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Describing skin health and disease in urban-living Aboriginal children: co-design, development and feasibility testing of the Koolungar Moorditj Healthy Skin pilot project
BackgroundIndigenous children in colonised nations experience high rates of health disparities linked to historical trauma resulting from...
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Unveiling a Rare Phenomenon: Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Following Skin Prick Testing
IntroductionThe skin prick test (SPT) is a standard method for diagnosing allergic diseases, while sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) remains...
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Anaphylactic reaction to carboplatin diagnosed by skin testing—a reliable tool in platinum-based immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions
Immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions (IHRs) to carboplatin (CA) are most commonly reported in ovarian cancer patients. A 54-year-old woman with...
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Qpack—a Python package for QASAT—quantitative scale for grading cerebral blood flow, autonomic testing, and skin biopsies
Quantitative grading of testing has research and clinical relevance. QASAT (quantitative scale for grading of cardiovascular reflex tests,...
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The effect of Nickel hypersensitivity on the outcome of total knee arthroplasty and the value of skin patch testing: a systematic review
BackgroundTo assess the Nickel sensitizing potential of total knee arthroplasty (TKA), explore the relationship between hypersensitivity and clinical...
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The menstrual cycle regularity and skin: irregular menstrual cycle affects skin physiological properties and skin bacterial microbiome in urban Chinese women
BackgroundThe regularity of the menstrual cycle directly affects women’s health. Many studies have focused on menstrual health; however, menstrual...
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Prevalence of skin diseases among elderly prisoners in Taiwan: an examination of skin health in prison
BackgroundAlthough prisoner health is a topic of significant importance, it has received limited attention in epidemiological studies, likely due to...
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Allergy skin prick tests with COVID-19 vaccines and their contribution to improve vaccination readiness and reduce anxiety
BackgroundWhen coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines were introduced, they were suspected of triggering severe allergic reactions...
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Develo** skin cancer education materials for darker skin populations: crowdsourced design, message targeting, and acral lentiginous melanoma
Despite decreased susceptibility, darker skin individuals who develop melanoma have worse survival. This disparity in melanoma mortality is the...
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GeneXpert or chest-X-ray or tuberculin skin testing for household contact assessment (GXT): protocol for a cluster-randomized trial
BackgroundThe World Health Organization recommends tuberculosis (TB) preventive treatment (TPT) for all people living with HIV (PLH) and household...
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A new skin laxity scale for the buttocks: the Skin Laxity Visual Scale (SLVS)
BackgroundThe Skin Laxity Severity Scale for the buttocks was previously developed to separately assess buttock ptosis, a scalloped appearance of the...
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Maintenance of an Acidic Skin Surface with a Novel Zinc Lactobionate Emollient Preparation Improves Skin Barrier Function in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis
IntroductionThe skin of patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) is characterised by elevated pH. As a central homeostatic regulator, an increased pH...
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Skin Testing for Penicillin Allergy: a Review of the Literature
Purpose of ReviewSelf-reported penicillin allergies are frequently reported, though more than 95% of those are not truly allergic when challenged....
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Skin thickness affects the result of tuberculin skin test in systemic sclerosis
BackgroundSkin thickness is a prominent clinical feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), but there is no consensus on the cut-off for a positive...
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Systematic review of deep learning image analyses for the diagnosis and monitoring of skin disease
Skin diseases affect one-third of the global population, posing a major healthcare burden. Deep learning may optimise healthcare workflows through...
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Reverse-traction skin-stretching device for primary closure of large skin defects
The tension in the skin margin of a wound is the major determinant for wound healing. The difficulty of primary closure for large skin defects due to...
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The role of the environment in allergic skin disease
Purpose of ReviewThis paper explores how environmental factors influence allergic skin diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD), contact dermatitis...
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Horse Herd Optimization with Gate Recurrent Unit for an Automatic Classification of Different Facial Skin Disease
The human body’s largest organ is the skin which covers the entire body. The facial skin is one area of the body that needs careful handling. It can...
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Semi-supervised skin cancer diagnosis based on self-feedback threshold focal learning
Worldwide, skin cancer prevalence necessitates accurate diagnosis to alleviate public health burdens. Although the application of artificial...
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What should be considered during epicutaneous patch testing?
Indications for epicutaneous patch testing include the detection or exclusion of allergic contact dermatitis of the skin, transitional mucosa or oral...
