Obsessive-compulsive disorder in patients with chronic pruritic conditions: case studies and discussion.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that ultraviolet (UV) A1 phototherapy is an effective treatment for localized scleroderma (LS); however, the optimum UVA1 dose remains to be determined. OBJECTIVE:We sought to compare the immediate and long-term efficacy of low- versus medium-dose UVA1 phototherapy for plaque-type LS....

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Sator PG,Radakovic S,Schulmeister K,Hönigsmann H,Tanew A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous disease is common in patients infected with HIV-1. OBJECTIVE:The aim of our study was to identify cutaneous markers associated with HIV-1 infection and disease progression as measured by Walter Reed (WR) stage. METHODS:For 42 months we have observed 912 HIV-1-positive patients in all WR stages. A...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Smith KJ,Skelton HG,Yeager J,Ledsky R,McCarthy W,Baxter D,Turiansky GW,Wagner KF,Turianski G

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Australia's first dedicated photodermatology clinic was established at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in 1993. OBJECTIVE:We sought to review clinical diagnoses and results of investigations performed on patients seen at this institution. METHODS:A database was created to enable a retrospective and prospec...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Crouch RB,Foley PA,Baker CS

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, our understanding of adipose tissue physiology and function has undergone an enormous transformation. Once considered a passive storage receptacle with a fixed number of cells and limited purpose, adipose tissue is now recognized as a complicated organ with important endocrine and metabolic functions....

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Avram MM,Avram AS,James WD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The twin goals of long-term disease control and minimizing toxicities related to immunosuppression necessitate efforts to find effective steroid-sparing agents in the management of patients with autoimmune bullous diseases. Pemphigus especially requires a long view, because the disease can persist throughout...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： McCarty M,Fivenson D

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We discuss a metastatic dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans on the occiput of a 53-year-old man whose initial tumor appeared on his forehead 23 years previously. The pathology of the tumor that recurred at the initial site was fibrosarcomatous dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans, whereas the metastatic tumor was a pigmented d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kabumoto T,Fujiwara H,Kariya N,Tsujimoto T,Ito K,Ito M,Kobayashi H

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Primary prevention of skin cancer must start early in life to reduce total life-time sun exposure and severe overexposure in childhood. Childhood is an excellent time to form life-long prevention habits. A school-based curriculum can be an effective prevention strategy. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to determin...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Buller DB,Buller MK,Beach B,Ertl G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Highly variable results of topical diphenylcyclopropenone (DPCP) in the treatment of alopecia areata have been reported so far. OBJECTIVE:The purposes of our study were to evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of DPCP in the treatment of chronic, extensive alopecia areata and to assess the long-term overal...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Cotellessa C,Peris K,Caracciolo E,Mordenti C,Chimenti S

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acral lentiginous melanomas compose a higher proportion of melanomas and have a higher mortality in ethnic minorities than in whites. Early detection by acral surface inspection during skin examinations may lead to improved acral lentiginous melanoma outcomes. OBJECTIVE:This study compared patient-reported ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Tsai MS,Chiu MW

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No large studies have defined the best treatment of actinic cheilitis. METHODS:We conducted a systematic review to define the best therapies for actinic cheilitis in clinical response and recurrences. RESULTS:We first identified 444 papers, and 49 were finally considered, including 789 patients and 843 tre...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Lai M,Pampena R,Cornacchia L,Pellacani G,Peris K,Longo C

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI), the most commonly used outcome measure for melasma, has not been validated. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine the reliability and validity of the MASI. METHODS:After standardized training, 6 raters independently rated 21 patients with mild to severe melasma once d...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Pandya AG,Hynan LS,Bhore R,Riley FC,Guevara IL,Grimes P,Nordlund JJ,Rendon M,Taylor S,Gottschalk RW,Agim NG,Ortonne JP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the United States, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is used for a variety of diseases, including those of the skin. An estimate of the prevalence of CAM use among adults with skin disease using the alternative health supplement of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) has been publi...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Fuhrmann T,Smith N,Tausk F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) has enjoyed increasing popularity as an emerging immunosuppressant treatment for various autoimmune dermatologic conditions, including pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine the efficacy and safety of MMF as used in PG. METHODS:A retrospective ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Li J,Kelly R

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A newcomer in the cosmetic market, the tan accelerator, has stimulated much publicity in recent months. We studied the effects of two brands of this product, used according to package instructions, in eighteen healthy volunteers. Readings at 24, 72, 96 hours, and 1 week failed to show augmented tanning. Our study cont...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Jaworsky C,Ratz JL,Dijkstra JW

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatologists frequently are consulted by a pregnant patient or a woman of childbearing age who desires acne therapy. Because there are no published studies in which women took acne medications throughout pregnancy, information about safety must be obtained indirectly from studies in which the agents were taken for a...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Rothman KF,Pochi PE

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized, double-blind comparative study 60 patients with severe, widespread psoriasis were treated either with photochemotherapy (PUVA) alone or in combination with acitretin. Forty-eight patients completed the study; of these, 25 received placebo combined with PUVA and 23 received acitretin with PUVA. Marked ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Tanew A,Guggenbichler A,Hönigsmann H,Geiger JM,Fritsch P

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophilic dermatosis developed in two patients with myelodysplastic syndrome. Biopsy specimens of their skin lesions showed marked infiltration by neutrophils with nuclear anomalies, that is, hyposegmentation (pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly) or hypersegmentation. Peripheral blood and bone marrow neutrophils had similar...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Morioka N,Otsuka F,Nogita T,Igisu K,Urabe A,Ishibashi Y

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several clinical studies have focused on the therapeutic effects of interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) in patients with severe atopic dermatitis (AD), although the dosage of recombinant IFN-gamma (rIFN-gamma), therapeutic schedule, and the degree of clinical improvement were different among studies. Although the e...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Jang IG,Yang JK,Lee HJ,Yi JY,Kim HO,Kim CW,Kim TY

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and efficacy of 0.1% tacrolimus ointment for the treatment of psoriasis on the face, intertriginous areas, or both were evaluated in an open-label, clinical trial of 21 patients with psoriasis. Patients applied 0.1% tacrolimus ointment twice daily for 8 weeks. Efficacy was assessed through the investigator'...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Freeman AK,Linowski GJ,Brady C,Lind L,Vanveldhuisen P,Singer G,Lebwohl M

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reports the cases of two patients in whom a widespread dermatophyte infection mimicked the cutaneous lesions of their underlying collagen vascular disease. Griseofulvin may be associated with an increased incidence of adverse cutaneous reactions in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. One patient w...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Almeida L,Grossman M

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although most patients with cutaneous melanoma are non-Hispanic whites (NHWs), minorities consistently suffer worse melanoma-specific survival (MSS). Much of the literature comes from analyses of registries from the 1990s and 2000s. OBJECTIVE:We sought to evaluate whether and to what degree racial disparity...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Qian Y,Johannet P,Sawyers A,Yu J,Osman I,Zhong J

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Single-institution studies show that frozen section Mohs micrographic surgery (MMS) is an effective treatment modality for cutaneous melanoma, but no multi-institutional studies have been published. OBJECTIVE:To characterize the use of MMS in the treatment of melanoma at 3 academic and 8 private practices t...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Ellison PM,Zitelli JA,Brodland DG

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vulvar melanosis is a condition in which intensely pigmented irregular macules, clinically mimicking malignant melanoma, appear on the vulva. A biopsy specimen shows only marked lower epidermal pigmentation without any melanocytic atypia or nesting. The process is benign, and reassurance is the only treatment. ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Rudolph RI

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Finasteride, a type II 5alpha-reductase inhibitor, reduces scalp and serum dihydrotestosterone and has been shown to be effective in men with androgenetic alopecia (AGA). OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of finasteride on scalp hair weight in men with AGA. METHODS:Sixty-six m...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Price VH,Menefee E,Sanchez M,Ruane P,Kaufman KD

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoids, synthetic vitamin A analogs, stimulate mucous metaplasia and gap-junction proliferation in embryonic and neoplastic epidermis. Such effects demonstrate that vitamin A has potent effects on epidermal differentiation. Oddly, however, retinoid action in normal postnatal tissues, where these drugs are used clin...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Elias PM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma was introduced in the early 1990s as a minimally invasive method of identifying and pathologically staging regional lymph node basins in patients with clinical stage I/II melanoma. Numerous large trials have demonstrated that sentinel lymph node evaluation has utility ...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Stebbins WG,Garibyan L,Sober AJ

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Twenty-six lymph node biopsy specimens from twenty-three patients with Sézary syndrome were microscopically evaluated and compared with nodal specimens from six patients with pre-Sézary syndrome and four control patients with dermatopathic lymphadenopathy. Three phases of nodal involvement by cerebriform lymphocytes w...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Buzzanga J,Banks PM,Winkelmann RK

更新日期：1984-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carcinoma of the cervix is a common neoplasm, which annually affects 50,000 women in the United States. When cervical carcinoma metastasizes, it most often involves the lung, bone, and liver; only rarely does it metastasize to the skin. We describe a patient with previously diagnosed carcinoma of the cervix who presen...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Kagen MH,Ruhl KK,Aghajanian C,Myskowski PL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 7-week-old male infant with a seizure disorder and an extensive sebaceous nevus of the scalp was examined. Computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan identified an intracerebral mass which proved to be a hamartomatous malofrmation fo the brain. The association of intracranial masses with sebaceous nevi should be recog...

journal_title：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

authors： Moskowitz R,Honig PJ

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00