Acne in Lom é, Togo: clinical aspects and quality of life of patients
Acne is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the pilosebaceous follicle that mainly affects adolescents and young adults. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) of patients with ac... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - August 22, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Bayaki Saka, Abla S éfako Akakpo, Julienne Noude Téclessou, Abas Mouhari-Toure, Garba Mahamadou, Piham Gnossike, Waguéna Gnassingbé, Aurel Abilogoun-Chokki, Adjalamotom Tawelessi, Koussake Kombaté and Palokinam Pitché Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Expert Consensus on The Management of Dermatophytosis in India (ECTODERM India)
Dermatophytosis management has become an important public health issue, with a large void in research in the area of disease pathophysiology and management. Current treatment recommendations appear to lose the... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - July 24, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Murlidhar Rajagopalan, Arun Inamadar, Asit Mittal, Autar K. Miskeen, C. R. Srinivas, Kabir Sardana, Kiran Godse, Krina Patel, Madhu Rengasamy, Shivaprakash Rudramurthy and Sunil Dogra Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Persistence rates and medical costs of biological therapies for psoriasis treatment in Japan: a real-world data study using a claims database
Biological therapies (BTs) including infliximab (IFX), adalimumab (ADL), secukinumab (SCK) and ustekinumab (UST) are approved in Japan for the treatment of psoriasis. Although the persistence rates and medical... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - July 11, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Rosarin Sruamsiri, Kosuke Iwasaki, Wentao Tang and J örg Mahlich Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Real-world health outcomes in adults with moderate-to-severe psoriasis in the United States: a population study using electronic health records to examine patient-perceived treatment effectiveness, medication use, and healthcare resource utilization
Little is known regarding real-world health outcomes data among US psoriasis patients, but electronic health records (EHR) that collect structured data at point-of-care may provide opportunities to investigate... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - June 28, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: April W. Armstrong, Shonda A. Foster, Brian S. Comer, Chen-Yen Lin, William Malatestinic, Russel Burge and Orin Goldblum Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Elucidating mechanistic insights into drug action for atopic dermatitis: a systems biology approach
Topical Betamethasone (BM) and Pimecrolimus (PC) are widely used drugs in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (AD). Though the biomolecules and biological pathways affected by the drugs are known, the causal in... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - February 7, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Indhupriya Subramanian, Vivek K. Singh and Abhay Jere Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Can an app supporting psoriasis patients improve adherence to topical treatment? A single-blind randomized controlled trial
Topical corticosteroid or corticosteroid/calcipotriol preparations are recommended first-line topical treatments of psoriasis, but a main cause for the lack of efficacy of topical treatments is considered low ... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - February 7, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Mathias Tiedemann Svendsen, Flemming Andersen, Kirsten Hammond Andersen and Klaus Ejner Andersen Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
A novel PLEC nonsense homozygous mutation (c.7159G > T; p.Glu2387*) causes epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy and diffuse alopecia: a case report
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD; OMIM #226670) is an autosomal recessive disease, characterized mainly by skin blistering at birth or shortly thereafter, progressive muscle weakne... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - January 20, 2018 Category: Dermatology Authors: Zoe Argyropoulou, Lu Liu, Linda Ozoemena, Claudia C. Branco, Raquel Senra, Ângela Reis-Rego and Luisa Mota-Vieira Tags: Case report Source Type: research
A case report of erythroderma in a patient with borderline leprosy on reversal reaction: a result of the exacerbated reaction?
Erythroderma is characterized by erythema and scaling affecting more than 90% of the body surface area. Inflammatory, neoplastic and, more rarely, infectious diseases may culminate with erythroderma. Diagnosis... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - December 20, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Denis Miyashiro, Ana Paula Vieira, Maria Angela Bianconcini Trindade, Jo ão Avancini, José Antonio Sanches and Gil Benard Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Composite hemangioendothelioma of the forehead and right eye; a case report
Hemangioendothelioma includes several types of vascular neoplasms, as well as both benign and malignant growth. (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - December 12, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Ghasem Rahmatpour Rokni, Fatemeh Montazer, Mahnaz Sharifian and Mohamad Goldust Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Assessment of the effects of skin microneedling as adjuvant therapy for facial melasma: a pilot study
Melasma is a common chronic and relapsing acquired dyschromia. Skin microneedling was reported resulting sustained long-term improvement of recalcitrant melasma, however, the exact mechanism that promotes this... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - November 28, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Emerson V. A. Lima, Mariana Modesto D. A. Lima, Mauricio Pedreira Paix ão and Hélio Amante Miot Tags: Research article Source Type: research
BAP1: case report and insight into a novel tumor suppressor
BRCA1-Associated-Protein 1 (BAP1) is a dynamic tumor suppressor which, when mutated, has been associated with an increased risk of uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma, mesothelioma, and several other cancers. G... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - November 22, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Kanad Ghosh, Badri Modi, William D. James and Brian C. Capell Tags: Case report Source Type: research
Daylight photodynamic therapy versus cryosurgery for the treatment and prophylaxis of actinic keratoses of the face − protocol of a multicenter, prospective, randomized, controlled, two-armed study
Photodynamic therapy with daylight (DL-PDT) is efficacious in treating actinic keratosis (AK), but the efficacy of field-directed, repetitive DL-PDT for the treatment and prophylaxis of AK in photodamaged faci... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - October 25, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: E. Kohl, M. Koller, F. Zeman, R.-M. Szeimies, W. G. Philipp-Dormston, W. Prager, P. A. Gerber and S. Karrer Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
Rationale and Design of the Brigham Cohort for psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis registry (COPPAR)
Psoriasis (PsO) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are related conditions with poorly defined transition among them, risk factors for progression, complex treatment algorithms, and biomarkers for treatment response... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - August 16, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Maria Schneeweiss, Joseph F. Merola, Elizabeth W. Karlson and Daniel H. Solomon Tags: Study protocol Source Type: research
Prevalence of head lice infestation and pediculicidal effect of permethrine shampoo in primary school girls in a low-income area in southeast of Iran
This study ... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - July 24, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Moussa Soleimani-Ahmadi, Seyed Aghil Jaberhashemi, Mehdi Zare and Alireza Sanei-Dehkordi Source Type: research
Variation of mutant allele frequency in NRAS Q61 mutated melanomas
Somatic mutations of BRAF or NRAS activating the MAP kinase cell signaling pathway are present in 70% of cutaneous melanomas. The mutant allele frequency of BRAF V600E (M%BRAF) was recently shown to be highly het... (Source: BMC Dermatology)
Source: BMC Dermatology - July 1, 2017 Category: Dermatology Authors: Zofia H élias-Rodzewicz, Elisa Funck-Brentano, Nathalie Terrones, Alain Beauchet, Ute Zimmermann, Cristi Marin, Philippe Saiag and Jean-François Emile Source Type: research
