Osteoporosis in health and disease: a dermatologist's perspective.

abstract：:This article addresses pigmentary disorders relevant to India. Many of these disorders are easily spotted because of the Indians' darker complexion. The authors examine hypopigmentary and hyperpigmentary disorders, defining the main characteristics of each and their relevance to the people of India, including social a...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Pasricha JS,Khaitan BK,Dash S

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many genodermatoses have distinct oral features that may help identify or confirm a genetic diagnosis. Oral features of the disorders described here are summarized in Table 1. These conditions provide clear examples of rapid progress in the field of genetic technology relevant to patient care. Less than a decade ago, ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Hand JL,Rogers RS 3rd

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The unique properties of lasers create an enormous potential for specific therapy of skin diseases. As with any new device, the most efficacious and appropriate use requires an understanding of the mechanisms of light interaction with tissue as well as the properties of the laser itself. Modification of current lasers...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Nelson JS

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rituximab is a chimeric, murine-human, monoclonal antibody against the CD20 antigen of B lymphocytes. It has been used off-label to treat and manage autoimmune and dermatologic diseases as an alternative or adjuvant therapy to systemic treatments. Due to cost, potential complications, and lack of data rituximab is use...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Daniel BS,Murrell DF,Joly P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma vaccines represent a novel and potentially effective method of slowing the progression of melanoma. This article discusses the importance in the design of vaccines for melanoma, the relative advantages and disadvantages of this approach, and summarizes the results of the most important clinical trials conduct...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Bystryn JC

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contact dermatitis in the United States poses a significant public health concern. This article provides a definition of contact dermatitis and its associated risk factors. The authors discuss the epidemiology of occupational contact dermatitis including its incidence and prevalence, and describe how estimates are cal...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Cashman MW,Reutemann PA,Ehrlich A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinoid syndrome and its clinical manifestations have been discussed. The standard laboratory test for making that diagnosis is urinary 5-HIAA levels but newer, more sensitive tests may also be available. ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Farmer KL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress is an abnormal or extreme adjustment in the physiology of an animal to cope with adverse effects of its environment and management. The adverse effect is designated the stressor. In this article, the authors try to focus on the main types of host factors that can influence stress (genetics, perception) and on t...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Panconesi E,Hautmann G

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients who present with concerns that they suffer from sexually transmitted infection frequently suffer from other problems. Occasionally it is simply not enough just to demonstrate that the patient has no evidence of sexually transmitted disease, but it is important to diagnose the cause of their symptoms and to re...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Harris JR

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hair transplantation has developed into a refined art in the past 30 years. Refined techniques and instruments, appreciation of properly placed hairlines, better methods of harvesting donor grafts, and better cutting materials in punches have significantly improved results in one of the most frequently performed cosme...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Knowles WR

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the Mohs technique is most often applied to moderate and large lesions, with appropriate modifications it can also be applied to massive lesions. Reconstructive procedures after resection of large defects are also discussed. ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Mattox DE,Skouge JW

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solitary pink lesions can pose a particular challenge to dermatologists because they may be almost or completely featureless clinically and dermoscopically, previously requiring biopsy to exclude malignancy. However, these lesions usually are not particularly challenging histopathologically. Thus, the incorporation of...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Gill M,González S

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:If one looks at the development of most drugs, it becomes evident that an extended period of time is necessary before the proper use and full range of activities of the drug in treating human disease become apparent. In many cases, initial treatment failures are due to faulty expectations as well as inadequate dosing ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Falanga V

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many substances have historically been used to address facial soft tissue defects. Currently in the United States autologous fat and injectable bovine collagen are the most commonly utilized injectable fillers. Additionally, the judicious application of BOTOX in the upper face as well as neck has all but revolutionize...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Klein AW,Wexler P,Carruthers A,Carruthers J

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work described in this article reveals a remarkable lack of consensus as to whether percutaneous absorption changes as humans grow older. The data that have been recorded point to possible significant alterations in the barrier function with age. The importance of these observations with respect to dermatopharmaco...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Roskos KV,Guy RH,Maibach HI

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author reviews published papers on human hair growth in nude mice. There is evidence from various sources indicating that grafting of human scalp onto nude mice does not modify significantly morphogenesis, hair follicle structure and function, and composition of the newly grown hair fiber. On the basis of personal...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Neste DV

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic drugs or ingestants may affect the nails. Changes vary from asymptomatic growth rate changes and pigmentation abnormalities to nail shedding and permanent deformity. The former two changes are most common. Presented are changes in nails caused by antibiotics, cancer chemotherapeutic drugs, poisons and ingesta...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Daniel CR 3rd,Scher RK

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article, rather than presenting an overview of all available antifungal agents, has provided an update on new information about older agents, as well as evolving information about new agents, including those currently undergoing clinical trials. Among the azoles, ketoconazole will continue to be used as a major a...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Lesher JL Jr

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer is reaching epidemic levels in the United States. Recent advances in the understanding of the pathophysiology of melanoma have allowed improved risk stratification in the revised American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) criteria, new tests to capture patients at higher risk than their stage may indicate, ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Tracey EH,Vij A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the basic principles in the investigation of suspected contact dermatitis is always to test with the patient's "own" product or chemical, the one to which he or she was actually exposed. An equally basic second principle is not to rely solely on a positive test reaction. The author discusses a case of contact d...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Calnan CD

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article contains a potpurri of surgically related stratagems, alternative techniques, and philosophies. These surgical pearls have been selected for their simplicity, usefulness, and applicability. ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Salasche SJ,Winton GB,Adnot J

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of the dissecting stereomicroscope during hair transplant graft dissection has been advocated as a means of reducing hair follicle transection and improving graft growth. The study evaluated the prevalence of hair follicle transection in grafts prepared with and without the dissecting stereomicroscope. Approximate...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Cooley JE,Vogel JE

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermatologists helped to develop the specialty of liposuction surgery and contributed to many of the innovations and instrumentation in this field. Dermatologists were trained side by side with other cosmetic surgeons as the procedure was introduced into the United States. Dermatologists have been important in teachin...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Newman J

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calciphylaxis is defined by the presence of calcium deposits within the wall of small and medium-sized vessels. It is classically considered a life-threatening disease in patients with end-stage renal disease under dialysis. Clinically, it is characterized by the presence of painful plaques surrounded by a reticulate ...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Daudén E,Oñate MJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Nail clipping is a simple technique for diagnosis of several nail unit dermatoses. This article summarizes the practical approach, utility, and histologic findings of a nail clipping in evaluation of onychomycosis, nail unit psoriasis, onychomatricoma, subungual hematoma, melanonychia, and nail cosmetics, and the for...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Stephen S,Tosti A,Rubin AI

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excising cancer in successive layers and examining the entire underside of each layer in the microscope by the systematic use of frozen sections ensure eradication of the neoplasm, including its "silent" outgrowths, and this is accomplished with the maximal sparing of normal tissue. Fresh-tissue micrographic surgery i...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Mohs FE

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to be considered an ectodermal dysplasia, a disorder should meet the following criteria: it must be congenital; it must be diffuse (not localized) and must involve the epidermis as well as at least one of its appendages; and it must not be progressive. Included is a discussion of some well-documented, as well...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Solomon LM,Cook B,Klipfel W

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objectively evaluating disease activity in autoimmune bullous disease (AIBD) is important in terms of the clinical assessment of patients and as an outcome measure for clinical trials. Measures need to be general enough to capture the issues specific to each of the bullous dermatoses but specific enough to capture any...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Sebaratnam DF,Murrell DF

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human herpesviruses and human papillomaviruses are ubiquitous and may cause an array of oral disease. Herpesviruses are unique because recurrent localized disease occurs after the primary infection. Human papillomaviruses are known for their ability to produce benign epithelial proliferations and increasingly are impl...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Miller CS

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rothmund-Thomson syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterized by poikilodermatous skin changes that appear in infancy. The inheritance is autosomal recessive. Patients exhibit variable features including skeletal abnormalities, juvenile cataracts, and a higher-than-expected incidence of malignancy. This article...

journal_title：Dermatologic clinics

authors： Vennos EM,James WD

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00