Dermatology : international journal for clinical and investigative dermatology
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1997
Letter Case ReportsAcute arthritis during isotretinoin treatment for acne conglobata.
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1996
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDouble-blind crossover study of high-dose cetirizine in cholinergic urticaria.
Cholinergic urticaria does not respond well to treatment with conventional antihistamines and is difficult to study because of its highly variable clinical expression which depends on the presence of eliciting factors. ⋯ These data show a high efficacy of cetirizine at twice its normally recommended dose which may be related to the specific antiallergic effects of this newer-generation antihistamine.
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Thalidomide is used for the symptomatic treatment of recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS). Some authors reported remissions, but this was not evaluated. ⋯ This study showed that a minority of patients responded and could stop thalidomide therapy whereas another group of patients could be maintained in remission with low doses of thalidomide which may represent a means to reduce the potentially severe side effects.
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Dermatology (Basel) · Jan 1996
Review Case ReportsLivedo-like dermatitis (Nicolau's syndrome): a review of three cases.
We report 3 patients with typical features of livedo-like dermatitis. Emergency vasoactive therapy was administered to 2 of these patients, in whom the lesions healed completely. Although spontaneous resolution cannot be ruled out, we think that early recognition of this entity leading to rapid vasoactive treatment may limit the extent of thrombotic complications and the resulting tissue necrosis.