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    British Journal of Dermatology: Volume 160, Issue 1

    i, 1-228
    January 2009
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  • Page: i
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Review articles

Psoriasis: an opportunity to identify cardiovascular risk

D.G. Federman,  M. Shelling,  S. Prodanovich,  C.G. Gunderson,  R.S. Kirsner, 
  • Pages: 1-7
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Tuberculosis and tumour necrosis factor-α inhibitor therapy: a report of three cases in patients with psoriasis. Comprehensive screening and therapeutic guidelines for clinicians

A. Perlmutter,  A. Mittal,  A. Menter, 
  • Pages: 8-15
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Original articles

Cutaneous biology

Skin immunosenescence: decreased receptor for activated C kinase-1 expression correlates with defective tumour necrosis factor-α production in epidermal cells

E. Corsini,  M. Racchi,  L. Lucchi,  E. Donetti,  M. Bedoni,  B. Viviani,  C.L. Galli,  M. Marinovich, 
  • Pages: 16-25
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Topical treatment with CYP26 inhibitor talarozole (R115866) dose dependently alters the expression of retinoid-regulated genes in normal human epidermis

E. Pavez Loriè,  M. Cools,  M. Borgers,  L. Wouters,  B. Shroot,  E. Hagforsen,  H. Törmä,  A. Vahlquist, 
  • Pages: 26-36
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Clinical and laboratory investigations

New criteria for the laboratory diagnosis of nondermatophyte moulds in onychomycosis

A. Shemer,  B. Davidovici,  M.H. Grunwald,  H. Trau,  B. Amichai, 
  • Pages: 37-39
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Chemical leucoderma: a clinico-aetiological study of 864 cases in the perspective of a developing country

S. Ghosh,  S. Mukhopadhyay, 
  • Pages: 40-47
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Dermoscopic features of melanomas associated with MC1R variants in Spanish CDKN2A mutation carriers

F. Cuéllar,  S. Puig,  I. Kolm,  J. Puig-Butille,  P. Zaballos,  R. Martí-Laborda,  C. Badenas,  J. Malvehy, 
  • Pages: 48-53
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Wet-wrap treatment using dilutions of tacrolimus ointment and fluticasone propionate cream in human APOC1 (+/+) mice with atopic dermatitis

A.P. Oranje,  R. Verbeek,  P. Verzaal,  I. Haspels,  E. Prens,  L. Nagelkerken, 
  • Pages: 54-61
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Cicatricial marginal alopecia: is it all traction?

L.J. Goldberg, 
  • Pages: 62-68
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Function of oleic acid on epidermal barrier and calcium influx into keratinocytes is associated with N-methyl d-aspartate-type glutamate receptors

Y. Katsuta,  T. Iida,  K. Hasegawa,  S. Inomata,  M. Denda, 
  • Pages: 69-74
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Frontal fibrosing alopecia: clinical presentations and prognosis

K.T. Tan,  A.G. Messenger, 
  • Pages: 75-79
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Prediction of chemical absorption into and through the skin from cosmetic and dermatological formulations

S. Grégoire,  C. Ribaud,  F. Benech,  J.R. Meunier,  A. Garrigues-Mazert,  R.H. Guy, 
  • Pages: 80-91
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Psoralen plus ultraviolet A ± interferon-α treatment resistance in mycosis fungoides: the role of tumour microenvironment, nuclear transcription factor-κB and T-cell receptor pathways

M.B. Wozniak,  L. Tracey,  P.L. Ortiz-Romero,  S. Montes,  M. Alvarez,  J. Fraga,  J. Fernández Herrera,  S. Vidal,  J.L. Rodriguez-Peralto,  M.Á. Piris,  R. Villuendas (deceased), 
  • Pages: 92-102
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Contact dermatitis and allergy

Patch test dose–response study: polysensitized individuals do not express lower elicitation thresholds than single/double-sensitized individuals

B.C. Carlsen,  L.A. Fischer,  H. Sosted,  A. Vølund,  T. Menné,  J.D. Johansen, 
  • Pages: 103-106
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Is contact allergy to disperse dyes and related substances associated with textile dermatitis?

K. Ryberg,  A. Goossens,  M. Isaksson,  B. Gruvberger,  E. Zimerson,  F. Nilsson,  J. Björk,  M. Hindsén,  M. Bruze, 
  • Pages: 107-115
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Dermatological surgery and lasers

Simplified surgical treatment of chondrodermatitis nodularis by cartilage trimming and sutureless skin closure

W. Hussain,  R.J.G. Chalmers, 
  • Pages: 116-118
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Dermatopathology

New concepts on erythema annulare centrifugum: a clinical reaction pattern that does not represent a specific clinicopathological entity

M. Ziemer,  K. Eisendle,  B. Zelger, 
  • Pages: 119-126
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Keloidal basal cell carcinoma: not a distinctive clinicopathological entity

M. Jones,  M. Bresch,  D. Alvarez,  A. Böer, 
  • Pages: 127-131
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Epidemiology and health services research

Outcome measures in acne vulgaris: systematic review

H. Barratt,  F. Hamilton,  J. Car,  C. Lyons,  A. Layton,  A. Majeed, 
  • Pages: 132-136
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Validity and responsiveness of the Osnabrück Hand Eczema Severity Index (OHSI): a methodological study

M. Dulon,  C. Skudlik,  M. Nübling,  S.M. John,  A. Nienhaus, 
  • Pages: 137-142
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Paediatric dermatology

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Registry for Congenital Melanocytic Naevi: prospective study 1988–2007. Part 1—epidemiology, phenotype and outcomes

V.A. Kinsler,  J. Birley,  D.J. Atherton, 
  • Pages: 143-150
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Photobiology

Vitamin D protects keratinocytes from deleterious effects of ionizing radiation

M. Langberg,  C. Rotem,  E. Fenig,  R. Koren,  A. Ravid, 
  • Pages: 151-161
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Therapeutics

Biologic therapies for psoriasis: practical experience in a U.K. tertiary referral centre

R.B. Warren,  B.C. Brown,  D. Lavery,  D.M. Ashcroft,  C.E.M. Griffiths, 
  • Pages: 162-169
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

A new scalp formulation of calcipotriol plus betamethasone dipropionate compared with each of its active ingredients in the same vehicle for the treatment of scalp psoriasis: a randomized, double-blind, controlled trial

P.C.M. Van De Kerkhof,  V. Hoffmann,  A. Anstey,  L. Barnes,  C. Bolduc,  K. Reich,  S. Saari,  S. Segaert,  L. Vaillant, 
  • Pages: 170-176
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Concise communication

Skin cancer surveillance in renal transplant recipients: re-evaluation of U.K. practice and comparison with Australian experience

S. Garg,  R.P. Carroll,  R.G. Walker,  H.M. Ramsay,  P.N. Harden, 
  • Pages: 177-179
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Shave biopsy without local anaesthetic to diagnose basal cell carcinoma and other skin tumours prior to definitive treatment: analysis of 109 lesions

L.C. Smith,  N.H. Cox,  G. Dawn, 
  • Pages: 180-182
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Biomarkers of Th2 polarity are predictive of staphylococcal colonization in subjects with atopic dermatitis

J.A. Warner,  L.Y. McGirt,  L.A. Beck, 
  • Pages: 183-185
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Treatment with 311-nm ultraviolet B accelerates and improves the clearance of psoriatic lesions in patients treated with etanercept

P. Wolf,  A. Hofer,  F.J. Legat,  A. Bretterklieber,  W. Weger,  W. Salmhofer,  H. Kerl, 
  • Pages: 186-189
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Case report

Medallion-like dermal dendrocyte hamartoma: the main diagnostic pitfall is congenital atrophic dermatofibrosarcoma

M. Marque,  D. Bessis,  F. Pedeutour,  V. Viseux,  B. Guillot,  S. Fraitag-Spinner, 
  • Pages: 190-193
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Gene corner

A novel deletion mutation in the phospholipase H (LIPH) gene in a consanguineous Pakistani family with autosomal recessive hypotrichosis (LAH2)

S. Kamran-ul-Hassan Naqvi,  S.I. Raza,  A.K. Naveed,  P. John,  W. Ahmad, 
  • Pages: 194-196
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Correspondence

An uncommon burn

B. Arun,  J. Jacob,  J.P. Byrne, 
  • Page: 197
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Recruitment of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in ultraviolet irradiation-induced lupus erythematosus tumidus

G. Obermoser,  P. Schwingshackl,  F. Weber,  G. Stanarevic,  B. Zelger,  N. Romani,  N. Sepp, 
  • Pages: 197-200
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Dermal mucinosis with symptomatic intraneural mucin deposition: a new entity or reaction pattern?

S.C-S. Hu,  G-S. Chen,  K-B. Tsai,  J-C. Chung,  C-C.E. Lan, 
  • Pages: 200-202
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Prevalence of thrombophilia associated with leg ulcers

H.R.C. Brandt,  M.C. De Lorenzo Messina,  J.T. Hirayama,  W. Belda Jr,  J.E. Benabou,  P.R. Criado, 
  • Pages: 202-203
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Treatment of acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau with adalimumab

C. Ryan,  P. Collins,  B. Kirby,  S. Rogers, 
  • Pages: 203-205
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

A case of primary cutaneous natural killer/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, with indolent clinical course: monoclonal expansion of Epstein–Barr virus genome correlating with the terminal aggressive behaviour

D. Watabe,  H. Kanno,  T. Inoue-Narita,  H. Onodera,  W. Izumida,  S. Kowata,  T. Sawai,  T. Akasaka, 
  • Pages: 205-207
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Hair extensions: a concerning cause of hair disorders

A. Yang,  M. Iorizzo,  C. Vincenzi,  A. Tosti, 
  • Pages: 207-209
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Skin of colour: an emerging subspeciality of dermatology

O.E. Dadzie, 
  • Pages: 209-210
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Treatment of hyperpigmentation component in chronic radiodermatitis with alexandrite epilation laser

J. Santos-Juanes,  P. Coto-Segura,  C. Galache Osuna,  J. Sánchez del Río,  J. Soto de Delás, 
  • Pages: 210-211
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Review of management and outcome in 65 patients with lentigo maligna

F. Al-Niaimi,  C.S. Jury,  S. McLaughlin,  R.M. Herd, 
  • Pages: 211-213
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Perianal Langerhans cell histiocytosis relieved by surgical excision

T. Mittal,  M.D.P. Davis,  R.B. Lundell, 
  • Pages: 213-215
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Haber’s syndrome may be a clinical entity different from Dowling–Degos disease

A. Nishizawa†,  H. Nakano,  T. Satoh,  K. Takayama,  D. Sawamura,  H. Yokozeki, 
  • Pages: 215-217
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Isotretinoin therapy and the incidence of acne relapse: a nested case–control study

A.M. Layton,  B. Dréno,  H. Gollnick,  H. Mobaken,  N. Shear, 
  • Pages: 217-218
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Isotretinoin therapy and the incidence of acne relapse: a nested case–control study: reply from authors

L. Azoulay,  A. Bérard, 
  • Pages: 218-219
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Arterial blood flow in limbs with port-wine stains can predict length discrepancy

M. Samimi,  A. Maruani,  P. Bertrand,  P. Arbeille,  G. Lorette, 
  • Pages: 219-220
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Differential diagnosis of plantar wart from corn, callus and healed wart with the aid of dermoscopy

J.M. Bae,  H. Kang,  H.O. Kim,  Y.M. Park, 
  • Pages: 220-222
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

The treatment of viral warts with topical cidofovir 1%: our experience of seven paediatric patients

S. Field,  A.D. Irvine,  B. Kirby, 
  • Pages: 223-224
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Managing squamous cell carcinomas: audit on the mode of referral and adequacy of surgical excision

S.S. Haque Hussain,  N. Shams,  J.J. Garioch, 
  • Pages: 224-225
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Evaluating a novel ‘needlecatcher’ device in dermatological surgery: practical considerations

W. Hussain,  N.R. Telfer, 
  • Page: 225
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Evaluating a novel ‘needlecatcher’ device in dermatological surgery: practical considerations: reply from authors

D.J. McKenna,  S. McGlennon,  M. McCallum,  O.M. Dolan, 
  • Pages: 225-226
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

Book Review

Biophysical and Physiological Effects of Solar Radiation on Human Skin

Alex Anstey, 
  • Page: 227
  • First Published: 15 December 2008

News and Notices

Cosmetic Procedures Intensive Training Course, 17th or 24th January 2009, Exeter Medical, Exeter, UK

  • Pages: 227-228
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