Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a subepidermal blistering disease characterized by autoantibodies against the hemidesmosomal protein BP180 (BPAg2, type XVII collagen). NC16A, a noncollagenous stretch of the BP180 ectodomai...
The term "trichothiodystrophy"(TTD) covers several autosomal recessive diseases whose diagnostic hallmark is short, brittle hair low in sulfur and cystine because of impaired synthesis of high-sulfur matrix protein. C...
Atopic dermatitis (AD) patients with predominantly head and neck involvement react to patch tests of the yeast Malassezia sympodialis (Ms). Protein patch testing methods and interpretation are controversial, but subgr...
With the goal of finding serological markers to monitor patients with early as well as late-stage melanoma, we compared the levels of the cytoplasmic melanoma-associated antigens (CYT-MAA) and high-molecular-weightm...
We studied 28 patients with fixed drug eruption (FDE) caused by sulfonamide antibiotics to investigate cross-reactivity between sulfonamide derivatives and p-amino compounds and to explore the usefulness of patch test...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate frequency of contact allergy in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers (CVLU) and to estimate possible relationships between allergic contact reactions and characteristics of...
Pagetoid infiltration of the epidermis by melanocytes is a relevant criterion for the histologic diagnosis of melanoma, although sporadically observable in benign lesions. Since in vivo reflectance-mode confocal micro...
Contact allergy to gold has been shown to be correlated to wearing of golden jewellery as well as to the presence of dental gold. The prerequisite for sensitization and elicitation of an allergic contact dermatitis to...
Background:Topical photodynamic therapy(PDT)with 5-aminolevulinic acid(ALA)was first described by Kennedy et al.in 1990;currently,accumulated evidence shows that topical PDT is effective in the treatment of actinic ke...
DNA was extracted from 52 thick primary melanomas and mutations sought in exon 15 of the BRAF (v-raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B1) gene using denaturing high performance liquid chromatograph (dHPLC) fragme...