Experience in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Dermatology Clinic In this article, the authors review the skin conditions seen in a dermatology referral clinic for inmates in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system at the University of Texas…
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Prison Dermatology
Tagged with: correctional health care, dermatology, inmates, skin conditions
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Posted in Around the Globe
Pemphigus in Cats
Q. What is pemphigus? What is the best treatment? A. Pemphigus is a general term that describes four different disease entities, which we refer to as the Pemphigus Complex, primarily limited to the skin. All are considered to be immune mediated diseases.…
Tagged with: cat, dermatology, pemphigus, veterinarian
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information, Treatment and Medication
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information, Treatment and Medication
Brazilian blood donation eligibility criteria for dermatologic patients.
A focused and commented review on the impact of dermatologic diseases and interventions in the solidary act of donating blood is presented to dermatologists to better advise their patients. This is a review of current Brazilian technical regulations on hemotherapeutic…
Tagged with: blood, dermatology, pemphigus foliaceus
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information
Association between HLA-DRB1 polymorphisms and pemphigus vulgaris: a meta-analysis
Background Several studies have reported that HLA-DRB1 may be correlated with pemphigus vulgaris (PV), but most have been based on small samples and the results remain inconsistent and unclear. Objectives To investigate the correlation between DRB1 and PV by a…
Tagged with: dermatology, pemphigus, pemphigus vulgaris
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information
Autoantibody detection in bullous pemphigoid: Clinical evaluation of the EUROPLUS™ Dermatology Mosaic.
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering skin disease. Autoantibodies to BP180 and BP230 can be detected by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) on different substrates (oesophagus, salt-split-skin, BP180-antigen dots, BP230-transfected cells) and ELISA. Here, we compared test characteristics of these test…
Tagged with: autoantibodies, bullous pemphigoid, dermatology, immunofluorescent
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information
Use of modified ciclosporin in the management of feline pemphigus foliaceus: a retrospective analysis.
Background - Glucocorticoids as sole therapy for pemphigus foliaceus (PF) in cats are not always successful, and it is common to need additional immunomodulating agents to manage the disease. Hypothesis/Objectives - This retrospective study evaluated the use of modified ciclosporin as an…
Tagged with: animal, dermatology, feline, pemphigus foliaceus
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information, Treatment and Medication
Posted in Around the Globe, News and Information, Treatment and Medication
Clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of erythema multiforme: a review for the practicing dermatologist
Erythema multiforme (EM) is an uncommon, immune-mediated disorder that presents with cutaneous or mucosal lesions or both. In herpes simplex virus (HSV)–associated EM, the findings are thought to result from cell-mediated immune reaction against viral antigen-positive cells that contain the…
Tagged with: clinical features, dermatology, diagnosis, treatment
Posted in Around the Globe, Clinical Research
Posted in Around the Globe, Clinical Research
Immunoadsorption in Dermatology
Immunoadsorption (IA) has been successfully used in a large variety of autoantibody-mediated disorders. In dermatology, IA is increasingly applied as adjuvant treatment for severe and/or refractory autoimmune bullous diseases. These disorders are characterized by autoantibodies against structural proteins of the…
Is Pemphigus More Common in Women?
The International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation and Dr. Sarah Brenner recently conducted a survey on some aspects of pemphigus, in particular the gender distribution of the patients, and the relationship between the disease and the use of sex hormones.
Tagged with: andromenopausa, communications, contraception, dermatology, environmental, epidemiological, erythematosus, medicineisraelreferences, postmenopausal
Posted in Medical
Posted in Medical
A Systematic Review of Treatments for Bullous Pemphigoid
By Nonhlanhla Khumalo, Dedee Murrell, Fenella Wojnarowska & Gudula Kirtschig Archives of Dermatology March 2002 Vol 138 pages 385-389. www.archdermatol.com This review is different from the usual type of review you might read about bullous diseases in that by being…
