Background: Continual exposure to the sun's ultraviolet radiation damages skin. Freckles are little brown patches that develop on skin after repeated sun exposure. Terminalia chebula and Cucumber Sativus extracts-infused water in oil (W/O) emulsion is created, has anti-freckle emollient effect. Methodology: Base with no extract formulation containing three different concentrations 4% of Chebula...

Test turnaround times are often monitored on a monthly basis. However, such an interval usually means that not all causes for delay in test reporting can be unequivocally identified for institution of remedial action. We have devised a daily chart--the freckle plot--that graphically displays the test turnaround times by laboratory receipt time. Different symbols are used to designate specimens ...

Waardenburg syndrome (WS) characterized by sensorineural hearing loss and pigmentary abnormalities is genetically heterogeneous and phenotypically variable. This study investigated the molecular etiology and genotype-phenotype correlation of WS in 36 Chinese Han deaf probands and 16 additional family members that were clinically diagnosed with WS type I (WS1, n = 8) and type II (WS2, n = 42). M...

Pigmented xerodermoid, a rare genodermatosis, presents with clinical features and pathology similar to xeroderma pigmentosum, but at a later age. DNA repair replication is normal, but there is total depression of DNA synthesis after exposure to UV radiation. Two siblings in their teens and a man in his thirties with features of pigmented xerodermoid, e.g. photophobia, freckle-like lesions, kera...

A survey of small-holder banana farms was undertaken in February/March 2019 Savannakhet, Salavan, Sekong and Champasak provinces southern Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) to establish which leaf pathogens were present. Twenty-five visited, seven different cultivars assessed, 13 samples with characteristic symptoms freckle disease collected. Phyllosticta musarum detected on the variety...