COVID-19 and artificial intelligence: Experts and dermatologists perspective.

Introduction: Artificial intelligence (AI) has an important role to play in future healthcare offerings. Machine learning and artificial neural networks are subsets of AI that refer to the incorporation of human intelligence into computers to think and behave like humans.

Objective: The objective of this review article is to discuss perspectives on the AI in relation to Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Alopecia areata severity index (AASI): A reliable scoring system to assess the severity of alopecia areata on face and scalp-a pilot study.

Background: All scoring systems used in Alopecia Areata (AA) focus mainly on scalp and cannot assess the severity or treatment response when AA involves the beard hair, eyebrows, or eyelashes.

Aim: This study describes and assesses the reliability of a new scoring system "Alopecia Areata Severity Index" (AASI) for measuring the severity of AA of scalp, beard, and upper face.

Methods: Scalp hair, beard hair, upper face (eyebrows and eyelashes) were individually assessed and the severity of AA was scored from 0 to 100 (0-50 in case of upper face).

Isotretinoin-induced acute severe myopathy involving pelvic girdle muscles: A case report.

Oral isotretinoin has been in widespread use for more than three decades. It causes numerous side effects; skin and mucous membrane being commonly involved. Musculoskeletal adverse effects are also known to occur, but pelvic girdle myopathy is rarely reported.

Pattern of sexually transmitted infections in a Muslim majority region of North India.

Background: Changing trends of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV/AIDS has been noted in the literature over years, depending to some extent on the geographical and cultural factors of the region. In Kashmir Valley also, the pattern of STI may be different from the rest of the country.

Aims Of The Study: The aim was to present the experience with patterns of STI in Kashmir.

Adverse cutaneous drug reactions--a clinico-demographic study in a tertiary care teaching hospital of the Kashmir Valley, India.

Background: Adverse cutaneous drug reactions (ACDRs) are caused by a wide variety of agents. The aim was to study the incidence and clinico-demographic profile of ACDRs to identify any potential risk factors and compare the results with other studies.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted over a period of one year from October 2012 to October 2013 in the outpatient department (OPD) of a tertiary care teaching hospital of the Kashmir valley in India and various ACDRs were recorded.

Livedo reticularis associated with dapsone therapy in a patient with chronic urticaria.

Dapsone is a drug commonly used in the treatment of various dermatological diseases. Here, we report the case of a 45-year-old female prescribed dapsone for chronic urticaria after which she developed extensive livedo reticularis in the limbs, abdomen, and trunk. The use of dapsone may be associated with a plethora of adverse effects including rash but livedo reticularis has been very rarely reported.

Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: manifestations, treatment, and outcome in 17 patients.

Background: Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS) or drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) is a rare type of adverse drug reaction with complex clinical features involving multiple systems of the body.

Objectives: This study was designed to evaluate the clinical features, course, response to treatment, and outcome of DRESS.

Methods: The study involved a retrospective analysis of data collected over a period of four years in 17 patients with DRESS.

Non Comparative Study on Various Pulse Regimens (DCP, DAP and DMP) in Pemphigus: Our Experience.

Background: Pemphigus has been treated with Dexamethasone Cyclophosphamide Pulse (DCP) Therapy since 1981. Various modifications have been suggested in the original regimen. These include Dexamethasone Azathioprine Pulse (DAP) and Dexamethasone Methotrexate Pulse (DMP) therapies.

Two contrasting post-zoster dermatomal phenomena.

A 29-year-old, normotensive, nondiabetic man presented with a 9-day history of a scaly, pruritic eruption involving the right chest, axilla, and arm. He had a history of herpes zoster involving the same areas about 4 weeks ago. The present eruption started after the herpetic lesions had healed.

Split thickness skin grafting in patients with stable vitiligo.

Background: Vitiligo is an acquired disorder of depigmentation. Various surgical modalities are recommended for quicker resolution of lesions in stable cases.

Aim: To report the efficacy of split thickness skin grafting in a series of 50 patients with stable vitiligo.

Dexamethasone pulse therapy in patients of systemic sclerosis: is it a viable proposition? A study from kashmir.

Background: Systemic sclerosis is a multisystemic autoimmune disorder. Intravenous dexamethasone pulse therapy has been used since 1998.

Aim: The aim wasto report the beneficial effects of dexamethasone pulse in patients of systemic sclerosis vis-à-vis the side effects.

Systemic amyloidosis presenting as mucocutaneous bullous lesions.

A 65-year-old male presented with hemorrhagic bullous skin lesions with purpura and ecchymoses. There was increased skin fragility with a strongly positive Nikolsky sign. Histopathology of the skin revealed large amounts of amyloid deposits in the dermis with a positive Congo Red staining around the dermal vessels.

Hirsutism in Kashmir: an etiological study.

Background: Hirsutism refers to the presence of terminal hairs at the body sites under androgenic control. Various factors, including genetic makeup and hormonal status, influence the rate and pattern of hair growth at these sites.

Purpose: To study the pattern of hirsutism in Kashmir.

Increased incidence of tuberculosis in patients of systemic sclerosis on dexamethasone pulse therapy: a short communication from Kashmir.

Background: Systemic sclerosis is a multi-systemic autoimmune disorder affecting predominantly the skin, lungs, gut and kidneys.

Purpose: To report the increased incidence of tuberculosis in patients of systemic sclerosis on dexamethasone pulse (DP) therapy.

Methods: Forty-seven patients of systemic sclerosis were included in the study.

Cardiac involvement in patients of systemic sclerosis.

Background: Systemic sclerosis is a multi-systemic autoimmune disorder. Cardiac involvement by the disease, although not included in the diagnostic criteria, may be seen either clinically, histologically or may be revealed by various investigative modalities.

Purpose: To see the profile of cardiac involvement in patients of systemic sclerosis.