Effects of isotretinoin on body mass index, serum adiponectin, leptin, and ghrelin levels in acne vulgaris patients.

Introduction: Isotretinoin has been successfully used for the treatment of acne vulgaris.

Aim: To investigate the effects of isotretinoin on body mass index (BMI), to determine whether isotretinoin causes any changes in serum adiponectin, leptin, and ghrelin levels in acne vulgaris patients, and to correlate variables.

Material And Methods: Thirty-two patients were included in this study.

Ocular findings in alopecia areata.

Alopecia areata is a T cell mediated disease with which many disorders may be associated. There are few studies reporting ocular findings in alopecia areata. The aim of the study is to assess tear function and ocular surface pathologies in alopecia areata.

New described dermatological disorders.

Many advances in dermatology have been made in recent years. In the present review article, newly described disorders from the last six years are presented in detail. We divided these reports into different sections, including syndromes, autoinflammatory diseases, tumors, and unclassified disease.

Psychiatric symptoms and health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with psoriasis.

Information about the relationship between psoriasis and psychiatric morbidity and quality of life in children and adolescents is limited. We aimed to examine the symptoms of depression and anxiety and health-related quality of life levels in children and adolescents with psoriasis. Forty-eight outpatients with psoriasis aged 8 to 18 years are included in this study.

Is facial involvement a sign of severe psoriasis?

Facial involvement in psoriasis receives little attention in standard descriptions of the disease. To our knowledge there has been only one comparison study on the severe of psoriasis between patients with and without facial involvement. The purpose of this study was to define the prevalence and characteristics of facial involvement, and to compare the severity of psoriasis between patients with and without facial involvement.