Dermatology
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Thorough Work-Up Crucial in Sarcoidosis Cases
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Term 'Hemangioma' Used Incorrectly in 71% of Cases
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Study Finds Pruritus Common in Elderly Patients
Major Finding: Nearly half of elderly patients (49%) reported having a problem with itch for a mean of 15.3 months.
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Brodalumab, Ixekizumab Rapidly Improve Psoriasis
Major Finding: Mean improvements in PASI scores, with brodalumab were 45% with 70 mg, 86% with 140 mg, 86% with 210 mg, and 76% with 280 mg.
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Investigational Psoriasis Drug Reduces Vessel Inflammation
Major Finding: At 12 weeks there was a dose-related response in inflammation in the most-diseased vessels of patients with plaque psoriasis and...
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Skin Biopsy Can't Always Tell SLE From Dermatomyositis
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Oral Spironolactone Hailed for Acne in Women
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Antibiotics Lead Outpatient Cutaneous Adverse Drug Events
Major Finding: Antibiotics caused the most cutaneous adverse drug events (23%), followed by cardiovascular agents (7%) and agents primarily...
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Investigational Herpes Drug May Offer Alternative to Valacyclovir
Major Finding: Median healing times were 140 hours for placebo, 120 hours for ASP2151 100 mg, 106 hours for ASP2151 200 mg, 116 hours for ASP2151...
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Bexarotene Confers No Survival Benefit for Mycosis Fungoides
Major Finding: The median survival time for patients with tumor stage mycosis fungoides who received oral bexarotene therapy was 3.3 years,...