Clinical, Occupational and Allergological Profile of 455 Patients with Occupational Contact Dermatitis: A 5-Year Study from a Tertiary Care Center of North India.

Objectives: To evaluate clinical and occupational profile and common allergens in patients with occupational contact dermatitis (OCD).

Materials And Methods: The records of 455 (M:F 2:1) patients aged 18-85 years with allergic contact dermatitis were analyzed retrospectively. The diagnosis of OCD and patterns of dermatitis were defined by standard criteria.

Clinico-investigative attributes of 122 patients with hirsutism: A 5-year retrospective study from India.

Background: Hirsutism is common across ethnicities and a significant cause of negative self-esteem from presumptive loss of femininity. It remains understudied in Indian patients.

Objective: We studied the clinical and investigative attributes of patients with hirsutism.

Patch testing with expired Indian patch test kits: Results of a pilot study.

Background: The reliability of patch testing with expired Indian standard patch test kits has been not evaluated before.

Methods: Thirty adults (men:women 25:5) with allergic contact dermatitis were divided into three groups of ten patients each for patch testing by Finn chamber® method using Indian standard patch test kits having expiry in 2016, 2015 and 2014. The results were compared with those from a new kit with 2018 expiry.

Characteristics of Vitiligo in Children and Adolescents.

Vitiligo in children and adolescents displays some distinct features, which may affect its clinical course, therapeutic outcome, and prognosis. We studied 579 children and adolescents with vitiligo, comprising 275 (47.5%) boys and 304 (52.

Adults with a more extensive body involvement, moderate to extremely severe vitiligo and a prolonged clinical course have an early onset in childhood in addition to other prognostic factors as compared to individuals with later-onset vitiligo.

Background: The extent and disease severity, duration and other associated prognostic cofactors in vitiligo in adults may vary with the age of onset (before or after 10 years of age).

Objectives: To compare extent and disease severity, duration and other cofactors in adults with early-onset and late-onset vitiligo.

Methods: The medical records of 408 (M:F 1:1.