Chadha, Simran A Stout, Molly A Goyal, Parul Kathuria Nguyen, Cuong V Lu, Kurt Q
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The diagnosis and management of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) varies greatly between providers, often resulting in gaps in care including diagnostic delays and poor outcomes. As dermatologists strive to improve HS management, understanding patient perspectives is key. This study aims to characterize existing gaps in HS care as understood through pa...
Kedia, Anushka Ranugha, P S S Chethana, Gurumurthy Santhebachalli Kanthraj, Garehatty Rudrappa
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Dermatological emergency is defined as any urgent/immediate care. Dermatological conditions compromise about 5-8% of all cases presenting to the emergency department. A grading system can help dermatologist's and allied medical personnel to triage a patient accordingly. Currently no severity grading for dermatological emergencies is available. All ...
Chen, LiangHong Wu, Yan Sun, Yan Qiao, Shuai Xiao, BiHuan Wang, JingYu An, Qian Gao, XingHua
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Verruca vulgaris is always stubborn to treat. We applied a new combined therapy of local recombinant human interferon alpha 1b (rhIFNα1b) injection plus acupuncture on verruca vulgaris recently to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combined therapy. The retrospective study was conducted in The First Hospital of China Medical University from 20...
Cadmus, Simi D Riddle, Ashley O Sebastian, Katherine R Reddy, Pooja S Ahmed, Ammar M
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There is a paucity of data examining the psychosocial factors relevant to depigmentation therapy, an irreversible treatment for vitiligo. This study explores patients' perspective and experience while undergoing depigmentation therapy and quality-of-life effects of such therapy. An online instrument assessing the impact of depigmentation therapy on...
Zheng, Lida Guggina, Lauren M Zhou, Xiaolong A Wanat, Karolyn A Brieva, Joaquin C Trinidad, John C Nguyen, Cuong V
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Use of inpatient teledermatology increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed the Society for Dermatology Hospitalists to better characterize the impact of COVID-19 on teledermatology use by inpatient dermatology providers, particularly on provider perceptions of teledermatology. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, 40% (8/20) of surveyed provide...
Nayak, Debidutt Srivastava, Niharika Dev, Anubha Bishnoi, Anuradha Kumaran, Muthu Sendhil Vinay, Keshavamurthy Parsad, Davinder
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Lymphocyte enhancer-binding factor-1 (LEF1) is responsible for melanocyte proliferation, migration and differentiation and its downregulation may result in depigmentation in vitiligo. Narrowband UVB (NB-UVB) phototherapy is known to enhance melanocyte migration from hair follicles to lesional epidermis; hence, it may have a role in the upregulation...
Shih, Terri Park, Sarah Thorlacius, Linnea R Daveluy, Steven Garg, Amit Goegji, Susanne D Kirby, Joslyn S McGrath, Barry M Riis, Peter T Villumsen, Bente
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Drainage from chronic wounds can significantly negatively impact a patient's quality of life. Change in severity of wound drainage is an important measure of treatment efficacy for wounds. This study reviews existing tools used to assess wound drainage. Qualitative drainage tools are overall less burdensome, and however, differences in user interpr...
Agamia, Naglaa Fathi Sorror, Osama Ahmed Sayed, Naglaa Mohamed Ghazala, Rasha Abdelmawla Echy, Sammar Mohamed Moussa, Doaa Helmy Melnik, Bodo Clemens
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Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is the master transcription factor of glycolysis, Th17 cell differentiation and suppression of regulatory T cells. In the skin and serum of patients with psoriasis vulgaris, increased expression of HIF-1α has been reported, whereas HIF-1α expression in the skin and serum of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa...
Fésűs, Luca Kiss, Norbert Farkas, Klára Plázár, Dóra Pálla, Sára Navasiolava, Nastassia Róbert, Lili Wikonkál, Norbert M Martin, Ludovic Medvecz, Márta
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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE (OMIM 264800)) is an autosomal recessive connective tissue disorder mainly caused by mutations in the ABCC6 gene. PXE results in ectopic calcification primarily in the skin, eye and blood vessels that can lead to blindness, peripheral arterial disease and stroke. Previous studies found correlation between macroscopic s...
Liu, Zhezhang Al-Quran, Lina Tong, Jianbo Cao, Xianwei
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Acute infectious urticaria, a subset of acute urticaria, with severe persistence wheals and systemic symptoms, response well to corticosteroids treatment in combination with antibiotics. The exact pathogenic mechanisms are not fully understood. In this study, we aim to analyze the different clinical features, compare the level of neutrophil activat...
