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    British Journal of Dermatology: Volume 159, Issue 5

    i, 997-1214
    November 2008
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Research Snippets

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  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Review articles

The Dermatology Life Quality Index 1994–2007: a comprehensive review of validation data and clinical results

M.K.A. Basra,  R. Fenech,  R.M. Gatt,  M.S. Salek,  A.Y. Finlay, 
  • Pages: 997-1035
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

A review of minimally invasive cosmetic procedures

S. Ogden,  T.W. Griffiths, 
  • Pages: 1036-1050
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Guidelines

Free Access

Guideline for the diagnosis and management of vitiligo

D.J. Gawkrodger,  A.D. Ormerod,  L. Shaw,  I. Mauri-Sole,  M.E. Whitton,  M.J. Watts,  A.V. Anstey,  J. Ingham,  K. Young, 
  • Pages: 1051-1076
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Original articles

Cutaneous biology

Evidence that the bulge region is a site of relative immune privilege in human hair follicles

K.C. Meyer,  J.E. Klatte,  H.V. Dinh,  M.J. Harries,  K. Reithmayer,  W. Meyer,  R. Sinclair,  R. Paus, 
  • Pages: 1077-1085
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Clinical and laboratory investigations

Tissue and blood superoxide dismutase activities and malondialdehyde levels in different clinical severities of acne vulgaris

Nermeen S.A. Abdel Fattah,  M.A. Shaheen,  A.A. Ebrahim,  E.S. El Okda, 
  • Pages: 1086-1091
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Th17 cytokines interleukin (IL)-17 and IL-22 modulate distinct inflammatory and keratinocyte-response pathways

K.E. Nograles,  L.C. Zaba,  E. Guttman-Yassky,  J. Fuentes-Duculan,  M. Suárez-Fariñas,  I. Cardinale,  A. Khatcherian,  J. Gonzalez,  K.C. Pierson,  T.R. White,  C. Pensabene,  I. Coats,  I. Novitskaya,  M.A. Lowes,  J.G. Krueger, 
  • Pages: 1092-1102
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Hyperglycaemic conditions decrease cultured keratinocyte mobility: implications for impaired wound healing in patients with diabetes

C-C.E. Lan,  I-H. Liu,  A-H. Fang,  C-H. Wen,  C-S. Wu, 
  • Pages: 1103-1115
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Comedication related to comorbidities: a study in 1203 hospitalized patients with severe psoriasis

S. Gerdes,  V.A. Zahl,  H. Knopf,  M. Weichenthal,  U. Mrowietz, 
  • Pages: 1116-1123
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

The influence of antimalarial treatment on IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α mRNA expression on UVB-irradiated skin in systemic lupus erythematosus

A. Wozniacka,  A. Lesiak,  J. Boncela,  K. Smolarczyk,  D.P. McCauliffe,  A. Sysa-Jedrzejowska, 
  • Pages: 1124-1130
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Human herpesvirus 7 detection by quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction in primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas and healthy subjects: lack of a pathogenic role

R. Ponti,  M. Bergallo,  C. Costa,  P. Quaglino,  M.T. Fierro,  A. Comessatti,  E. Stroppiana,  F. Sidoti,  C. Merlino,  M. Novelli,  D. Alotto,  R. Cavallo,  M.G. Bernengo, 
  • Pages: 1131-1137
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Contact dermatitis and allergy

Methyldibromoglutaronitrile allergy: relationship between patch test and repeated open application test thresholds

L.A. Fischer,  J.D. Johansen,  T. Menné, 
  • Pages: 1138-1143
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Dermatological surgery and lasers

Curettage treatment for molluscum contagiosum: a follow-up survey study

T. Simonart,  V. De Maertelaer, 
  • Pages: 1144-1147
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Dermatopathology

Bone marrow examination has limited value in the staging of patients with an anaplastic large cell lymphoma first presenting in the skin. Retrospective analysis of 107 patients

M.F. Benner,  R. Willemze, 
  • Pages: 1148-1151
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Epidemiology and health services research

How prominent are patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials of dermatological treatments?

A.P. Townshend,  C-M. Chen,  H.C. Williams, 
  • Pages: 1152-1159
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Paediatric dermatology

Association of paediatric mastocytosis with a polymorphism resulting in an amino acid substitution (M541L) in the transmembrane domain of c-KIT

R. Foster,  E. Byrnes,  C. Meldrum,  R. Griffith,  G. Ross,  E. Upjohn,  A. Braue,  R. Scott,  G. Varigos,  P. Ferrao,  L.K. Ashman, 
  • Pages: 1160-1169
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Photobiology

Bioavailability of aminolaevulinic acid and methylaminolaevulinate in basal cell carcinomas: a perfusion study using microdialysis in vivo

C. Sandberg,  C.B. Halldin,  M.B. Ericson,  O. Larkö,  A.-L. Krogstad,  A.-M. Wennberg, 
  • Pages: 1170-1176
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Therapeutics

Once weekly administration of etanercept 50 mg is efficacious and well tolerated in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis: a randomized controlled trial with open-label extension

P.C.M. Van De Kerkhof,  S. Segaert,  M. Lahfa,  T.A. Luger,  Z. Karolyi,  A. Kaszuba,  G. Leigheb,  F.M. Camacho,  D. Forsea,  C. Zang,  M.P. Boussuge,  L. Paolozzi,  J. Wajdula, 
  • Pages: 1177-1185
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Randomized controlled trial comparing the effectiveness of 308-nm excimer laser alone or in combination with topical hydrocortisone 17-butyrate cream in the treatment of vitiligo of the face and neck

F. Sassi,  S. Cazzaniga,  G. Tessari,  L. Chatenoud,  A. Reseghetti,  L. Marchesi,  G. Girolomoni,  L. Naldi, 
  • Pages: 1186-1191
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Concise communications

C-terminally truncated kindlin-1 leads to abnormal adhesion and migration of keratinocytes

C. Has,  R.J. Ludwig,  C. Herz,  J.S. Kern,  S. Ussar,  F.R. Ochsendorf,  R. Kaufmann,  H. Schumann,  J. Kohlhase,  L. Bruckner-Tuderman, 
  • Pages: 1192-1196
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Case reports

Folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (stage IIA) progressing to Sézary syndrome: a case report

N. Agar,  S.J. Whittaker, 
  • Pages: 1197-1199
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Palifermin-induced flexural hyperpigmentation: a clinical and histological study of five cases

L.A.G. Sibelt,  N. Aboosy,  W.J.F.M. Van Der Velden,  N.M.A. Blijlevens,  W.A.M. Blokx,  M.M.B. Seyger, 
  • Pages: 1200-1203
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Gene corner

A novel silent mutation in the NSDHL gene causing CHILD syndrome as a result of aberrant splicing

M. Saito,  A. Ishiko, 
  • Pages: 1204-1206
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Correspondence

Plasma adiponectin and leptin levels in Japanese patients with psoriasis

H. Takahashi,  H. Tsuji,  I. Takahashi,  Y. Hashimoto,  A. Ishida-Yamamoto,  H. Iizuka, 
  • Pages: 1207-1208
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Acne successfully treated with acitretin in a patient with peanut allergy. Reply

S.A. Walsh,  S.A. Holme, 
  • Pages: 1208-1209
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Low frequency of acne vulgaris in adolescent girls and women with Turner’s syndrome: a clinical, genetic and hormonal study of 65 patients

V. Brazzelli,  D. Larizza,  F. Muzio,  V. Calcaterra,  L. Fornara,  C. Klersy,  G. Borroni, 
  • Pages: 1209-1211
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Peristomal skin problems account for more than one in three visits to ostomy nurses

G.B.E. Jemec,  H. Nybæk, 
  • Pages: 1211-1212
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Sharps disposal: a universal responsibility

J.I. Blenkharn, 
  • Page: 1212
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

Risk of herpes zoster infection in patients with pemphigus on mycophenolate mofetil

M. Saha,  M.M. Black,  R.W. Groves, 
  • Pages: 1212-1213
  • First Published: 20 October 2008

News and Notices

News and Notices

  • Page: 1214
  • First Published: 20 October 2008