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Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme (SCCE; also known as kallikrein 7) is a serine protease that is preferentially expressed in cornifying epithelia and possibly involved in the desquamation process. We have recently described transgenic mice over-expressing human SCCE in the epidermis showing increased epidermal thickness, hyperkeratosis, and an apparent dermal inflammation with pruritus. This su ...

The pathomechanism of atopic eczema is complex. Two of the most important exogenous factors for atopic eczema are allergenic and irritant substances. In this study we investigate the combined effect of topical aeroallergens and irritation on the skin of atopic individuals. We performed patch testing with several aeroallergens (atopy patch test) and with an irritant, sodium lauryl sulphate, on clin ...

Epidermolysis bullosa naevi are large, eruptive melanocytic naevi which frequently arise in areas of former blisters in patients suffering from inherited epidermolysis bullosa. Morphologically, these naevi are similar to malignant melanoma, although so far no malignant transformation has been observed. To investigate the pathogenesis of these moles we documented their clinical evolution and their ...

Irritant patch testing with detergents is increasingly being used as a measure of skin barrier function, but there is evidence that climatic changes can influence the test outcome. In this study we investigated the relation between cutaneous reactivity to a detergent and climatic conditions. Between January 2000 and December 2001 epicutaneous patch testing with 0.5% sodium lauryl sulphate was perf ...

To evaluate plasma lipid peroxidation and enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant systems in patients with Behçet's disease, plasma malondialdehyde levels and total antioxidant status, erythrocyte superoxide dismutase and whole blood glutathione peroxidase activities were studied in 15 patients with active disease and in 30 with inactive disease, and compared with 20 age-matched healthy control s ...

The aim of the study was to establish diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis in 1.5-year-old children that could be employed in epidemiological studies of atopic dermatitis based on telephone interviews. In a Danish cohort of 100,000 pregnant women, 4 computer-assisted telephone interviews were carried out. In the last interview, conducted when the child was 1.5 years old, mothers were asked ab ...

Pimecrolimus (Elidel®, SDZ ASM 981), a new macrolactam ascomycin derivative, was highly effective in treating plaque-type psoriasis when applied under Finn-chamber occlusion. A two-centre, randomized, double-blind, vehicle- and positive-controlled within-patient study was therefore conducted in 23 adult psoriasis patients. Pimecrolimus 1% was applied, twice daily, in an experimental ointment form ...

A patient who had primary gastric B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, invasive ductal breast cancer and a basocellular carcinoma of the forehead in her medical history was studied. Three years after polychemotherapy and irradiation of the breast cancer, a rapidly enlarging, ulcerated violaceous tumour developed on the patient's left leg. The tumour was identified by the histopathological, immunohistoch ...

A 65-year-old man with refractory anaemia with an excess of blasts developed an erythematous papular eruption symmetrically distributed on the legs and trunk 3 months after initiation of erythropoietin therapy. The lesions showed a dense neutrophilic infiltrate in the absence of leucocytoclastic vasculitis, and did not fit the criteria of a well-defined neutrophilic dermatosis. Concomitant with th ...

We have previously shown that frontoparietal scleroderma en coup de sabre, a type of linear scleroderma that affects the face and scalp, follows the lines of Blaschko, but the question whether linear scleroderma that occurs in the limbs follows Blaschko's lines has not been answered. We describe the case of a 4-year-old girl with multiple morphea showing remarkable unilateral systematized distribu ...

The optimal dosage and duration of penicillin treatment for the various stages of syphilis are not known. We present data on 20 patients with syphilis (primary, secondary or latent) treated with high-dose, short-time penicillin infusion therapy. Patients were given 10 MIU of penicillin G intravenously every 6 h up to a total dose of 90 MIU within 48 h. No adverse reactions were registered but 9 pa ...

Vulvar vestibulitis is believed to be the most frequent cause of dyspareunia in premenopausal women, with the symptoms affecting the patient's life in several ways. We therefore assessed the level of depression and state anxiety in women with vulvar vestibulitis and their partners, and the association of depression and state anxiety with genital symptoms. In this prospective study, 30 women were i ...

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