DNA damage in children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke and its association with oxidative stress.

Objective: To compare oxidative status, total antioxidant capacity and values of DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes in children exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke with healthy controls.

Design: Analytical, Observational.

Participants: 54 children without any chronic diseases, attending the healthy child monitoring polyclinic.

Treatment of congenital ichthyosis with acitretin: a case report.

The authors assessed the clinical efficacy, tolerability and safety of acitretin in a patient with ichthyosis. A newborn infant with ichthyosis who presented at birth with collodion baby appearance, was treated with acitretin. A moderate response to acitretin therapy (1 mg/kg/day) administered for 6 months was observed, with improvement in cutaneous lesions.