Histopathological and clinical traps in lichen sclerosus: a case report.

Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus and limited systemic scleroderma (acrosclerosis) are inflammatory skin diseases that ultimately evolve into two distinct modes of atrophic scar formation, but which can easily be confused clinically. They are very rarely associated. The literature has reported cases in which lichen sclerosus was associated with various forms of scleroderma, but often with localized morphea.

Clinical-epidemiological trends of herpes zoster: a 5-year study.

Unlabelled: Herpes zoster (shingles) is a neurocutaneous viral disease, in recent years its incidence increasing throughout the world.

Aim: To study the incidence of herpes zoster among Iasi county patients requiring hospital admission and to analyze the clinical and epidemiological features and socioeconomic status of the study group.

Material And Methods: Retrospective study of 158 patients admitted to the largest clinical dermatology department in North-eastern Romania, the Clinical Dermatology Department of the Iasi "Sf.

[Viral hepatitis--trends].

Viral hepatitis is a serious health problem all over the world. The aim of the study is to present the actual achievements in the therapeutically field and the general knowledge concerning the subject. Are presented the etiological agents of the acute and chronic hepatitis with the focus on hepatitis B and C, which has become a priority of WHO, with an incidence of the diseases of 360 billion/year for hepatitis B and an sub estimated level for C hepatitis.

[Statins and endothelial dysfunction].

Unlabelled: Studies carried out to determine the abilities of statins showed that they have multiple cholesterol-independent benefits, named pleiotropic. These effects are highly diverse and assume such properties as the improvement of endothelial dysfunction, damaged by multiple pathologic conditions, with secondary increase in NO bioavailability. Also at endothelial level, statins have the ability of diminishing the adhesion molecules expression, thus having an indirect vasodilatator role.