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..Cyclosporin side effects are chiefly hypertension and renal failure. The Author concludes that cyclosporin is the drug with the best efficacy/side effect ratio, though it should be used in selected cases...

..Fosinopril, therefore, is probably unable to block the adhesion molecules in vivo. Our method might be used to verify the acantholytic properties of a drug...

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..ANA did not correlate with the disease activity. We confirmed the data from the literature, but no cutaneous sign, constitutional symptom or circulating antibody was found marking a particular subtype of the disease...

..Nine of the 10 patients were successfully treated with imiquimod 5% cream applied, under occlusion, once daily for 4 weeks. No recurrences were reported during 3 months of follow up...

..A biopsy specimen of a lesion of the trunk revealed an epidermal seborrheic-keratosis-like hyperplasia with dermal fibrosis and fibroblastic proliferation (Fig. 1). Dermatofibroma was diagnosed...

..Because of their morphology and of polymerase chain reaction studies, we ascribed them to human herpes virus 7...

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..Their aetiological diagnosis is difficult but crucial for both the patient and community concerning issues such as time off school, immunizations, and risks for pregnant women and immunocompromised patients...

..Decortication and various types of lasers can also be used. Associated conditions, such as seborrheic dermatitis and possible contact sensitizations, deserve attention...

..Antidouble-stranded DNA antibodies (anti-dsDNA Ab), in particular of the IgG isotype, are usually considered a marker of systemic lupus erythematosus and often correlate with the disease activity...

..The effect of pityriasis rosea (PR) on the outcome of pregnancy has not been previously reported...

..This study was performed to evaluate the validity of such conclusions from a dermatologic point of view...

..Histiocytosis is rare but does occur in prevalent locations. Hair and pigmentary disorders are common, and aging-related damage is most visible in the periorbital area...

..Interferon-a2b, which is largely used in the treatment of HCV-positive patients, may induce cell-mediated autoimmune side effects. Dermatologists may help to identify those patients timely...

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..That this last mechanism is related to dihydrotestosterone is unclear...

..Over time, even L-DLE patients may develop active disease. Photosensitivity, alopecia, oral ulcers and Raynaud's phenomenon seem to herald a worse prognosis...

..The capacity of topical metronidazole to reduce erythema severity scores in rosacea has been attributed to its anti-inflammatory activity...

..Lastly, neoplastic-hamartomatous cutaneous mucinoses include mucinous nevus, a benign hamartoma, and myxoma, which is a benign tumor to be differentiated from reactive cutaneous focal mucinosis...

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..CONCLUSIONS: Histopathology remains the most reliable criterion for diagnosing PF. Western blot and ELISA, especially in combination, may be only of confirmatory value...

..Mucosal lesions, erythema multiform-like lesions, negative IIF findings and antibodies to AgPB2 were not a prediction for the development of malignancy...

..In addition, clues have been added to help the reader to go through the complex subtleties of the virologic investigation...

..A review of the literature suggests that most of the cases of Rowell's syndrome described thus far in fact may be cases of coincidental association of lupus erythematosus and erythema multiforme...

..We investigated whether the improvement of skin lesions obtained with the new biological drugs comes with by a better Quality of Life (QoL) as well...

..Delineating a new exanthem is difficult. Atypical or modified types of already known conditions can easily be mistaken for new entities...

..The aim of this paper was to find a simple method to evaluate reliably diagnosis and severity of androgenetic alopecia (AGA) and telogen effluvium (TE)...

..Here, we describe a patient with Sézary syndrome and a patient with multiple IgA myeloma who developed MEDF. These associations have not been reported previously...

..Patients displaying this profile have high prevalence of lung, kidney and heart involvement...

..The association of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) and HHV-7 with pityriasis rosea suggests that systemic drugs directed against HHV may hasten recovery of patients with pityriasis rosea...

..Distinguishing chronic telogen effluvium (CTE) from androgenetic alopecia (AGA) may be difficult especially when associated in the same patient...

..In most cases, histopathology is crucial to confirm or to diagnose those skin conditions and is also very useful to understand their pathogenetic mechanisms...

..These last observations have not been reported previously...

..Spontaneous resolution of the skin lesions was never observed. Altogether, some evidence of heterogeneity is suggested, some cases strictly satisfying Kuhn et al's criteria, others resembling discoid lupus more closely...

..Antibodies to stratified epithelia characterize chronic ulcerative stomatitis, an entity that very closely resembles erosive lichen planus both clinically and histologically. These antibodies are directed against a 70-kd antigen...

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..However, there are times when treatment is recommended. In this paper, we review the available treatments for this skin disease...

..Kenogen frequency and duration are greater in men and women with androgenetic alopecia (AGA)...

..Sarcoidosis was diagnosed and the patient was given 50 mg/day prednisone with clear clinical improvement of cutaneous lesions in about 6 months. Decreased parenchyma density was also observed by chest axial tomography...

..The perception of early baldness does not depend on the diminished hair density, but also on the progressive thinning of the hair shafts...

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..This is the first report of scleredema and the second of reticular erythematous mucinosis in an HIV-infected patient. Only the association of HIV infection with lichen myxoedematosus seems to be more than coincidental...

..The percentage of vascular area was significantly higher in the metastasizing group than in the nonmetastasizing one. Our study suggests that increased vascularity may have a prognostic significance in intermediate-thickness melanoma...

..Melanocytic nevi in the genital, acral, and flexural sites often display clinical and histologic features that may simulate melanoma. We verified whether this is the case also for nevi of the breast...

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..A novel phenomenon has been described by the phototrichogram: the emptiness of the follicle after teloptosis. We called this phenomenon kenogen, from the Greek kappaepsilonnuóvarsigma, 'empty'...

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..To better understand the role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in rosacea, we aimed to assess the presence of SIBO in patients with rosacea and the clinical effectiveness of its eradication...

..In this article, the authors review all these forms of reactive angioproliferations in the skin, suggest a novel title, cutaneous reactive angiomatoses, and propose a unifying pathogenetic mechanism...

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..The second type consists of granulomatous skin processes that are non-specific manifestations of the underlying lymphoma...

..Histopathology showed that the elastic fibers were lost in the areas of cutis laxa and decreased in adjacent skin. The pathogenetic relationship with rheumatoid arthritis or the intake of related drugs is discussed...

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..The minimal or absent muscle disease and the rarity of serum immunologic findings imply a favorable prognosis in white patients...

..After exclusions, the blepharitis group consisted of 186 patients with blepharitis and a control group of 215 patients...

..We confirm that the IgA reactivity is more frequently associated with mucous membrane involvement, especially in cases without critical involvement (5/8). The role of IgA and its antigenic specificity in these diseases remain unclear...