Background: Dermatologic diseases have considerable effects on patient's health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patients' assessment of disease’s effects on their life is an important component of disease management. Although Skindex-29 is one of the most utilized measures for assessing dermatology-specific HRQoL, there is no Persian version of it in Iran. This study aimed to translate Skindex...

Therapeutics in alopecia areata (AA) have remained relatively unchanged for many years, with few treatments having more than moderate effects in severely affected patients. The advent of the new biologic medications in the dermatologic world, however, particularly in psoriasis treatment, introduces possibilities of treatment for many other immune-mediated diseases.

BACKGROUND Cleanroom air is extremely dry, as it is maintained within 1 % of relative humidity. Few studies have assessed the dermatologic life quality of workers in ultralow-humidity environments. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the dermatologic life quality of cleanroom workers using the Skindex-29, compared to those of non-cleanroom workers. METHODS Study participants were 501 cleanroom wo...

Ultrasound is a valuable diagnostic tool widely used in medicine. Recently, high-frequency ultrasonography has been introduced to dermatology owing to technical advances. Currently, the most often used frequency for skin imaging is between 20 and 25 MHz. Ultrasound images can be generated in different modes, i.e. one-dimensional A mode, two-dimensional B mode and C mode. This type of skin imagi...

Bathing in water (balneotherapy or spa therapy) has been frequently and widely used in classical medicine as a cure for diseases. This paper reviews the present literature on the use of balneotherapy in dermatologic, chronic musculoskeletal (inflammatory and non-inflammatory), metabolic and psychological conditions.We performed a systematic review on related papers appearing in the Medline and ...

Abstract Effective and personalized treatment relies heavily on skin disease categorization. In the stratification of disorders, it is crucial to identify subtypes illnesses provide an efficient therapy. To attain this aim, researchers have focused their attention cluster algorithms for disorders in recent decades. But, real-world drawbacks, including experimental noises, a large number dimensi...

Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-1) was the first human retrovirus described. Some time after its discovery a group of diseases were related to this virus, such as, adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma (ATLL), HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and HTLV-1 associated uveitis (HAU). In the nineties, HTLV-1 was associated to a severe eczema of children, calle...

OBJECTIVE To increase awareness of the oculocutaneous manifestations of two common skin diseases. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE We reviewed clinically relevant articles from the dermatologic and ophthalmologic literature. The PubMed database was searched from January 1965 to January 2001 to locate retrospective and prospective cohort and descriptive studies using the MeSH terms acne rosacea; eczema; an...

In medical practice, almost every clinician may encounter patients with skin disease. However, it is not always easy for physicians of all specialties to face the daily task of determining the nature and clinical implication of dermatologic manifestations. Are they confined to the skin, representing a pure dermatologic event? Or are they also markers of internal conditions relating to the patie...