Aperito Journal of Dermatology
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A Missed Opportunity: Indicator Disease Guided Testing for HIV
Christopher Schuster1, Armin Rieger1 and Katharina Grabmeier-Pfistershammer1 • 26 Dec 2014
We report on a 42 year old, heterosexual black man presenting with an anal ulceration and generalized itch. Upon inspection, hyper pigmented disseminated cutaneous patches, non-removable whitish paral...
Axis-I Diagnosis in Vitiligo and Chronic Urticaria Patients
*Fulya Maner and Meltem Sukan1 • 16 Dec 2014
Background: There is a significant co-morbidity between dermatological disorders and psychiatric. It has been estimated that in at least one-third of patients with skin diseases, their effec...
Topical AC-11 Abates While Applied Actinic Keratoses and Early Squamous Cell Cancers in Hairless Mice Exposed to Ultraviolet A (UVA) Radiation
Julian M Menter PHD1, Amir Etemadi PHD2, Abrienne M Patta PHD3 and Noah Scheinfeld MD JD4* • 05 Dec 2014
AC-11 is an aqueous extract of the botanical, Uncaria tomentosa, which has a variety of effects that enhance DNA repair and down regulate inflammation. AC-11 is essentially free of oxindole alkaloids ...
An atypical form of favus is undiagnosed for 50 years
Ru-zhi Zhang1 and Wen-yuan Zhu2* • 23 Oct 2014
Tinea capitis favosa, also termed favus, is a chronic inflammatory dermatophyte infection of the scalp usually caused by Trichophyton schoenleinii. It can be acquired during childhood or adolescence a...