Anti-BP180 autoantibody levels at diagnosis correlate with 1-year mortality rates in patients with bullous pemphigoid.

Background: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most frequent autoimmune blistering disease mainly affecting elderly patients. Among several published risk factors, a recent post hoc analysis linked anti-BP180 autoantibodies (AABs) to fatal outcomes in BP. To date, this finding has not been confirmed independently.

[Bullous Sweet's syndrome with pulmonary involvement].

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) is a rare dermatosis characterized by painful papules and plaques accompanied by cutaneous infiltration with neutrophilic granulocytes. Bullous changes are observed in some cases. We report about a patient with osteomyelofibrosis who developed fever accompanied by painful plaques and confluent papules on both arms and thighs.

Etanercept, Adalimumab und Ustekinumab bei Psoriasis: Analyse von 209 Behandlungsreihen in Österreich.

Hintergrund Und Ziele: Biologika werden häufig zur Behandlung der Psoriasis eingesetzt und wurden in zahlreichen klinischen Studien getestet. Allerdings können sich Wirkungen und Nebenwirkungen (AEs) bei "real-world"-Patienten unterscheiden, da diese keiner solch strengen Auswahl und Überwachung unterzogen werden. Wir haben Therapieadhärenz ("Medikamenten-Überlebenszeit"), Wirksamkeit und AEs (Qualität, Zeitpunkt des Auftretens) bei "real-world"-Psoriasis-Patienten, die mit Etanercept, Adalimumab oder Ustekinumab behandelt wurden, untersucht.

Etanercept, adalimumab, and ustekinumab in psoriasis: analysis of 209 treatment series in Austria.

Background And Objectives: Widely used in the treatment of psoriasis, biologics have been tested in numerous clinical trials. However, drug efficacies and adverse events (AEs) may differ in 'real-world' patients as they do not undergo as rigorous selection and monitoring. Our objective was to examine drug survival, efficacy, and AEs (quality, time of onset) in 'real-world' psoriasis patients treated with etanercept, adalimumab, and ustekinumab.

Sensation seeking and executive deficits in relation to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use frequency among university students: Value of ecologically based measures.

Introduction: The development of substance use and addiction has been linked to impaired executive function which relies on systems that converge in the prefrontal cortex. This study examined several measures of executive function as predictors of college student alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use frequency and abuse.

Methods: College students (N=321) were administered the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) test battery, the Sensation Seeking Scale V (SSSV), the Frontal Systems Behavioral Scale (FrSBe), the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test (MAST), the Fagerstrom Test of Nicotine Dependence (FTND).