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JAAD Int
July 2020
Apex Dermatology and Skin Surgery Center, Mayfield Heights, and Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania.
Introduction: Dermatologic disease represents a significant burden worldwide, but the regional effect of skin disease in the Caribbean and how it relates to socioeconomic status remain unknown.
Objective: This study aims to measure the burden of skin disease in the Caribbean from epidemiologic and socioeconomic standpoints.
Methods: We selected Global Burden of Disease Study data sets to analyze disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) and the annual rate of change of dermatoses between 1990 and 2017 in 18 Caribbean countries and the United States.
An Bras Dermatol
February 2013
Division of Dermatology, Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Unlabelled: A focused and commented review on the impact of dermatologic diseases and interventions in the solidary act of donating blood is presented to dermatologists to better advise their patients. This is a review of current Brazilian technical regulations on hemotherapeutic procedures as determined by Ministerial Directive #1353/2011 by the Ministry of Health and current internal regulations of the Hemotherapy Center of Ribeirão Preto, a regional reference center in hemotherapeutic procedures. Criteria for permanent inaptitude: autoimmune diseases (>1 organ involved), personal history of cancer other than basal cell carcinoma, severe atopic dermatitis or psoriasis, pemphigus foliaceus, porphyrias, filariasis, leprosy, extra pulmonary tuberculosis or paracoccidioidomycosis, and previous use of etretinate.
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November 1994
Department of Dermatovenereology, Academic Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, the Netherlands.
Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi
May 1994
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Xuanwu Hospital.
Six patients diagnosed as Psoriasis with complication of chylothorax (3 of chylothorax, 3 of both chylothorax and chyloperitoneum, age from 21 to 50, male 4, female 2) were reported. All patients have a history of taking a chinese medicine named "complex Wulong powder" for treating psoriasis. All patients have not the history of trauma, operation, and the history of living in epidemic focus of filariasis.
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