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Photodynamic therapy is a treatment modality that has been shown to be effective mainly for the dermatooncologic conditions: actinic keratosis, Bowen’s disease, in situ squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma. Recent work has focused on the development and evaluation of topical photosensitizers like the haem precursor 5-aminolevulinic acid or its methyl ester, both inducing photosensiti ...

The aim of this study was to analyse the usefulness of oral challenge test with different drugs in confirming cutaneous adverse drug reactions in routine clinical practice. During the years 1975

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare, life-threatening, drug-induced cutaneous reaction. We herein report our experience regarding causes, clinical course, treatment and sequelae of TEN in Korean patients. In addition, we used the SCORTEN, a severity-of-illness score for TEN, to compare the predicted and actual mortality rates, and to evaluate the efficacy of treatment modalities. A retrospe ...

The aim was to analyse use of psoriasis care and expectations from a gender perspective in a psoriasis population. The study is based on questionnaire data from 1060 subjects. The response rate was 74%. The relation between care consumption and studied variables was measured using regression and chi-square analysis. Care consumption was strongly influenced by age, quality of life, income and joint ...

The referral pattern of acute dermatologic conditions is not well described in either outpatients or hospitalized patients. The aim of this study is to describe in more detail the skin diseases that were referred for evaluation in an acute outpatient clinic at Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen. In a 3-month period in 2003 a total of 428 consecutive new patients were referred for various skin disease ...

We analysed clinical symptoms, gender, age and social relations among 57 patients for whom a final diagnosis of dermatitis artefacta was established. The study is retrospective and the patients were seen in our department from 1982 to 2002. We observed that the diagnosis was 2.8 times more common in females than males. Symptoms were most common in the age group 18

The issue as to whether oral lichen planus is a premalignant disorder is still controversial. This study aimed to examine oral malignancies associated with oral lichen planus and to investigate whether oral lichen planus has an intrinsic malignant potential or whether there are also contributing external risk factors. A retrospective cohort study in 200 Caucasian patients with oral lichen planus w ...

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