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A frustrated patient Promising a patient to knuckle down and review the latest literature on knuckle pads to see if there are any new management strategies for this benign, but aggravating, condition.
Our practice has made the decision to remain open for urgent and emergent cases. I am so incredibly proud of my colleagues, staff, and residents for their dedication and resilience in this crisis situation.
Cutaneous manifestations of COVID-19 may be rare but no other disease has ever had a more profound effect on dermatologists. The goal of every institution, practice, physician, patient, and human is to slow the spread of the virus.
Nemolizumab is a monoclonal antibody that antagonizes IL-31RA, thereby blocking IL-31 signaling on its effector cells, including peripheral neurons. It decreased pruritus, sleep disturbance, and topical use of hydrocortisone.
Theories regarding the pathogenesis of ALA abound ranging from leg crossing, trouser-rubbing, friction, an association with androgenetic alopecia, associated autoimmunity, or as a variant of normal. No theory has been substantiated.
Compared to infantile hemangiomas that grow rapidly after birth and then involute, congenital hemangiomas arise and proliferate in utero. New reports suggest that a subset of NICH lesions may actually grow postnatally.
The goal of this website is to improve the practice of dermatology, while being stimulating, practical, thought-provoking, and enlightening. Perspectives on current dermatologic literature are offered that are meant to be used in the clinic.
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