A case of neonatal lupus presenting with fever and skin rash in a 47-day-old girl [PDF]
Neonatal lupus (NL) is a passively acquired autoimmune disease that occurs in infants born from asymptomatic mothers having anti-SSA or anti-SSB antibody.
Yoonkyeom Shin +2 more
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Subjective and Objective Measurements of the Facial Effects of Microdoses of Botulinum Toxin
Introduction: Studies have suggested that botulinum toxin A may improve skin quality, and application protocols using hyper-diluted doses of botulinum toxin (microdosing) have been studied as a way to achieve therapeutic goals without fully paralyzing ...
Doris Hexsel +4 more
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Fabrication of a low-cost strap for holding precordial electrodes on the hirsute chest
Background: Reusable suction-cup electrodes are used for recording a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) in resource-limited settings. These electrodes may easily detach if those are attached on a hirsute chest.
Himel Mondal +4 more
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Erythema nodosum as a result of estrogen patch therapy for prostate cancer: a case report. [PDF]
© 2015 Coyle et al.Introduction: Erythema nodosum is often associated with a distressing symptomatology, including painful subcutaneous nodules, polyarthropathy, and significant fatigue.
Abel, P +3 more
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Hypertensive portal colopathy in schistosomiasis mansoni: proposal for a classification
Portal hypertension is a frequent complication of chronic liver disease, detected not only in schistosomiasis, but also in cirrhosis of any etiology. Vascular alterations in the colonic mucosa are a potential source for acute or chronic bleeding and have
Maria Angelina C Miranda +6 more
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Use of an alternative method to evaluate erythema severity in a clinical trial: difference in vehicle response with evaluation of baseline and postdose photographs for effect of oxymetazoline cream 1·0% for persistent erythema of rosacea in a phase IV study. [PDF]
BackgroundOnce-daily topical oxymetazoline cream 1·0% significantly reduced persistent facial erythema of rosacea in trials requiring live, static patient assessments.ObjectivesTo evaluate critically the methodology of clinical trials that require live ...
Alvandi, N +10 more
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Randomized trial of calcipotriol combined with 5-fluorouracil for skin cancer precursor immunotherapy [PDF]
BACKGROUND. Actinic keratosis is a precursor to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Long treatment durations and severe side effects have limited the efficacy of current actinic keratosis treatments.
Ahu Turkoz +18 more
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A proposed scoring system for assessing the severity of actinic keratosis on the head: actinic keratosis area and severity index [PDF]
Background: Actinic keratosis (AK) severity is currently evaluated by subjective assessment of patients. Objectives: To develop and perform an initial pilot validation of a new easy-to-use quantitative tool for assessing AK severity on the head ...
Arkachaisri +27 more
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Entropy and enthalpy for triggering cutaneous erythema [PDF]
The molar entropy (ΔS) and molar enthalpy (ΔH) for the denaturation event that triggers cutaneous erythema was determined to be ΔS = 190 J/(mole K) and ΔH = 146.9 × 103 J/mole. The experiment involved placing heated water against the skin of the forearm,
Steven L. Jacques, Joseph T. Walsh
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Eritema necrolítico migratorio y glucagonoma pancreático
El eritema necrolítico migratorio es una dermatosis paraneoplásica infrecuente que puede ser la primera manifestación clínica del glucagonoma, el cual se caracteriza por erupción mucocutánea, intolerancia a la glucosa, hipoaminoacidemia ...
Gerzaín Rodríguez +3 more
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