...Meghan L. McPhie; Alanna C. Bridgman; Mark G. Kirchhof Background: Schizophrenia is a debilitating neuropsychiatric condition that affects 0.5% of the North American population. Skin disease in schizophrenia has not been well described. Identifying skin diseases that are commonly comorbid...

...Luis J. Borda; Shesly J. Louis; Myriam Fethiere; Danie Dure; Brian W. Morrison The prevalence of skin disease varies with geographic location and may be affected by cultural factors. In Haiti, the combination of poor health care access, infrastructure lack, and natural disasters may affect...

... as a useful outcome measure in future clinical research. Psoriasis can have a considerable impact on the quality of life (QoL) of patients' partners and close family members [ 1,2 ]. The awareness of the concept of this ‘secondary impact of skin disease' is relatively new and the affected close social...

...M.K.A. Basra; M.S. Salek; L. Camilleri; R. Sturkey; A.Y. Finlay Aims: To determine the minimal clinically important difference (MCID) of the Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) and its responsiveness to change in inflammatory skin diseases. Methods: A longitudinal study: at stage 1, patients...

... the same day as the skin disease appeared. Conclusions: This study shows the characteristics of patients receiving an urgent dermatologic consultation. It underlines the need for collaboration between dermatologists, other physicians, general practitioners and nurses. Most consultations lasted 30 min...

...T. Maier; E. Sattler; M. Braun-Falco; T. Ruzicka; C. Berking Background: Demodex mites are involved in different skin diseases and are commonly detected by skin scrape tests or superficial biopsies. A new high-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) with high lateral and axial resolution...

... bullosa Genetic counseling Skin disease Letter to Dermatology Published online: August 18, 2011 Dermatology 2011;223:219 221 DOI: 10.1159/000330331 A Recurrent Nonsense Mutation Occurring as a de novo Event in a Patient with Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa N. Cuadrado-Corrales a, e, C...

...B. Rukavina; N. Mohar The authors have examined ultrasound echograms and photographs of the skin and subcutaneous tissue changes in some skin diseases, reporting their findings. In spite of the preliminary clinical casuistry, this quick, simple and painless technique without irradiation hazard...

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...Y.H. Liao; K.H. Chen; M.P. Tseng; C.C. Sun Background: Geriatric health care has become a worldwide concern, but relatively few statistical studies are available about geriatric skin diseases. Moreover, no information exists regarding skin disorders among the elderly population in Taiwan that has...