Content - Volume 84, Issue
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IN THIS ISSUE
Anders Vahlquist
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Page: 97
IN THIS ISSUE
Anders Vahlquist
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Pages: 97-98
IN THIS ISSUE
Anders Vahlquist
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Page: 98
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Anna-Malin Nilsson A1, Charlotte Jonsson A1, Kristina Luthman A2, J. Lars G Nilsson A1, Ann-Therese Karlberg
We have previously reported a reduction of sensitization to carvone in guinea pigs when adding non-allergenic, structurally related compounds simultaneously at induction. This study investigates the criteria needed to obtain a reduction of sensitization in contact allergy. Linalool, a non-sensitizer structurally unrelated to carvone, significantly reduced the sensitizing capacity of carvone in gu ...
Pages: 99-105
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Paolo Pauluzzi A1, Serena Bonin , Maria Angeles Gonzalez Inchaurraga A1, Giorgio Stanta , Giusto Trevisan A1
Lyme borreliosis is an emerging zoonosis transmitted by infected hard-bodied ticks. The disease is multisystemic. In the initial stage its typical manifestation is the erythema migrans, a cutaneous lesion that occurs in up to 90% of patients. In order to investigate the presence of the specific agent, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the early stages of the disease, DNA from skin biopsies, urine a ...
Pages: 106-110
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Joanna Wallengren A2 and Frank Sundler A3
The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of why phototherapy relieves itching. Skin samples (3 mm punch biopsies) from non-inflamed gluteal skin of 10 patients undergoing phototherapy were compared before and after 20 treatments. All the cutaneous nerve fibres were visualized by antibodies against PGP 9.5, sensory nerve fibres by antibodies against calcitonin gene-related peptide (C ...
Pages: 111-115
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT
Anikó Kovács A1, Emese Schmidt A1, Ágnes Bégány A1, János Hunyadi A1, Andrea Szegedi A1
Autoimmune blistering diseases (pemphigus vulgaris, pemphigus foliaceus, bullous pemphigoid, dermatitis herpetiformis) and certain genodermatoses with acantholysis (Darier-disease, Hailey-Hailey disease) have different aetiological factors, but all result in bulla formation and/or in acantholysis. Cadherins are Ca++-dependent cell-cell adhesion molecules which play an important role in ...
Pages: 116-119
CLINICAL REPORT
Francesca Cottoni A2, Silvia Bolognini A2, Angelo Deplano A3, Giovanni Garrucciu A3, Noemi Elisabetta Manzoni A3, Giovanna Francesca Careddu A3, Maria Antonia Montesu A2, Andreina Tocco A3, Amelia Lissia A4, Antonio Solinas A3
In the past decade, different modalities of antiviral therapy have been adopted aimed at eradicating hepatitis C virus infection. Initially, interferon was used in monotherapy, then interferon combined with ribavirin and amantadine. Recently, interferon has been conjugated with polyethylene glycol to allow optimization of its pharmacokinetic properties and to improve its antiviral activity. This ...
Pages: 120-123
CLINICAL REPORT
D. Koss-Harnes A1, B. Høyheim , M. F. Jonkman A3, W. P. De Groot A4, C. J. De Weerdt A5, B. Nikolic A6, G. Wiche A6, T. Gedde-Dahl Jr
Plectin is one of the largest and most versatile cytolinker proteins known. Cloned and sequenced in 1991, it was later shown to have nonsense mutations in recessive epidermolysis bullosa with muscular dystrophy. A dominant mutation in the gene was found to cause epidermolysis bullosa simplex Ogna without muscular dystrophy. Here we report the DNA sequencing of the plectin gene (PLEC1) in a ...
Pages: 124-131
CLINICAL REPORT
Erna Snellman A1, Taras Klimenko A1, Tapio Rantanen A1
The efficacy of trimethylpsoralen bath PUVA and UVB TL01 were compared in chronic plaque psoriasis. Patients were randomly assigned to receive UVB TL01 on one side and bath PUVA on the contra-lateral side. Altogether 17 patients received treatments and 15 completed the trial. The decrease in the PASI score was greater with UVB TL01 than PUVA. At the end of the treatment period, the difference was ...
Pages: 132-137
CLINICAL REPORT
Heini Salo; Markku Pekurinen; Håkan Granlund; Marja Nuutinen; Pekka Erkko; Sakari Reitamo
We performed a cost-effective evaluation of cyclosporin A versus UVAB phototherapy in the treatment of severe atopic dermatitis. The analysis was based on a one-year open prospective clinical trial conducted in Finland and showed that patients who received intermittent cyclosporin A therapy had on average 191 remission days per year, i.e. where disease activity was reduced by 50% or more. Patients ...
Pages: 138-141
CLINICAL REPORT
Mariko Obi A1, Takahiro Satoh A1, Hiroo Yokozeki A1, Kiyoshi Nishioka A1
A case of eccrine porocarcinoma with Bowenoid changes is reported. We compared the results of immunohistochemical staining for epithelial membrane antigen in the present case with results in Bowen's disease to determine whether the presence of epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) enabled us to differentiate between Bowen's disease and eccrine porocarcinoma with Bowenoid changes. Histologically, the ...
Pages: 142-144
CLINICAL REPORT
Eric Van der Snoek A2, John De Wit A4, Hannelore Götz A5, Paul Mulder A6, Adrie Van't Hof A2, Roel Verkooyen A3, Willem Van der Meijden A2
This study was performed to investigate whether men who have sex with men visiting the sexually transmitted diseases clinic, and those participating in a gay cohort were different with regard to demographic characteristics, sexual behaviour and sexually transmitted diseases (STD)/human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus prevalence. Data from men who have sex with men presenting at the sexually transmit ...
Pages: 145-150
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Ann Pontén A1, Jonas Björk A2, Ole Carstensen A3, Birgitta Gruvberger A1, Marléne Isaksson A1, Kurt Rasmussen A3, Magnus Bruze A1
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Pages: 151-152
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Kenichi Morimoto A1, Toshihiko Tanaka A1, Yasushi Sugita A1, Michihiro Hide A1
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Pages: 152-153
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Céline Girard A1, Olivier Dereure A1, Philippe Rispail A2, Luc Durand A3, Jean-Jacques Guilhou A1
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Pages: 154-155
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Sirje Kaur A1 and Triin Erm A1
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Pages: 156-157
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Lotta Högberg A1, Jan Sokolski A2, Lars Stenhammar A1
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Pages: 158-159
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Hagen Ott , Harald Brost A2, Pamela Poblete-Gutiérrez , Claudia M. Schröder A3, Jorge Frank
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Pages: 160-161
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Yolanda Hidalgo García A1, Cristina Raya Aguado A1, José Antonio Manjón Haces A1, Narciso Pérez Oliva A1
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Pages: 162-163
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Angela Ferrari A1, Domenico Piccolo A1, Maria Concetta Fargnoli A1, Anna Silvia Biamonte A1, Ketty Peris A1
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Pages: 164-165
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Georgiana Clare Marulli A1, Elena Campione A1, Alessandro Di Stefani A1, Luigi Citarella A1, Sergio Chimenti A1
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Pages: 166-167
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Gianfranco Muzio A1, Aldo Ciambellotti A1, Alfredo Rebora A1
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Pages: 168-169
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Sabine Sommer A1 and Stephen Mark Wilkinson A1
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Pages: 170-171
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Megan Smith A1 and Dermot B. McKenna A2
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Pages: 172-173
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
María José García-F-Villalta A2, Esteban Daudén A2, Diana Ruiz-Genao A2, Javier Fraga A3, Amaro García-Díez A2
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Pages: 173-174
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Ingela Flytström A1 and Ing-Marie Bergbrant A1
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Page: 175
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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Page: 175