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Volume 15 - Issue 7 - July 2007

Treating Vitiligo
09/13/2022
In this throwback review, clinical studies in journals and poster presentations are addressed to offer further insight into the treatment of vitiligo.
In this throwback review, clinical studies in journals and poster presentations are addressed to offer further insight into the treatment of vitiligo.
In this throwback review,...
09/13/2022
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UVA: Grasping A Better Understanding of This Formidable Opponent
09/04/2008
Back when the very first sunscreen was introduced in 1928, it was believed that the short-term harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure, specifically sunburn, were all we had to fear from the sun. In the succeeding decades,...
Back when the very first sunscreen was introduced in 1928, it was believed that the short-term harmful effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure, specifically sunburn, were all we had to fear from the sun. In the succeeding decades,...
Back when the very first...
09/04/2008
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Better Understanding the Chemicals That Surround Us
09/04/2008
The skin is a complex and dynamic immunologic organ that also serves the primary function of maintaining a physical barrier to the environment. Yet, the skin is not a passive membrane. On the contrary, it is a viable tissue that can...
The skin is a complex and dynamic immunologic organ that also serves the primary function of maintaining a physical barrier to the environment. Yet, the skin is not a passive membrane. On the contrary, it is a viable tissue that can...
The skin is a complex and...
09/04/2008
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Exploring Aesthetic Interventions: Managing Sebaceous Hyperplasia in a Transplant Patient
09/04/2008
Sebaceous hyperplasia is a common skin condition that usually presents as umbilicated yellow pink papules on the forehead and cheeks of older individuals. It can also sometimes present in younger individuals, and on the upper trunk,...
Sebaceous hyperplasia is a common skin condition that usually presents as umbilicated yellow pink papules on the forehead and cheeks of older individuals. It can also sometimes present in younger individuals, and on the upper trunk,...
Sebaceous hyperplasia is a...
09/04/2008
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Department

Derm Dx
What Is This Atrophic Scar?
09/04/2008
A 57-year-old African-American woman presented with violaceous-brown annular plaques and papules with knife-like, double-edge, hyperkeratotic rims on her bilateral thighs and right pretibial areas.
A 57-year-old African-American woman presented with violaceous-brown annular plaques and papules with knife-like, double-edge, hyperkeratotic rims on her bilateral thighs and right pretibial areas.
A 57-year-old African-American...
09/04/2008
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Cosmetic Clinic
The Importance of Core Specialists
09/04/2008
Recently, while scanning the Cosmetic Boot Camp registration list, I noticed that several people who had registered did not fulfill the criteria for admission to the meeting. This could hardly have been an oversight, given that the criteria...
Recently, while scanning the Cosmetic Boot Camp registration list, I noticed that several people who had registered did not fulfill the criteria for admission to the meeting. This could hardly have been an oversight, given that the criteria...
Recently, while scanning the...
09/04/2008
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Column

Chief Medical Editor Message
Buying Drugs in Mexico
09/04/2008
We doctors seem to have a double standard when it comes to paternalism. On the one hand, it rankles us that the government expects us to document the quality of our KOH exams and wants a system to pay us for performance.
We doctors seem to have a double standard when it comes to paternalism. On the one hand, it rankles us that the government expects us to document the quality of our KOH exams and wants a system to pay us for performance.
We doctors seem to have a double...
09/04/2008
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Legal Ease
Part 2 — Dispensing: Legal Considerations
09/04/2008
In order to consider dispensing prescription medications in the office, a dermatologist must consider the legal framework of dispensing. In the May “Legal Ease” column, which was the first of a three-part series on dispensing prescription...
In order to consider dispensing prescription medications in the office, a dermatologist must consider the legal framework of dispensing. In the May “Legal Ease” column, which was the first of a three-part series on dispensing prescription...
In order to consider dispensing...
09/04/2008
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Spotlight
SPOTLIGHT on Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D.
09/04/2008
Dr. Feldman is Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Public Health Sciences at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Feldman’s chief clinical interest is psoriasis. His passion is to help guide how...
Dr. Feldman is Professor of Dermatology, Pathology and Public Health Sciences at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC. Dr. Feldman’s chief clinical interest is psoriasis. His passion is to help guide how...
Dr. Feldman is Professor of...
09/04/2008
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Chief Medical Editor Message
Understanding the Chemicals Around Us
09/04/2008
I was particularly struck by one particular fact contained in this month’s cover story, which is titled, “The Chemicals That Surround Us,” and was written by Mari Paz Castanedo-Tardan, M.D., Adnan Nasir, M.D., and Sharon Jacob, M.D. Were...
I was particularly struck by one particular fact contained in this month’s cover story, which is titled, “The Chemicals That Surround Us,” and was written by Mari Paz Castanedo-Tardan, M.D., Adnan Nasir, M.D., and Sharon Jacob, M.D. Were...
I was particularly struck by one...
09/04/2008
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