Metabolic syndrome may be an important comorbidity in patients with seborrheic dermatitis.

Introduction: Seborrheic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease. One of the components of metabolic syndrome is inflammation, and many inflammatory cytokines play a critical role in the disease. The aim of this study is to investigate metabolic syndrome and to evaluate the relationship between the parameters of the disease and disease severity in patients with seborrheic dermatitis.

Prevalence of common and atypical melanocytic nevi in Turkish children.

The incidence of malignant melanoma is increasing rapidly in the white population of the world. Therefore, it is necessary to know the etiological factors of malignant melanoma and to take preventive measures in high-risk groups in different populations. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of common melanocytic nevi (CMN) and atypical melanocytic nevi (AMN) and to identify some phenotypic factors (eye and hair color, skin type), gender, and age associated with CMN and AMN presence in primary school children in a Turkish population.

Delayed habituation in Behcet's disease.

Background: The autonomic nervous system in Behcet's patients may be affected due to various reasons. This entity may be detected with the measurement of the electrodermal activities, heart rate variability and pupillometric methods. Habituation is one of the implicit forms of learning and memory and the loss of habituation can reveal pathological changes in the synaptic regions.

Non-acne dermatologic indications for systemic isotretinoin.

Systemic isotretinoin has been used to treat severe acne vulgaris for 20 years. However, isotretinoin also represents a potentially useful choice of drugs in many dermatologic diseases other than acne vulgaris. Diseases such as psoriasis, pityriasis rubra pilaris, condylomata acuminata, skin cancers, rosacea, hidradenitis suppurativa, granuloma annulare, lupus erythematosus and lichen planus have been shown to respond to the immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory and antitumor activities of the drug.

The effects of vitamin E on the skin lipid peroxidation and the clinical improvement in vitiligo patients treated with PUVA.

Solar-simulated UV-irradiation causes changes in the enzymic antioxidant defence system in the human epidermis. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects on the skin lipid peroxidation and clinical improvement in vitiligo patients treated with PUVA. The first group of patients was treated for six months with psoralen plus UV-A (n = 15).