Justification and objectives: The Spanish Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (AEDV) Psoriasis and Pediatric Working Groups (PSW and PWG) have developed a set of recommendations for the management of pediatric psoriasis based on the best available evidence and experts' opinion. Methodology: The methodology of nominal groups was followed, with help from a scoping review. A coordinator was designated, and a group of experts was selected based on their experience and knowledge on the management of psoriasis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set of neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by deficiencies in communication, social interaction, and repetitive and restrictive behaviors. The discovery of genetic involvement in the etiology of ASD has made this condition a strong candidate for genome-based diagnostic tests. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is useful for the detection of variants in the sequence of different genes in ASD patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Non-melanoma skin cancer within previously irradiated areas presents a common challenge, requiring innovative therapies. Complex scenarios, like XRT-induced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or Gorlin's syndrome, often involve multiple synchronous tumor lesions where photodynamic therapy (PDT) offers a viable therapeutic alternative.
Clinical Case: We present the case of a 49-year-old male with a history of XRT for brain tumors.
Posterior polymorphous corneal dystrophy (PPCD), a rare, bilateral, autosomal-dominant, inherited corneal dystrophy, affects the Descemet membrane and corneal endothelium. We describe an unusual presentation of PPCD associated with a previously unknown genetic alteration in the ZEB1 gene. The proband is a 64-year-old woman diagnosed with keratoconus referred for a corneal endothelium study who presented endothelial lesions in both eyes suggestive of PPCD, corectopia and iridocorneal endothelial synechiae in the right eye and intrastromal segments in the left eye.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Secukinumab is a first-in-class interleukin 17A monoclonal antibody that has demonstrated an excellent safety and efficacy profile in phase 3 studies.
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of secukinumab in daily clinical practice and to understand the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of patients treated with secukinumab in clinical settings.
Methods: In this multicenter prospective observational study, we recruited adult patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis from 12 hospitals in Spain during January-December 2016.
Individuals with cancer are at increased risk of developing thrombosis. The prevalence of thrombosis depends on tumor-related factors such as histological type, stage, the use of central venous catheters, or treatment with surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy, as well as general prothrombotic factors including advanced age, immobility, obesity, hereditary thrombophilias and comorbidities. Prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of thrombosis should be individualized and will depend on both the risk of thrombosis and bleeding.
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