Publications by authors named "Le Huyen My"
Article Synopsis
- Chronic urticaria (CU) in the Asia-Pacific region presents significant challenges for patients, highlighting the need for patient-centred care to involve them in health decisions.
- A survey and discussions with 13 expert dermatologists and allergists identified barriers to implementing these approaches, including patient awareness, healthcare access delays, financial issues, and low adherence to treatment.
- Experts recommended enhancing patient education, tailoring treatments to individual needs, promoting shared decision-making, and utilizing patient-reported outcome measures to improve CU management.
Scabies is a neglected tropical disease and represents a considerable global burden. Although consensus diagnostic criteria for scabies have been recently published, diagnosing scabies infestation remains challenging in clinical practice. We investigated the diagnostic utility of complete blood cell count (CBC) and CBC-derived ratios obtained at diagnosis in a set of 167 patients who are Vietnamese with confirmed scabies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) is a chronic disease associated with genetic factors related to mutations of the interleukin 36 receptor antagonist gene (IL36RN) and the caspase recruitment domain 14 gene (CARD14). However, the relevance of these mutations to the clinical features and severity of GPP remains unclear. Aims Our objective was to correlate the presence of IL36RN and CARD14 mutations with the clinical and laboratory findings in patients with GPP.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Bosentan is effective agent in scleroderma vasculopathy. However, there are no studies evaluating effectiveness of bosentan in Vietnamese patients, where nifedipine is still the common treatment.
Objective: To compare the efficacy of bosentan versus nifedipine in scleroderma vasculopathy in Vietnamese patients.