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| Abrar QureshiSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Genetic variants in FGFR2 and FGFR4 genes and skin cancer risk in the Nurses' Health StudyHongmei Nan
Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
BMC Cancer 9:172. 2009..Overexpression of the FGFR4 protein has been linked to cutaneous melanoma progression. Previous studies reported associations between genetic variants in the FGFR2 and FGFR4 genes and development of various cancers...
Telemedicine experience in North AmericaAbrar A Qureshi
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Mass, USA
Curr Probl Dermatol 32:226-32. 2003
Geographic variation and risk of skin cancer in US women. Differences between melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinomaAbrar A Qureshi
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Intern Med 168:501-7. 2008..Our goal was to evaluate differences in risk of these skin cancers according to residence at varying UV indices at 3 time points...- Willingness-to-pay stated preferences for telemedicine versus in-person visits in patients with a history of psoriasis or melanomaAbrar A Qureshi
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Telemed J E Health 12:639-43. 2006..This preliminary work suggests that dermatology patients prefer telemedicine if this modality provides quicker access to their physician... - Evaluation of digital skin images submitted by patients who received practical training or an online tutorialAbrar A Qureshi
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Telemed Telecare 12:79-82. 2006..Subjects participating in this study were able to acquire images of good quality, irrespective of whether they received practical training or used an online tutorial... - Psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis: need for a multidisciplinary approachAbrar A Qureshi
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Semin Cutan Med Surg 24:46-51. 2005..Because dermatologists are on the front-line of psoriasis management, we are perfectly poised to identify and help improve care for patients who suffer from both psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis... - Patient knowledge and attitude toward information technology and teledermatology: some tentative findingsAbrar A Qureshi
Department of Dermatology and Partners Telemedicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Telemed J E Health 9:259-64. 2003..Based on this cross-sectional survey, dermatology outpatients seem to be accepting of and technologically capable of participating in teledermatology... - Validity, reliability, and sensitivity-to-change properties of the psoriatic arthritis screening and evaluation questionnairePatrick Lee Dominguez
Department of Dermatology, Center for Skin and Related Musculoskeletal Diseases, Brigham and Women s Hospital BWH, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Dermatol Res 301:573-9. 2009..034). The PASE questionnaire is a valid and reliable tool to screen for active PsA among individuals with psoriasis. PASE scores may be used as a marker of therapeutic response... - Development of screening tools to identify psoriatic arthritisPatrick Dominguez
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Curr Rheumatol Rep 12:295-9. 2010.... - A prospective study of telomere length and the risk of skin cancerJiali Han
Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Invest Dermatol 129:415-21. 2009..85 (95% CI, 0.94-3.62) (P, trend=0.09). The opposing associations observed should be interpreted with caution, and further research is needed to confirm these possible associations... - Willingness-to-pay stated preferences for 8 health-related quality-of-life domains in psoriatic arthritis: a pilot studyStephanie W Hu
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Semin Arthritis Rheum 39:384-97. 2010.... - Interleukin and interleukin receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to melanomaFangyi Gu
Department of aEpidemiology, Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Melanoma Res 18:330-5. 2008..93 to 1.03. We did not find significant results for the SNPs in the other four genes. These data suggest the involvement of IL-6R in melanoma development. Further studies are needed to confirm these findings... - Extranodal natural killer cell/t-cell lymphoma, nasal type, presenting as cutaneous nodules and a small-bowel perforationPriyanka Agarwal
Department of Dermatology, Brigham Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Am J Dermatopathol 32:83-5. 2010..Repeat biopsies and close clinicopathologic correlation are essential for establishment of correct diagnosis... - Psoriasis and the risk of diabetes and hypertension: a prospective study of US female nursesAbrar A Qureshi
Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, 45 Francis St, 221L, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Arch Dermatol 145:379-82. 2009..To evaluate the independent association between psoriasis and risk of diabetes and hypertension... - A functional SNP in the MDM2 promoter, pigmentary phenotypes, and risk of skin cancerHongmei Nan
Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:171-9. 2009..05) than p53 Arg/Arg wild-type group (p, trend, 0.99; p, interaction, 0.07). These results provide evidence for the potential involvement of MDM2 SNP309 in pigmentary traits... - Willingness-to-pay stated preferences for 8 health-related quality-of-life domains in psoriasis: a pilot studyMatthew Delfino
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 59:439-47. 2008.... - Psoriatic arthritis screening toolsAbrar A Qureshi
Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Rheumatol 35:1423-5. 2008..The development and validation of these screening tools was a major focus at the GRAPPA annual meeting at Boston in September 2007; we summarize that portion of the meeting... - Role of skin biopsy to confirm suspected acute graft-vs-host disease: results of decision analysisBahar F Firoz
Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York, USA
Arch Dermatol 142:175-82. 2006..In populations with prevalence of GVHD of 30% or less, obtaining a skin biopsy specimen to guide treatment was predicted to provide the best patient outcomes... - Report on "Burden of Skin Disease" Workshop. NIAMS, September 2002Abrar A Qureshi
Channing Laboratory, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Investig Dermatol Symp Proc 9:111-9. 2004 - ABO blood group and incidence of skin cancerJing Xie
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
PLoS ONE 5:e11972. 2010..Previous studies have examined the association between ABO blood group and the risk of some malignancies. However, no prospective cohort study to date has examined the association between ABO blood group and the risk of skin cancer... - The PASE questionnaire: pilot-testing a psoriatic arthritis screening and evaluation toolM Elaine Husni
Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:581-7. 2007..Up to one third of psoriasis patients may have PsA. There is a need to screen psoriasis patients early for symptoms of PsA... - Topical calcineurin inhibitors for atopic dermatitis: balancing clinical benefit and possible risksAbrar A Qureshi
Arch Dermatol 142:633-7. 2006
Research Grants
- Population-Based Approach to Skin Cancer EpidemiologyAbrar Qureshi; Fiscal Year: 2007..3. To assess the relationship between history of sun exposure (Aim 1) and UV radiation (Aim 2) and multiple primary BCCs, SCCs and MMs in NHS. ..
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Polymorphisms and Risk for Skin CancerAbrar Qureshi; Fiscal Year: 2007..Most important, as nitric oxide production can be modified by using topical agents to increase or decrease production locally in the skin, future chemoprevention strategies may be developed based on results of this work. ..
- Molecular signatures of melanoma histology and progression: A Population Based AAbrar Qureshi; Fiscal Year: 2009..Thus we aim to significantly improve the current paradigm for diagnosis and therapy for melanoma by eventually reducing mortality from this deadly skin cancer. ..
- Molecular signatures of melanoma histology and progression: A Population Based AAbrar A Qureshi; Fiscal Year: 2010..Thus we aim to significantly improve the current paradigm for diagnosis and therapy for melanoma by eventually reducing mortality from this deadly skin cancer. ..