Content - Volume 92, Issue 6
You can find all new content after October 1 on our new website, you can find it
here.
Editor's choice in this issue
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Koen D. Quint, Jasper I. van der Rhee, Nelleke A. Gruis, Jeanet A. ter Huurne, Ron Wolterbeek, Nienke van der Stoep, Wilma Bergman, Nicole A. Kukutsch
Individuals with two red hair colour (RHC)-MC1R genetic variants have light skin and blond/reddish hair and, in comparison with those without such alleles, are at an increased risk of developing melanoma. Our study investigated the association of RHC variants and the Total Dermo-scopy Score (TDS), and the items that make up the TDS, in those with atypical naevi and melanomas from high risk melanom ...
Pages: 587-592
CLINICAL REPORT
Claus Zachariae, Carsten Sand, Jesper Melchior
Hansen, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Karen Koch, John Villumsen, Mads Axelsen
There are no published clinical studies evaluating the impact of warts on quality of life after transplantation. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of self-reported skin warts and skin cancer and their impact on quality of life in kidney transplanted patients, as measured with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Of 740 patients with a functioning renal allograft and were f ...
Pages: 615-618
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Ronny Fors, Maurits Persson, Erik Bergström, Hans Stenlund, Birgitta Stymne, Berndt Stenberg
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of lifestyle practices in adolescents and their association with nickel allergy. Upper secondary school pupils (n=4,376; 15–23 years) were patch-tested for nickel allergy, following completion of a questionnaire (answered by6,095). Almost 86% girls and 21% of boys reported piercing. More girls (6%) than boys (3%) had a tattoo. Twenty-six ...
Pages: 664-668
All articles
IN THIS ISSUE
Jonathan L. Rees, Lisa Naysmith
Abstract is missing
Pages: 585-586
IN THIS ISSUE
Wilma Bergman, K. Gmelig Meijling
Abstract is missing
Pages: 586-586
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Koen D. Quint, Jasper I. van der Rhee, Nelleke A. Gruis, Jeanet A. ter Huurne, Ron Wolterbeek, Nienke van der Stoep, Wilma Bergman, Nicole A. Kukutsch
Individuals with two red hair colour (RHC)-MC1R genetic variants have light skin and blond/reddish hair and, in comparison with those without such alleles, are at an increased risk of developing melanoma. Our study investigated the association of RHC variants and the Total Dermo-scopy Score (TDS), and the items that make up the TDS, in those with atypical naevi and melanomas from high risk melanom ...
Pages: 587-592
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Junji Yamashita, Satoshi Fukushima, Masatoshi Jinnin, Noritoshi Honda, Katunari Makino, Keisuke Sakai, Shinichi Masuguchi, Yuji Inoue, Hironobu Ihn
It has been shown recently that immunotherapy for advanced melanoma is effective. However, in order to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy, the identification of more specific melanoma-associated antigens is urgently needed. Kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A) has been reported to be a promising immunotherapeutic target for pancreatic cancer. To investigate the expression of KIF20A in melanoma, w ...
Pages: 593-597
CLINICAL REPORT
Michael Trapp, Eva-Maria Trapp, Erika Richtig, Josef Wilhelm Egger, Anna Zampetti, Francesca Sampogna, Peter Michael Rohrer, Peter Komericki, Tanja Strimitzer, Michael Dennis Linder
An observational, questionnaire-based, cross-sectional study was performed to assess whether differences in coping behaviour (positive and negative strategies) between patients with either a recent diagnosis of malignant melanoma (MM) or with benign dermatological disease, were predictive of the diagnosis. Coping strategies were assessed with the German version of the stress-coping questionnaire ( ...
Pages: 598-602
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yasumasa Shimasaki, Yukie Fukuta, Yuichi Yoshida, Hiromi Higaki-Mori, Osamu Yamamoto
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 603-604
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Iara Trocoli Drakensjö, Mari-Anne Hedblad, Carl-Fredrik Wahlgren
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 605-606
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Tiziana Surrenti, Andrea Diociaiuti, Alessandro Inserra, Antonella Accinni, Loredana Giraldi, Francesco Callea, May El Hachem
Abstract is missing (letter)
Pages: 607-608
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Åsa Ingvar, Karin Ekström Smedby, Bernt Lindelöf, Pia Fernberg, Rino Bellocco, Gunnar Tufveson, Petter Höglund, Johanna Adami
Recipients of solid organ transplants are at a markedly increased risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). We investigated potential associations between post-transplant infections, HLA type, and other transplant-related factors and risk of SCC, taking immunosuppressive treatment into account. A population-based case-control study was conducted. All patients who developed SCC during foll ...
Pages: 609-614
CLINICAL REPORT
Claus Zachariae, Carsten Sand, Jesper Melchior
Hansen, Søren Schwartz Sørensen, Karen Koch, John Villumsen, Mads Axelsen
There are no published clinical studies evaluating the impact of warts on quality of life after transplantation. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of self-reported skin warts and skin cancer and their impact on quality of life in kidney transplanted patients, as measured with the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI). Of 740 patients with a functioning renal allograft and were f ...
Pages: 615-618
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yosuke Ishitsuka, Junichi Furuta, Toshiyuki Miyashita, Fujio Otsuka
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 619-620
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yuta Majima, Satoshi Hirakawa, Yukiko Kito, Hiroki Suzuki, Masayo Koide, Hidekazu Fukamizu, Yoshiki Tokura
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 621-622
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lene F. Sandvik, Petra Vogelsang, Torbjørn Leivestad, Roland Jonsson, Silke Appel
Abstract is missing (letter)
Pages: 623-624
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Taku Fujimura, Yumi Kambayashi, Takanori Hidaka, Akira Hashimoto, Takahiro Haga, Setsuya Aiba
Regulatory T cells (Tregs), identified by the expression of CD4, CD25 and Foxp3, together with immunosuppressive macrophages, such as CD163+ M2 macrophages, are involved in maintaining peripheral tolerance. The aim of this study was to elucidate the involvement of Tregs and CD163+ macrophages in invasive and non-invasive extramammary Paget’s disease. The presence of CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Tregs, CD163+ ...
Pages: 625-628
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Shiro Niiyama, Yasuyuki Amoh, Akira Watarai, Kensei Katsuoka, Hideki Mukai
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 629-630
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Ryoko Shimada, Taku Fujimura, Yumi Kambayashi, Tomoyuki Ohtani, Mei Nasu, Yukikazu Numata, Takahiro Haga, Akira Hashimoto, Setsuya Aiba
Abstract is missing (letter)
Pages: 631-632
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Iris Ahronowitz, Paul Nghiem, Siegrid Yu
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 633-634
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yasuhiro Nakamura, Kaishi Satomi, Masayuki Noguchi, Michiko Shibata-Ito, Yasuhiro Fujisawa, Yasuhiro Kawachi, Fujio Otsuka
Abstract is missing (letter)
Pages: 635-636
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yumi Kambayashi, Taku Fujimura, Akira Tsukada, Akira Hashimoto, Setsuya Aiba
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 637-639
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Satoshi Nakamura, Yoshio Hashimoto, Kaoru Nishi, Toshihiro Mizumoto, Hidetoshi Takahashi, Hajime Iizuka
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 639-640
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Hannah C. de Vijlder, Henricus J.C.M. Sterenborg, H.A. Martino Neumann, Dominic J. Robinson, Ellen R.M. de Haas
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) using topical porphyrin-precursors is a promising treatment for superficial basal cell carcinoma (sBCC), but it needs further optimization. The aim of this study was to compare 5-year lesion (complete) response rates of sBCC treated with topical aminolaevulinic acid (ALA)-PDT using a single illumination vs. ALA-PDT using a 2-fold illumination scheme. A prospective, rando ...
Pages: 641-647
CLINICAL REPORT
Erika Kis, Eszter Baltás, Ágnes Kinyó, Erika Varga, Nikoletta Nagy, Rolland Gyulai, Lajos Kemény, Judit Oláh
Gorlin-Goltz syndrome is a rare multisystemic disease, characterized by numerous basal cell carcinomas. The ideal approach for patients with the syndrome would be a treatment with a high cure rate, minimal scarring, short healing time and mild side-effects. Electrochemotherapy is a novel therapeutic option that ablates tumours with electrical current and simultaneously administered anticancer dr ...
Pages: 648-651
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lasse R. Braathen
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 652-653
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Takanori Hidaka, Taku Fujimura, Akiko Watabe, Akira Hashimoto, Takahiro Haga, Kaoru Onami, Masato Mizuashi, Setsuya Aiba
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 654-655
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Jean Ayer, Sarah Matthews, Nick Francis, Neil P.J. Walker, M. Dinneen, Christopher B. Bunker
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 656-657
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Takanori Hidaka, Taku Fujimura, Akira Hashimoto, Setsuya Aiba
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 658-659
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Tadashi Karashima, Keiko Hashikawa, Fumitake Ono, Hironobu Eguchi, Takahiro Hamada, Norito Ishii, Teruki Dainichi, Shinichiro Yasumoto, Daisuke Tsuruta, Takashi Hashimoto
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 660-661
BOOK REVIEW
Pages: 662-663
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Ronny Fors, Maurits Persson, Erik Bergström, Hans Stenlund, Birgitta Stymne, Berndt Stenberg
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of lifestyle practices in adolescents and their association with nickel allergy. Upper secondary school pupils (n=4,376; 15–23 years) were patch-tested for nickel allergy, following completion of a questionnaire (answered by6,095). Almost 86% girls and 21% of boys reported piercing. More girls (6%) than boys (3%) had a tattoo. Twenty-six ...
Pages: 664-668
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Magdalena Flasarová, Petra Pospíšilová, Lenka Mikalová, Zuzana Vališová, Eliška Dastychová, Radim Strnadel, Ivana Kuklová, Vladana Woznicová, Hana Zákoucká, David Šmajs
A set of 415 clinical samples isolated from 294 patients suspected of having syphilis collected in the Czech Republic between 2004 and 2010 was tested for the presence of treponemal DNA. Standard serological tests showed that 197 patients were syphilis-seropositive and 97 patients were syphilis-seronegative. In each sample, PCR tests for polA (TP0105), tmpC (TP0319), TP0136, TP0548 and 23S rRNA ge ...
Pages: 669-674
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Jeong Mo Kim, Nan-Hyung Kim, Yu Shun Tian, Ai Young Lee
Treatment of hyperpigmentation remains a challenge. Because of the positive effects of low-energy Nd:YAG lasers on the treatment of melasma, it is suggested that laser-like light-emitting diodes (LEDs) can potentially ameliorate hyperpigmentation. We evaluated the effect of seven different LED wavelengths on melanogenesis. LED irradiation at 830 nm (dose-dependent, from 1 to 20 J/cm2) and 850 nm ( ...
Pages: 675-680
CLINICAL REPORT
Noriyuki Misago, Yoshifumi Tada, Syuichi Koarada, Yutaka Narisawa
The histopathological features of erythema nodosum-like lesions remain controversial with regard to whether they resemble those of conventional erythema nodosum. We reviewed the clinicopathological features of erythema nodosum-like lesions in 26 patients with Behçet’s disease and evaluated the clinical characteristics of Behçet’s disease in these patients. The results suggest that: (i) the c ...
Pages: 681-686
CLINICAL REPORT
Kazuyasu Fujii, Seiko Aochi, Chinatsu Takeshima, Masaki Ohtsuka, Toshihisa Hamada, Kenji Asagoe, Yumi Aoyama, Shin Morizane, Keiji Iwatsuki
Eccrine poroma frequently occurs as a solitary tumour, and only a few reports have described the occurrence of multiple lesions. Multiple eccrine poromas, or eccrine poromatosis, may occur in patients who have undergone radiotherapy and/or polychemotherapy. We report here four cases of multiple eccrine poromas in patients who were either undergoing, or had undergone, intensive chemotherapy (from 6 ...
Pages: 687-690
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Kotaro Nagase, Noriyuki Hirashima, Shinichi Koba, Takuya Inoue, Noriyuki Misago, Yutaka Narisawa
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 691-692
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Mika Sato, Asako Ishitsuka, Yoshiano Shibuya, Hiroyuki Kanoh, Hiroshi Koga, Takashi Hashimoto, Mariko Seishima
Abstract is missing (letter)
Pages: 693-694
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Wing Yan Yuen, Anna M.G. Pasmooij, Cornelis Stellingsma, Marcel F. Jonkman
Abstract is missing (Letter)
Pages: 695-696
