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J Clin Aesthet Dermatol
January 2025
Dr. Warren and Ms. Sanchez are with Derm Texas in Dallas, Texas.
Vitiligo is an autoimmune disorder that causes melanocyte damage and pigment loss. The clinical presentation of vitiligo consists of patchy areas of lighter skin and results from a loss of functioning melanocytes and may be more visible in darker skin toned patients. Vitiligo affects approximately 2 percent of children and adolescents in the United States, with half of the affected cases undiagnosed.
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January 2025
Ms. Pomaville is with Forefront Dermatology in Berwyn, Illinois; the Marquette University College of Health Sciences, PA Studies Program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and the University of Dubuque, MSPAS Program, in Dubuque, Iowa.
Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is an inflammatory skin disease with multifactorial etiology, involving genetic and environmental factors. Many conventional therapies for SD (ie, topical antifungals, topical corticosteroids) are associated with incomplete efficacy, frequent and sometimes rapid disease recurrence, and restrictions on duration of therapy and anatomic sites of application. This may be because they cannot target multiple disease processes and/or are limited by safety considerations.
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January 2025
Public Health Officer, Ethiopian Statistical Service, Bahirdar, Ethiopia.
Background: Corticosteroids are among the most frequently prescribed drugs in the world because they are extremely effective for the relief of symptoms of many inflammatory and immune disorders and other conditions. Corticosteroids have been a mainstay of pharmacotherapy in dermatological practice.
Objective: This study aimed to assess prescribing practices of corticosteroids in outpatient dermatology department of Injibara General Hospital, North-West Ethiopia, 2024.
Eur J Pediatr
January 2025
Department of Dermatology & Allergology, Städtisches Klinikum Dresden, Academic Teaching Hospital, Dresden, Germany.
Periorifical dermatitis (POD) is a papular, chronic inflammatory skin disease commonly seen in women in their 2nd to 4th decade of life. The major differential diagnosis is persistent acne. In children, POD is less common than in adults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMycopathologia
January 2025
Teikyo University Institute of Medical Mycology (TIMM), 359 Otsuka, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0395, Japan.
We describe a novel Malassezia species named Malassezia polysorbatinonusus, isolated from a Japanese patient with seborrheic dermatitis. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the isolate (LSEM 4845) were only 94.7% identical to those of M.
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