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Niang Suzanne Oumou, Coumé Mamadou, Ndiaye Maodo, Diop Assane, Diatta Boubacar Ahy, Diallo Moussa, Dieng Mame Thierno, Kane Assane
Background: The involvements of the scalp over the connective tissue diseases (lupus, sclerodermia and dermatomyositis) are often the present complaint due to the disfigurement they cause. The aim of our study was to identify the various involvements of the s…
Madalene C. Y. Heng, Judith Harker, Ming K. Heng
Background: Phosphorylase kinase (PhK) activity is induced by injurious stimuli, which is known to precipitate psoriasis. We had previously reported that elevated PhK activity in psoriatic epidermis correlated with increased psoriatic activity, and that suppr…
Meital Portugal-Cohen, Miriam Oron, Efrat Merrik, Ze’evi Ma’or, Dan Ben-Amitai, Hagai Yogev, Alex Zvulunov
Dead Sea (DS) mud and water are known for their unique composition of minerals, and for their therapeutic properties on inflammatory skin diseases. The objective of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of an emollient cream enriched with DS water in childre…
Umberto Cornelli, Gianni Belcaro, Annarosa Finco
Four different markers of oxidative stress [OS] (8-OHdG in urine, 8-Iso-PGF, hydroperoxides and carbonylated proteins in plasma, a new marker of antioxidant capacity (AC) in plasma/urine/saliva, and hs-CRP were determined concomitantly in twelve apparently he…
Jan Faergemann, Sören Gullstrand, Kjell Rensfeldt
Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails of the fingers and toes and is difficult to cure. A previous 24-week, placebo-controlled study demonstrated that a solution containing propylene glycol, urea and lactic acid (K101) was well-tolerated and effect…
Jürgen Blaak, Rainer Wohlfart, Nanna Y. Schürer
The physiological skin surface pH is just below 5. With age the skin surface pH increases up to 6. An increased pH correlates with reduced barrier integrity/cohesion. The present pilot study assesses possible normalization of an increased skin surface pH of t…
Nuno Menezes, Paulo Varela, Rita Guedes, Inês Leite, Armando Baptista
Cutaneous infections with the human papilloma virus, despite being almost always asymptomatic, can induce slow-growing lesions knowed as warts that can remain subclinical for long periods of time. There are several therapeutical options namely keratolytics, r…
Khalid Al Aboud, Daifullah Al Aboud
Professor Syed Ghulam Shabbir (1923-2002), is one of the Pakistani well-known dermatologists. In 1986, Shabbir and his colleagues described a novel autosomal recessive syndrome, which they called laryngoonychocutaneous syndrome. They reported this condition,…
Marc Divaris, Sylvie Boisnic, Marie-Christine Branchet, Malcolm D. Paul
Background: A novel Radiofrequency-Assisted Liposuction (RFAL) technology was evaluated clinically. Parallel original histological studies were conducted to substantiate the technology’s efficacy in skin tightening, and cellulite improvement. Methods: BodyTit…
Riccardo Rossi, Torello Lotti, Nicola Bruscino
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) shows great efficacy and high tolerability for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer (actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma, Bowen’s disease) especially in patients with large and multiple lesions, in poor-healing sites and pa…
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