Background and Objective: Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) is a tool that systematically considers multiple factors relevant to health decision-making. The aim of this study was to use an MCDA ...

Actinic keratosis (AK) and field cancerization are increasing health problems insufficiently diagnosed by primary care physicians. The objective of this study was to assess the validity and reliability ...

Background Prognosis of patients with bullous pemphigoid (BP) is controversial, with a 1-year mortality rateranging from 6% to 48%.Objective To determine the mortality rate of a large cohort of patients ...

Striae distensae, or stretch marks, are linear scars that result from mechanical stretching of dermal tissue. They are most prevalent in women and in pregnancy, puberty, and obesity. The psychological ...

Background: Malignant melanoma is becoming an increasingly important problem in public health as incidence rates have been increasing continuously in Caucasian populations. Childhood and adolscence is ...

Dear Editor, Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized by nodules, abscesses and tunnels. The exact aetiology of HS remains unclear, but recent studies suggest ...

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a strong genetic background and is triggered by environmental factors. Available evidence supports CD6, a lymphocyte surface receptor mostly expressed ...

In psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease with a complex pathophysiology, multiple epidermal differentiation and immune-related genes interact with environmental factors [1]. Despite recent ...