308nm xenon-chloride excimer laser, a novel mode of phototherapy, is an ultraviolet b radiation system consisting of a noble gas and halide. the aim of this systematic review was to investigate the literature and summarize all the experiments, clinical trials and case reports on 308-nm excimer laser in dermatological disorders. 308-nm excimer laser has currently a verified efficacy in treating ...

abstract background: chronic urticaria (cu) is a common dermatological disease that induces a substantial burden on individuals’ life. also if one’s self-image changes (which usually happen in patients with dermatological diseases), it leads to anxiety or other various symptoms. we aimed to compare the psychological scales in patients with cu with non-dermatological individuals with the purpose...

a hyperactivity and hypertrophy of the sebaceous glands. In the condition known as seborrhceic dermatitis, however, the study of the histopathology leads Brimacombe to assert that there is a diminution of activity and sometimes an atrophy of the sebaceous glands, with an increase in size and function of the coil glands, the secretion being mainly sudoriparous. This is compensatory for the loss ...

1Department of Dermatology and 2Psychooncology Research Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, 3Department of Dermatology, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, 4Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Reykjavik, Iceland, 5Department of Dermatology, Örebro Medical Centre Hospital, Sweden, 6Department of Dermatology, Rikshospitalet , Oslo, Norway and the 7Blue Lagoo...

1Department of Medicine, Divisions of Dermatology and Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 2Department of Dermatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 3Department of Dermatological Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy; 4Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; 5Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medi...

An increasing number of patients with antibiotic-resistant propionibacteria have been described. Extensive sunbathing, even after sunscreen application, may facilitate development of skin cancers by suppressing natural immunity to these atypical growths.

1764 Journal of Investigative Dermatology (2010), Volume 130 © 2010 The Society for Investigative Dermatology 1Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA; 2Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; 3Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland; 4Department of Dermatol...