4 results match your criteria: "The Alan Lyell Centre for Dermatology[Affiliation]"

Retrospective review of diphencyprone in the treatment of alopecia areata.

Clin Exp Dermatol

June 2016

The Alan Lyell Centre for Dermatology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.

Background: Contact immunotherapy with diphencyprone (DCP) is used to treat alopecia areata (AA). Its reported efficacy is variable, and individual response cannot be predicted.

Aim: To identify patient and treatment course variables that may affect treatment outcome, and to review DCP service to identify potential areas for development and improvement.

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Background: Organ transplant recipients have an increased risk of skin cancers. A specialist dermatology clinic for renal transplant recipients (RTRs) was established in 2005.

Objectives: To analyse the type and incidence of skin cancers in prevalent patients in the West of Scotland after renal transplant, and to analyse the impact of the time since transplant and the immunosuppression regimen.

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