Content - Volume 85, Issue 5
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Pages: 385-385
Vesarat Wessagowit A1 and John A. McGrath A1
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Pages: 386-388
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27), apart from its protective function in response to stress, is implicated in the regulation of cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. Data on the expression of Hsp27 in the developing human epidermis are sparse and partially conflicting. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to investigate Hsp27 expression during the morphogenesis of human epidermis. Skin bio ...
Pages: 389-393
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Ectodermal dysplasia-skin fragility syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive inherited disease characterized by skin fragility, nail dystrophy and hyperkeratosis of palms and soles. Skin biopsy shows the loss of cell adhesion and the decrease of desmosomes in number and size. Mutations in PKP1 have been found to be the underlying cause of the syndrome. We report here a Chinese case of ectoder ...
Pages: 394-399
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The close chromosomal proximity of major histocompatibility complex and tumour necrosis factor genes may suggest the involvement of the latter in the pathogenesis of immunological diseases associated with HLA antigenes. The major histocompatibility complex antigens may play a certain role in the pathogenesis of lichen planus. Therefore we examined the -308 promoter polymorphism of tumour necrosis ...
Pages: 400-403
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection can develop into many different kinds of diseases ranging from simple warts to carcinoma in situ. Some investigators have recently suggested that HPV infection could be closely related to palmoplantar epidermal cysts. The aim of this study was to determine the existence of HPV and its subtype in palmoplantar epidermal cysts of Korean patients. We investi ...
Pages: 404-408
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The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is one of the most frequently used questionnaires to evaluate the impact of dermatological diseases on patients' lives. This study aimed to assess the reliability and validity of the instrument and to test its unidimensionality in a large sample of patients with psoriasis (n=976) hospitalized at IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy. Nine hundred patients complete ...
Pages: 409-413
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Despite being common, depression often goes undetected in patients with skin diseases. Our aim was to examine and compare the performance of three depression screeners. We studied dermatological inpatients aged 18–65 years. They completed the questionnaires Primary Care Screener for Affective Disorders (PC-SAD), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and wer ...
Pages: 414-419
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Psoriasis is a common skin disorder that may be triggered by hormonal disturbances, among other factors. Some studies have demonstrated an elevation of serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in psoriasis and several other diseases of keratinization of unknown aetiology. PTH-related peptide (PTH-rp), on the other hand, is a potent inhibitor of epidermal cell growth factor and is not expressed in ps ...
Pages: 420-423
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with topical methyl aminolevulinate (MAL) administered in two treatment sessions separated by 1 week is an effective treatment for actinic keratoses. This open prospective study compared the efficacy and safety of MAL-PDT given as a single treatment with two treatments of MAL-PDT 1 week apart. Two hundred and eleven patients with 413 thin to moderately thick actinic kera ...
Pages: 424-428
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Using a postal questionnaire the prevalence of hand eczema was determined in a general population of 11 798 individuals aged 20
Pages: 429-432
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
We report a case of a 7-year-old girl with hyperimmunoglobulin-E syndrome presenting with widespread oral papillomas which were tested for human papilloma virus DNA and had shown to be at high/intermediate risk group for malignancy. She had elevated levels of IgE, recurrent sinopulmonary infections, atopic-like dermatitis, peripheral eosinophilia and defective neutrophil chemotaxis. Interferon alf ...
Pages: 433-435
This study was performed to establish the prevalence of perianal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in relation to HIV-positivity in a group of men who have sex with men (MSM), and to correlate follow-up data with regard to acquisition and clearance of HPV infection. Data with regard to HPV prevalence and HIV serostatus during two visits were compared. At both visits participants underwent a rou ...
Pages: 437-443
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