ABSTRACT Systemic sclerosis is a disease with skin tightness. Besides of skin involvement, there may be involvement of different organs. Systemic sclerosis may be diffuse or limited, but in both of them Raynoud’s phenomen is common. This phenomen is due to vasoconstriction and vascular insufficiency and is a phenomen that makes problem for the patient and does not have any efficient treatment....

Background: Medicinal plants have been used for treatment of diseases and finding of new drugs. Botanical valuable traditional methods, offer finding new medicinal plants and herbal medicines. Objective: The aim of this study was the identification of important medicinal plants that widely were used by local inhabitants, in the treatment of skin diseases in the area of Alamut-Qazvin, Iran. M...

Background: Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is a non-invasive skin cancer, with exposure to ultraviolet radiation and changes in the PTCH gene as its important etiologies. Other risk factors include genetic, age, sex, skin color, sun exposure levels, occupations and other carcinogens. Materials and methods: In this study, patients with skin cancers managed in Loghman Hospital during a 7 year perio...

Topical corticosteroids (TCs) are very useful in the treatment of some skin disorders such as eczema and psoriasis. TCs exhibit potent anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative effects responsible for their efficacy in the treatment of skin disorders. TCs can be classified into different groups according to their potency that depends on the intrinsic activity of the corticosteroid molecule, the ...