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Borrelia and Genital Lichen Sclerosus: A Critical Review of the Evidence
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Lichen sclerosus (LSc) is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis that primarily affects the genitalia. Growing evidence supports chronic occlusive urine exposure as the principal pathogenic driver, though other mechanisms, including mechanical irritation, hormonal influences, autoimmunity, and infection, have been proposed.
Liang Zhi Wong +4 more
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Characteristics of Sensitive Scalp in French Women and Comparison With Scalp Dermatoses
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background A sensitive scalp is a particular location of sensitive skin, characterised by the occurrence of unpleasant sensations which cannot be explained by a skin disease. It is a common syndrome that could affect 30%–50% of women. Clinical data are scarce, and the impact on the quality of life poorly described.
Ficheux Anne‐Sophie +3 more
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Textual Practice, 2019 Abstract: ‘Notes on “Lichen”’ develops a lichenised homage to Susan Sontag’s ‘Notes on “Camp”’, rewilding Sontag’s essay to suggest a poetics of Lichen, a poetics associated symbiotically with the manifestos of Donna Haraway. This Lichen poetics engages with questions of symbiosis and solidarity, mutualism and collective voicing, sketching the turn ...
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Nail Disorders in Systemic Conditions
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nail findings in children can be indicative of an underlying systemic disease. Many of these findings are seen in multiple entities and are not specific to one disease. The importance of specifically examining for these nail changes cannot be overstated.
Jane Sanders Bellet
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Molecules, 2018 Lichens produce various unique chemicals that are used in the pharmaceutical industry. To screen for novel lichen secondary metabolites that inhibit the stemness potential of colorectal cancer cells, we tested acetone extracts of 11 lichen samples ...
Yi Yang +11 more
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Successful Treatment of Refractory Lichen Amyloidosus With Dupilumab
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lichen amyloidosis (LA) is a chronic, pruritic dermatosis with papillary dermal amyloid deposition. Standard therapies often fail, and most reports of dupilumab in LA involve patients with concomitant atopic dermatitis. We report a 32‐year‐old man with refractory, non‐atopic LA who had failed topical corticosteroids, tacrolimus, phototherapy ...
Sohrab Elahwiesy +5 more
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MycobiologyFoliicolous or leaf-dwelling lichens are mostly found in (sub-)tropical rainforests; due to their sensibility to environmental changes, they may serve as biological indicators for rainforest ecosystems.
Jung-Jae Woo +4 more
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Symbiosis constraints: Strong mycobiont control limits nutrient response in lichens
Ecology and Evolution, 2017 Symbioses such as lichens are potentially threatened by drastic environmental changes. We used the lichen Peltigera aphthosa—a symbiosis between a fungus (mycobiont), a green alga (Coccomyxa sp.), and N2‐fixing cyanobacteria (Nostoc sp.)—as a model ...
Kristin Palmqvist +2 more
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Nail Lichen Planus in Children ‐ Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, and Treatment
JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Nail lichen planus (NLP) is a chronic inflammatory disorder that, while rare in children compared to adults, represents a significant cause of pediatric nail dystrophy that requires early recognition to prevent permanent scarring and nail loss.
Francesca Pampaloni, Matilde Iorizzo
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