Ronni Wolf

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..Recent studies have also emphasized the effects of detergents on lipid synthesis, on lipid-metabolizing enzymes and on keratinocyte differentiation...

..Deployment of specific strategies to restore the barrier function in AD means the use of moisturizers as first-line therapy...

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..The prepared solution can be stored at least 1 year...

..A case that precisely fits the definition of two syndromes that have different characteristics, different treatments and different prognoses indicates that there is a flaw in the classification...

..Presented are typical examples of the two forms of viral spread...

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..The dermatitis resolved within 1 week after she received an injection of combined betamethasone dipropionate 5 mg and betamethasone sodium phosphate 2 mg (Diprospan; Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, NJ)...

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..After weighing the arguments for and against this alteration of definition, we conclude that it makes more sense for patients with SJS/TEN to be classified as such and not be lumped together under the misleading label of DRESS syndrome...

..Dermatologists should be familiar with these and other severe adverse reactions of the most popular and most used systemic medications of our trade...

..Therefore, dermatologists should be familiar with these conditions and be prepared to handle them adequately...

..We will show several out of many, many ways of how the study design, protocols, techniques, and end points can legitimately be adapted to the special characteristics of the specific product, emphasizing its advantages...

..Short descriptions of these other diseases are presented...

..In the spirit of the present issue, this contribution discusses only the clinical morphology and not the etiology, pathomechanism, or molecular biology of Wolf's isotopic response...

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..The pathomechanisms of both types of drug eruption, i.e. baboon syndrome and lymphomatoid drug eruption, are not fully understood...

..There is no consensus at present of whether treatment of men with evidence of genital human papillomavirus infection influences the natural history of their female sex partner's cervical disease...

..There is no consensus on the best or most correct way to diagnose lice, nor is the problem of resistance resolved. We do not recommend a "no-nit" policy...

..The only certainty about this issue is that, at the end of the day, we still await scientific evidence to validate what we know instinctively to be true--namely, that it is all a myth...

..This question, as well as all others, is open for debate, evidently a "toxic" debate on toxic epidermal necrolysis...

..We propose the name phacomatosis pigmentopigmentalis in analogy to phacomatosis pigmentovascularis, and phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica...

..There are only seven reported cases of SS after vaccination, none of them with lesions confined solely to the palms or soles. Our current case is the third one of SS following influenza vaccination...

..In conclusion we suggest that the present case represents a new paraneoplastic sign...

..We present herein our experience with such an accident, and support it with theoretical considerations...

..quot; We suggest an alternative possibility to the current division of the various types of clinical relevance, namely, "relevance to a present allergy other than the presenting dermatitis."..

..Case 2. A 55-year-old airplane pilot underwent BTX injection for the treatment of glabellar and forehead lines. He returned directly to work afterward, with no negative sequelae to his treatment results...

..Adverse drug reactions should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of intertrigo, especially in atypical and therapy-resistant cases...

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..Will prostaglandin analogs be the next agents used for forms of alopecia?..

..This case emphasizes the need for federal regulation of tattooing, which is an invasive procedures associated with infectious and noninfectious complications...

..We discuss the issue of the short sensitization period of our patients and the reported ones...

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..quot;What is the hardest of all? That which you hold the most simple; seeing with your own eyes what is spread out before you."[J.W. Goethe quoted by J.P. Eckermann in Converstions with Goethe, May 18, 1824.]..

..To wait for the dust to settle around the issue of the effectiveness of sunscreens in preventing melanoma, while the ideal sunscreens--topical, systemic, whatever--are at our disposal, is a luxury we cannot afford...

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..The fact that some thiol-containing compounds which are well-known inducers of acantholysis in vitro and pemphigus in vivo were shown to inhibit apoptosis might support our hypothesis...

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..In our proposed modified classification (Table 1), all the lesions that are found in the EM group are raised, whereas all lesions that characterize the SJS/TEN group are flat, even though they have blisters on them...

..The major importance of balneotherapy and spa therapy both individually and as complements to other therapies lies in their potential effectiveness after standard medical treatments have failed to give comfort to these patients...

..Such cases can be misdiagnosed as psoriasis. The key to the correct diagnosis lies in the physician's awareness of the existence of this variant of pityriasis alba...

..Primary and secondary prevention are discussed and the role of the different cell receptors and their up-and down-regulation in this setting are emphasized...