Factors associated with onychomycosis in nail psoriasis: a multicenter study in Pakistan.

Background: Treatment of psoriatic nail disease is challenging, and dystrophic psoriatic nails can get secondarily infected with fungi.

Methods: This 2-year, matched case-control study was conducted at three tertiary care centers of Karachi, Pakistan. Data were collected from patients with nail psoriasis as cases with age- and gender-matched controls.

Intralesional Triamcinolone Acetonide Versus Topical Betamethasone Valearate in the Management of Localized Alopecia Areata.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of intralesional triamcinolone and topical betamethasone in the management of localized alopecia areata.

Study Design: A randomized trial.

Place And Duration Of Study: Dermatology OPD, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, from January to June 2013.

Dyslipidemia and Psoriasis: A Case Control Study.

Objective: To compare the mean values of lipid profile in psoriatic patients and healthy controls.

Study Design: Case control study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Department of Dermatology, PNS Shifa, Karachi, from November 2012 to April 2013.

Kindler's syndrome: a report of five cases in a family.

Kindler's Syndrome (KS) is a rare genodermatosis with autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. The disease results from homozygous mutations on both alleles of the FERMT-1 gene (also known as KIND-1 gene) that encodes the protein Kindlin-1 (kindlerin). Clinical features include a constellation of early infantile skin blistering and mild photosensitivity, which improves with age, and progressive poikiloderma with widespread cutaneous atrophy.