The term 'sclerosing diseases of the skin' comprises specific dermatological entities, which have fibrotic changes of the skin in common. These diseases mostly manifest in different clinical subtypes according to cutaneous and extracutaneous involvement and can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from each other. The present consensus provides an update to the 2017 European Dermatology Forum Guidelines, focusing on characteristic clinical and histopathological features, diagnostic scores and the serum autoantibodies most useful for differential diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe term 'sclerosing diseases of the skin' comprises specific dermatological entities, which have fibrotic changes of the skin in common. These diseases mostly manifest in different clinical subtypes according to cutaneous and extracutaneous involvement and can sometimes be difficult to distinguish from each other. The present consensus provides an update to the 2017 European Dermatology Forum Guidelines, focusing on characteristic clinical and histopathological features, diagnostic scores and the serum autoantibodies most useful for differential diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Accurate use of diagnostic codes is crucial for epidemiological and genetic research based on electronic health record (EHR) data.
Methods: This retrospective study validated the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 diagnostic code L12.0 for bullous pemphigoid (BP) using EHR data from two Finnish university hospitals.