Publications by authors named "Tsianou Z"
This review is part of an annual evidence update on atopic eczema (AE), providing a summary of key findings from 18 systematic reviews published in 2019 on AE risk factors and prevention. Parental atopy, particularly AE, is a risk factor for offspring AE, and this risk is augmented both by the number of parental atopic diseases present and the number of affected parents. Low-quality evidence suggests that autumn or winter birth increases childhood AE risk compared with birth in spring.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this two-part report, we review and critically appraise 'Dermatological games' by J. A. Cotterill, a seminal article published in 1981, which attempted to explain the interaction between dermatologists and patients using Berne's game theory.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF'Dermatological games' by J. A. Cotterill was a seminal article published in 1981, which attempted to explain the interaction between dermatologists and patients using Berne's game theory.
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- * The case involves a 65-year-old woman who experienced sudden pink sweating primarily affecting her armpits and pelvis, leading to staining of clothing and bed sheets.
- * Diagnosis was confirmed through histological examination showing yellow-brown lipofuscin granules, and this case is notable due to the unusual pink coloring and its presence in the inguinal area, highlighting the psychosocial challenges of the condition.
Aim: Johnson et al. aimed to assess caregivers' willingness to treat childhood atopic dermatitis (AD) with a corticosteroid when presented with clinical trial evidence, anecdote, or both.
Setting And Design: This prospective parallel group (1: 1; eight groups) randomized control trial (RCT) was carried out with caregivers recruited from a tertiary care dermatology clinic in the USA and an online crowdsourcing platform using caregivers who may not have had a child with AD.
Background And Objective: Collagen proportional area (CPA) extraction in liver biopsy images provides the degree of fibrosis expansion in liver tissue, which is the most characteristic histological alteration in hepatitis C virus (HCV). Assessment of the fibrotic tissue is currently based on semiquantitative staging scores such as Ishak and Metavir. Since its introduction as a fibrotic tissue assessment technique, CPA calculation based on image analysis techniques has proven to be more accurate than semiquantitative scores.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA clustering based method for collagen proportional area extraction in liver biopsy images.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
October 2016
Article Synopsis
- Collagen Proportional Area (CPA) extraction using digital image analysis (DIA) is an effective method for estimating liver disease staging by accurately representing fibrosis in liver tissue.
- This paper introduces an automated method that uses k-means clustering to detect liver tissue in biopsies, helping to identify necessary repeat biopsies for inadequate samples.
- The proposed method was tested on 25 images, showing only minor variations in CPA calculations compared to expert evaluations, indicating its reliability.
Aim: To assess the trends in the incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) over 23 years in the same area and to identify genetic factors related to incidence evolution.
Methods: Patients with IBD arising from North-western Greece were systematically recorded through the 1983-2005 period. Trends in disease incidence and genetic patterns related to CARD15 variants were documented and correlated.