcinoma is relatively uncommon. Herein we present a 41-year-old woman with a history of cervical carcinoma with severe facial erythematous swelling and telangiectasia. She was initially treated for cellulitis without improvement. A skin biopsy specimen revealed widespread intrava...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Yang HI,Lee MC,Kuo TT,Hong HS

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulsed dye laser treatment and other cosmetic procedures result in significant bruising. Claims have been made regarding the efficacy of topical vitamin K in both preventing and speeding the clearing of bruising; however, well-controlled studies are lacking. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to evaluat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Shah NS,Lazarus MC,Bugdodel R,Hsia SL,He J,Duncan R,Baumann L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Even with the addition of dermoscopy, a significant morphologic overlap exists between irritated seborrheic keratosis (ISK) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to investigate the dermoscopic criteria that could serve as potent predictors for the differential diagnosis betw...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Papageorgiou C,Spyridis I,Manoli SM,Busila I,Nasturica IE,Lallas K,Panagopoulou A,Papadimitriou I,Sideris N,Gentsidi T,Gonzalez-Cuevas R,Ilieva A,Ioannides D,Apalla Z,Lallas A

更新日期：2020-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of combination therapy with topical corticosteroids and tacrolimus in the treatment of atopic dermatitis remains to be established. OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine whether a regimen of sequential application of topical corticosteroids and topical tacrolimus is effective in the treatment of p...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kubota Y,Yoneda K,Nakai K,Katsuura J,Moriue T,Matsuoka Y,Miyamoto I,Ohya Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Incontinentia pigmenti is a rare genodermatosis of unknown etiology. A female infant with features typical of this disease was found to have basophils in early vesicular lesions. Mediators from these cells may be responsible for the accumulation of eosinophils in these lesions. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Schmalstieg FC,Jorizzo JL,Tschen J,Subrt P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with atypical histologic and immunohistochemical findings in nevi after cryotherapy are reported. Patient 1, a 32-year-old white woman, presented to our cancer center with two changing moles that had been treated with liquid nitrogen therapy by her primary care provider. After cryotherapy, these two lesio...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Adeniran AJ,Prieto VG,Chon S,Duvic M,Diwan AH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subungual Bowen's disease and squamous cell carcinoma are not as rare as has been implied by earlier literature. The course of the lesions is protracted. Clinically the diseases may mimic onychomycosis, chronic paronychia, eczema, verruca vulgaris, pyogenic granuloma, subungual exostosis, or malignant melanoma. Histol...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Mikhail GR

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few data exist on the relationship between psoriasis and melanocytic lesions. OBJECTIVES:We sought to investigate number of melanocytic nevi in psoriatic patients compared with control subjects and its relationship with disease severity and treatment. METHODS:We performed a prospective study in 189 psoriat...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Di Cesare A,Riitano A,Suppa M,Fidanza R,Zangrilli A,Esposito M,Fargnoli MC,Chimenti S,Peris K

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 28-month-old boy had firm, red nodules for 4 months that were mostly localized to the face. The eruption was preceded by conjunctivitis, eyelid edema, and swelling of the root of the nose. He also had dyspnea, anisocoria with areflexia, swelling of the parotid glands, and hepatosplenomegaly. A bone marrow aspirate s...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Caputo R,Grimalt R,Ermacora E,Cavicchini S,Portaleone D

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nail-patella syndrome (NPS) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect, which may be associated with, or closely linked to, the locus controlling palmar and plantar hyperhidrosis (HH). A clinical review of a family with NPS involving six generations was performed. Data were accumulated by personal examination and analysi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Pechman KJ,Bergfeld WF

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00