Publications by authors named "Ifigenia Danopoulou"
Background: Acne vulgaris can severely affect social and psychological functioning.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acne vulgaris and its severity on Quality of Life of young adolescents in Greece.
Methods: We conducted a questionnaire based survey among 1560 adolescent between the ages of 11 and 19 years old and 1531 of these were completed.
Background: Studies investigating etiologic factors in chronic urticaria are based on small populations of a few hundred patients. In addition, data on prognostic factors of the disorder are scarce.
Objective: To investigate the etiologic and prognostic factors of chronic urticaria on a large population referred to tertiary specialized hospital departments.
Objective: Skin cancer campaigns have only recently been implemented in a wide scale in Greece. In order to better target those individuals at risk, we aimed to explore sun exposure behaviors in a sample of the Greek population.
Methods: A total of 802 subjects, randomly selected among the residents of the two largest Greek cities, underwent a questionnaire-based telephone interview, assessing the degree of sun exposure patterns and knowledge of skin cancer risk factors.
Background: Several investigators have described a seasonal variation in the diagnosis of cutaneous melanoma. Limited data exist on the seasonality of melanoma diagnosis in Southern European countries.
Patients And Methods: The seasonal pattern of diagnosis was analyzed in 404 Greek patients diagnosed with cutaneous melanoma (CM) between 1996 and 2004.