269 From the Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung and the Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan Accepted for publication: June 26, 2006 Reprint requests: Ya-Hui Chen, M.D., Department of Dermatology, Veterans General Hospital-Kaohsiung, No 386, Ta-Chiung 1st Rd, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. TEL: 886-7-3422121 ext. 4304 FAX: 886-7-3468209...

Corresponding author: Adriana Polańska MD, PhD Department of Dermatology Poznan University of Medical Sciences 49 Przybyszewskiego St 60-355 Poznan, Poland Phone: +48 516 123 858 E-mail: adriana-polanska@ wp.pl 1 Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland 2Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland 3 Dep...

KJELL M. KAUNE, RADOVAN VASKO, FRANK STRUTZ, MICHAEL P. SCHÖN, UNDINE LIPPERT Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Georg August University, Göttingen and Department of Dermatology, Venereology, Allergology and Immunology, Dessau Medical Center, Dessau, Germany Accepted 26 May 2009 Correspondence to: Timo Buhl, ...

Thilo Gambichler1, Lena Reininghaus1, Marina Skrygan1, Hans-Joachim Schulze2, Jörg Schaller3, Chiara Colato4 and Giampiero Girolomoni5 1Department of Dermatology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Gudrunstrasse 56, DE-44791 Bochum, 2Fachklinik Hornheide, Skin Cancer Centre, Department of Dermatology and Dermato-Histo-Pathology, Münster, 3Dermatopathology Duisburg, Duisburg, Germany, 4Section of Pathology...

Visual observation has an important role in dermatology as the skin is the most visible organ. This makes dermatology a good candidate for utilizing digital imaging and automatic diagnostic tools. This chapter illustrates the use of 2D imaging in dermatology by presenting a method for automatization of common allergy testing. The so called "prick test" is the most common diagnostic test for dif...

Shifting of the clinical spectrum of leprosy in an HIV-positive patient: a manifestation of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome? CAROLINA TALHARI*,**, PAULO ROBERTO LIMA MACHADO***, LUIZ CARLOS FERREIRA**** & SINÉSIO TALHARI* *Department of Dermatology, Institute of Tropical Medicine of Amazonas, State University of Amazonas, Brazil **State University of Amazonas, Faculty of Medicine, D...

T HE ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY HAS BEEN continuously published since 1882. This is 130 years of publication under the banner of the following 5 names: Journal of Cutaneous and Venereal Disease (18821886), Journal of Cutaneous and Genito-Urinary Diseases (1887-1902), The Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis (1903-1919), Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology (1920-1954), and Archives ...

Topical corticosteroids (TCs) are the pillars of dermatotherapeutics. These drugs are the "magic molecules," provided they are used judiciously and appropriately, following a rational prescription. On exhaustive literature search in multiple databases, we found a significant evidence favoring the use of TCs in atopic eczema, localized vitiligo, psoriasis, chronic hand eczema, and localized bull...