Publications by authors named "Paula Gerlero"

Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a chronic and recurrent neutrophilic scarring alopecia that mostly affects the vertex scalp of young male patients. It manifests as painful alopecic lesions surrounded by pustules, tuftings and intense scalp fibrosis. However, the occurrence of less active or 'lichen planopilaris-like' forms of FD questions the exact role of Staphylococcus aureus in the pathogenic mechanism of this disease.

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Background: Patients with delusional infestation (DI) frequently refuse to be treated with psychoactive drugs. In the past, pimozide was commonly used as a first-line agent but is now prescribed more rarely. Risperidone was first used to treat DI in 1995.

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