Dermatology News: 2007.27

• 2007.27(10) Follicular Penetration of Topically Applied Caffeine via a Shampoo Formulation
  Follicular drug delivery is the prerequisite for an effective treatment of androgenetic alopecia or other reasons of premature hair loss...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(9) The Use of Alternative Medicine in Pediatric Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
  Alternative medicine has been defined as forms of therapy or examination that have no scientific basis and for which no effective or diagnostic reliability has been demonstrated by scientific methods...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(8) Infant feeding and childhood atopy: does early introduction of non-milk fluids matter?
  Studies on the role of non-milk fluids in the development of child atopic disease are scarce. We had a unique opportunity to investigate prospective association between the introduction of fruit syrup, orange juice, sterilized water, vitamins and honey at 1 month and the development of child atopic disease...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(7) Increased sensitization in urban vs. rural environment - Rural protection or an urban living effect?
  In a population-based longitudinal cohort study, we tested the hypothesis that children growing up in a high-traffic polluted urban area (UA) in the Athens' basin have higher prevalence of allergies and sensitization when compared with those growing up in a Greek provincial rural area...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(6) The effects of maternal smoking on early mucosal immunity and sensitization at 12 months of age
  With the dramatic rise in asthma and respiratory disease, there is an urgent need to determine the effects of common environmental exposures on early immune development...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(5) House cleaning with chlorine bleach and the risks of allergic and respiratory diseases in children
  Chlorine bleach or sodium hypochlorite can inactivate common indoor allergens. In this cross-sectional study we evaluated to what extent regular house cleaning with bleach can influence the risks of respiratory and allergic diseases in children...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(4) Early BCG and pertussis vaccination and atopic diseases in 5- to 7-year-old preschool children from Augsburg, Germany: Results from the MIRIAM study
  The role of immunization in the development of atopic disorders is still under debate. One reason might be, that because of high vaccination coverage in most countries only few and selected children are not immunized, leading to unstable and often biased effect estimates...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(3) Smoothing the mosaic subclinical melanoderma by calcipotriol
  The observation of photo-exposed skin under ultraviolet light reveals a mosaic pattern of varying intensity in epidermal melanization...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(2) Comparison of systemic PUVA and NB-UVB in the treatment of vitiligo: an open prospective study
  Vitiligo is a common pigmentary disorder with great cosmetic and psychological morbidity. No treatment available is a definitive cure...   |   Read more ...



• 2007.27(1) Sensitive skin: psychological effects and seasonal changes
  Sensitive skin is a frequent disorder, but its effects and its variability are unknown. Objectives were to investigate the effects of sensitive skin first on quality of life and the psyche, and secondly, on seasonal changes...   |   Read more ...

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