abstract background: atopic dermatitis is a common skin disease associated with chronic inflammation in the skin and itches and most patients have a positive family history of dermatitis. the major treatment of dermatitis, based on allopathic medicine, includes symptomatic treatment by oral antihistamines and topical or oral corticosteroids, which, in long-term, will cause various side effects....

INTRODUCTION L ichen planus (LP) is a T-cell-mediated chronic inflammatory disease of autoimmune origin affecting the skin, nails and mucosa, including the oral cavity and rarely the esophagus. The disease is characterized histologically by a dense lichenoid (band like) lymphocytic infiltrate along the dermal epidermal junction (1). The T-cells induce the overlying keratinocytes to undergo apop...

Dermatitis herpetiformis (DH), described over 100 years ago, is a life-long blistering skin disease that can appear at any age. Dapsone controls the rash effectively and has been used for over 50 years in the treatment of DH. Major landmark in the research of DH was 30 years ago the discovery of granular IgA deposits in the upper papillary dermis,1 and further differentiation of an autoimmune d...

abstract background: geographical health research examines the effect of environmental factors on human health examines. the environment where human and nature both is greatly influenced by the climatic conditions. the types of skin cancer world wide as well as iran are among the most common diseases and according to studies, are influenced by environmental factors . the objective here is to an...

BACKGROUND Linear scleroderma "en coup de sabre" (LSCS) usually affects one side of the face and head in the frontoparietal area with band-like indurated skin lesions. The disease may be associated with facial hemiatrophy. Various ophthalmological and neurological abnormalities have been observed in patients with LSCS. We describe an unusual case of LSC. CASE PRESENTATION A 23 year old woman ...