The frequency of neonatal skin disorders has not been well studied in Egypt. Our aim was to address patterns of dermatological changes in a sample of Egyptian newborns. In a descriptive prospective cohort study 600 newborns in Sohag University hospital nursery were dermatologically examined within the first 5 days of birth. Skin disorders were detected in 240 neonates (40.0%). Birthmarks were f...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE During laser therapy of port wine stain (PWS) birthmarks, regions of perfusion may persist. We hypothesize that such regions are not readily observable even when laser surgery is performed by highly experienced clinicians. The objective of this study was to use objective feedback to assess the acute vascular response to laser therapy. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHOD...

Congenital melanocytic naevi (CMN) are birthmarks that can have a great impact on the lives of patients because unusual appearance CMN and risk developing skin cancer (melanoma) or brain spine problems. Larger (more than 20 cm) relatively rare affect one in every 20,000 newborns. At moment, different studies looking at often measure outcomes this makes it difficult to compare studies.

Sequence alignment algorithms have recently found a use in detecting code clones, software plagiarism, code theft, and polymorphic malware. This approach involves extracting birthmarks, in this case sequences, from programs and comparing them using sequence alignment, a procedure which has been intensively studied in the field of bioinformatics. This idea seems promising. However, we have shown...