Acta dermato-venereologica
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Acta Derm. Venereol. · Jan 2008
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialCalcipotriol used as monotherapy or combination therapy with betamethasone dipropionate in the treatment of nail psoriasis.
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Acta Derm. Venereol. · Jan 2007
Letter Randomized Controlled TrialCombination of acitretin and oral calcitriol for treatment of plaque-type psoriasis.
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Acta Derm. Venereol. · Nov 2001
Letter Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialAddition of pentoxifylline could reduce the side effects of fumaric acid esters in the treatment of psoriasis.
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Acta Derm. Venereol. · Sep 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialEffect of EMLA cream on skin thickness and subcutaneous venous diameter. A randomized, placebo-controlled study in children.
EMLA cream, which is used to provide analgesia prior to venepuncture, induces a skin-blanching reaction. This reaction may be caused by both skin hydration and vasoconstriction. Twenty healthy children with veins suitable for venepuncture on the dorsa of the hands or at the antecubital fossae had applied either EMLA cream or placebo cream under occlusion for 60-70 min in a randomized, double-blind, cross-over study. ⋯ The mean percentage change in vein diameter after removal of EMLA cream was not significant whereas, 15 min after EMLA cream removal, the decrease in the initial vein diameter (13.5%) was significant (p<0.01). The mean percent increase in skin thickness after the removal of EMLA cream was also significant (19.3%; p=0.01). The changes in vein diameter and skin thickness due to the application of EMLA cream do not seem to be of clinical importance to vein cannulation.
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Acta Derm. Venereol. · Nov 1998
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialChronic urticaria and Helicobacter pylori.
Chronic urticaria can result from multiple causes. A number of factors have been identified that can appear to be important in the pathogenesis of individual cases, including intolerance to food, drugs, some internal diseases and some infections. Recently a possible relationship between chronic urticaria and Helicobacter pylori has been suggested. ⋯ Three patients in the eradication therapy group showed complete remission of urticaria after 12 months of follow-up as compared with 1 patient in the control group. Twenty blood donors out of 46 were IgG anti-Helicobacter pylori positive. In conclusion, our data show that the prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection is high in chronic urticaria patients, but eradication of the bacterium does not appear to influence the skin disorders nor the symptoms.