OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with and not associated with successful matching and matriculation (hereinafter "matching") to dermatology residency programs for applicants who previously graduated from medical school and to distinguish which factors are within applicants' control. DESIGN Observational cohort study. SETTING Six accredited academic dermatology residency training pr...

T e r e w e r e m a n y i n f l u e n c e s responsible for the glories of NeoViennese medicine . Ferdinand Von Hebra (1816-1880) is considered as the founder of classical dermatology. Hebra was born in Moravia, and received his medical degree from University of Vienna. He was appointed in Josef Skoda’s chest clinic at the Allgemeines Krankenhause. Skoda, seeing his interest in diseases of skin...

Dermatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, and College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology,Ogbomoso,Oyo State,Nigeria Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex,and College of Health Sciences,Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria Department of Dermatology and Vener...

a Department of Clinical Experimental Medicine, Unit of Dermatology, at the University of Messina (Italy) C/O A.O.U. “G. Martino”, Via Consolare Valeria, 1, 98125 Messina, Italy b Department of Veterinarian Sciences at the Università of Messina (Italy), Viale Annunziata, 98168 Messina, Italy c Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, Saint Kliment Ohridski University, Medical Faculty, Univer...

Epithelial Sciences, School of Translational Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA Department of Dermatology, China-Japan Union Hospital of JiLin University, Chang Chun, People’s Republic of China Department of Dermatology, University of Lübeck, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany Skin Disease Research Centre, Division of Dermatology, Vanderbilt Medical Cent...

Economic and clinical benefits of ustekinumab in the treatment of moderate to severe psoriasis in Greece Ioannis Bassukas, Georgios Chaidemenos, Andreas Katsampas, Marita Kosmadaki, Hara Kousoulakou, Athanasios Petridis, Brad Schenkel, Dimitrios Sotiriadis, Theofanis Spiliopoulos, Panagiotis Stavropoulos, Evgenia Toumpi, Loukas Xaplanteris. 1 Department of Skin and Venereal Diseases, University...

The word “sign” refers to important physical finding or observation made by the physician when examining the patient. Dermatologic diagnosis relies on the careful observation and documentation of signs, which can be highly pathognomonic for a certain conditions. Most of the signs appear either de novo or have to be elicited by the physician [1]. There are important publications which gathered t...

BACKGROUND Cutaneous findings are frequent in hospitalized patients. There are few reports regarding this subject. OBJECTIVES To identify the frequency and the impact on clinical courses of dermatologic conditions in patients in the inpatient setting and compare the data with other similar studies. METHODS Retrospective review of 274 hospitalized patients in non-dermatology inpatient depart...

OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency of statistical errors in the dermatology literature. DESIGN Original studies published in the Archives of Dermatology and the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology from January through December 2003 were analyzed for correctness of statistical methods and reporting of the results. RESULTS Of 364 studies published, 155 included statistical analysis....

AMAZING, TALENTED, INNOVATIVE, SMART, DEDICATED, GIVING, MENTOR, FIRST, PROFESSIONAL, FAMILY-ORIENTED, SUPERWOMAN! These are all terms that apply to one of dermatology’s most outstanding women. Dr. Wilma Bergfeld fits them all. I was honored when asked to prepare an article about her. So as I write, please understand that she has earned the accolades that the WDS and others have bestowed upon h...