Reports on Scientific Meetings The Hong Kong Society of Dermatology & Venereology Annual

Microbes and atopic dermatitis: The Yin and Yang of barrier and immune dysfunction

*Adapted from a lecture given by SJO at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hong Kong Society of Dermatology and Venereology, June 2015 Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition caused by a complex interaction of genetic and environment factors. Inherited defects within the stratum corneum are increasingly recognised as a key causative factor in the development of AD. Pa...

The Hong Kong Society of Dermatology and Venereology Annual Scientific Meeting 2013

Medium-sized vessel vasculitis such as Kawasaki disease and polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) were discussed. Kawasaki disease is characterised by fever, strawberry tongue, cervical lymphadenopathy, erythema or oedema of palms and soles, and periungal desquamation in the subacute phase. Polyarteritis nodosa may be systemic or cutaneous. Symptoms and signs may include livedo reticularis, subcutaneous n...

Educational Values and the English Language Curriculum in Hong Kong Secondary Schools Since 1975

English is an important language in Hong Kong, an international city located on the southern coast of the People’s Republic of China that, for over 150 years to 1997, was a British colony. This paper describes and analyses changes in teaching methodologies in the English language curriculum formally proposed for Hong Kong junior secondary schools from 1975 to the present day, to study how the c...

80th annual meeting of the Swiss society for dermatology and venereology.

The Hong Kong Society of Dermatology & Venereology Annual

A number of important, interesting articles pertaining to paediatric dermatology were published in 2013 to 2014. Some of them were related to infections; like swimmer’s nodules on limbs due to an outbreak of atypical mycobacterial infection in school swimming pools. The risk factors include atopy and immunocompromised state. Other topics included (1) a winter outbreak of atypical hand, foot and...