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....

Objective To assess the effectiveness, accessibility, and acceptability of a general practitioner with special interest service for skin problems compared with a hospital dermatology clinic. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting General practitioner with special interest dermatology service and hospital dermatology clinic. Participants Adults referred to a hospital dermatology clinic and ...

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...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Bibliometric indicators and analyses of clinical research articles can help to quantify the scientific production of hospitals and institutions and identify their main areas of research. The aim of this study was to draw up a bibliometric map of clinical research in dermatology by Spanish hospitals and institutions through an analysis of quantitative, qualitative, and t...

Clinical dermatology cases are presented as images and semi-structured text describing skin lesions and their relationships to disease. Metadata assignment to such cases is hampered by lack of a standardized dermatology vocabulary and facilitated methods for indexing legacy collections. In this pilot study descriptive clinical text from Dermatlas, a Web-based repository of dermatology cases, wa...

W e apply distance based classifiers in the context of a content based image retrieval task in dermatology. In the present project, only RGB color information is used. We employ two different methods in order to obtain a discriminative distance measure for classification and retrieval: Generalized Matrix LVQ (GMLVQ) and the Large Margin Nearest Neighbor (LMNN) approach. Both methods provide a l...

The objective of this research was to characterize the use cosmetic dermatology products in patients seen at specialty networks United States (US). Patients from 6 within OMNY Health Dermatology Database with a treatment 2013-2021 were included. Demographic characteristics tabulated first treatment. Cosmetic treatments defined as one following categories, excluding those utilized for medical pu...

Erythromycin was the first macolide discovered in 1952. In 1990s new macrolides including clarithromycin, azithromycin, and dirithromycin were introduced to the market. We provide a review of their structure, pharmacokinetics, mechanisms of action, and indications in dermatology.

flushing is a condition with episodic attacks of redness of the skin with a sensation of warmth or burning, this disease causes emotional and functional problems in patients. there is various treatments for this condition; one of them is the use of botulinum toxin-a (bta). in this prospective pilot study we studied the effect of botulinum toxin-a (bta) effect on dlqi of patients with facial flu...