BACKGROUND The prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases has been reported to be higher in urban than in rural areas between developed and underdeveloped countries and within any given country. Studies in Turkey have yielded different results for different regions. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of asthma and atopy in Sanliurfa, Turkey, and the influence of environmental factor...

name by Hanson is very common, especially in children, in Madras during the hot weather. Castellani, in his book on tropical diseases written in conjunction with Chalmers, and in his article on skin diseases in Byam and Archibald's " Practice of Medicine in the Tropics," describes the condition under the name pyosis and names four varieties, pyosis uiansoni, tropica, palmaris and corletti. The ...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis includes a broad spectrum of clinical diseases resulted from proliferation and tissue infiltration of differentiated langerhans cells. This term includes Letterer-siwe disease, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, eosinophilic granuloma and congenital reticulohistiocytosis that are more common in children than adults. This entity has recently been classified into restr...

BACKGROUND The methotrexate (MTX) polyglutamate assay has been validated in adults with arthritis. OBJECTIVE We sought to assess clinical response rates and the value of the methotrexate polyglutamate assay in MTX-treated children with inflammatory skin diseases. METHODS In this retrospective review, 46 MTX-treated children with a diagnosis of atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, or psoriasis-ecze...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the rate of allergic diseases including asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in children and adolescents diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) (n:26) and/or Tourette syndrome (TS) (n:32) [OCD plus TS, n:13] compared to control subjects (n:35) [total, n:80]. PATIENTS AND METHODS The symptoms of any allergic disease were assessed using the ISAAC questionna...

The prevalence of allergic diseases, especially asthma and allergic rhinitis, has dramatically increased during the last decades. Mite and cockroach, which are the most common allergens in house dust, are the major indoor allergens in asthmatic and allergic rhinitis patients. The aim of this study was to compare the association between age of dwelling and some other home characteristics in asth...

Photosensitivity in childhood is caused by a diverse group of diseases. A specific sensitivity of a child's skin to ultraviolet light is often the first manifestation or a clinical symptom of photodermatosis. It might indicate a serious underlying systemic disease such as lupus erythematosus or dermatomyositis, or a rare group of genetic skin disorders like Xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndr...