Dermatology
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Is the presence of enanthem a clue for COVID-19?
In the study, six of the patients presented with oral lesions, all of them located in the palate.
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New developments in pustular psoriasis
Genetic factors and novel therapies could chip away at this complex condition.
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Doctors hesitated to embrace biosimilar infliximab in first 2 years
Adoption of biosimilar infliximab was initially slow, but more widely used in new patients.
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Clinicians address psoriatic disease risk in the era of COVID-19
Studies suggest psoriatic disease doesn’t much impact the risk of contracting COVID-19 or experiencing worse outcomes from psoriatic disease, but...
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Topical PDE-4 inhibitor for psoriasis effective in phase 2b trial
Roflumilast cream “could be a game changer” in plaque psoriasis.
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Subcutaneous nemolizumab eases itching for atopic dermatitis
Patients randomized to subcutaneous nemolizumab showed significant improvement in pruritus, compared with a placebo group.
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Oral difelikefalin quells severe chronic kidney disease–associated itch
Pruritus benefit seen in patients with or without hemodialysis.
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Even a few days of steroids may be risky, new study suggests
A retrospective study of more than 2.6 million Taiwanese adults echoes findings from a 2017 cohort study of more than 1.5 million U.S. adults.
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Lifestyle changes may explain skin lesions in pandemic-era patients
"Dermatologists must be aware of the protean cutaneous findings that are possibly associated with COVID-19, even if our understanding of their...
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Skin patterns of COVID-19 vary widely
“There’s a lot that we still don’t know, and some patterns are going to be outliers,” Dr. Christine Ko said.
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First validated classification criteria for discoid lupus erythematosus unveiled
“The point is to be able to differentiate between discoid lupus and its disease mimickers, which could be confused in enrollment in clinical...