Psoriasis is a chronic, genetically determined skin disease. A variety of biochemical and molecular biological alterations have been identified, but the pathogenesis of psoriasis is still not clear. For patients with mild ...

Background: Sulfur mustard gas is a chemical agent that has been used in many wars, especially in Iran-Iraq war. This chemical agent affects many organs including lungs, eyes and skin, causing numerous acute and ...

Background: Inpatient therapy in dermatology offers a number of advantages in several ways i.e. careful monitoring of patients' conditions, improvement of their skin lesions under the supervision of trained staff, absence ...

Background: Chronic graft versus host disease (ch.GVHD) is the most frequent late complication after allogenic stem-cell transplantation. Systemic immunosuppressive agents are usually required to control the disease. ...

A 7 – year - old Caucasian girl presented with a 3-month history of nodules on her thighs and buttocks. During a one-month period, the lesions gradually increased in size and number. They became indurate and tender. ...

Granuloma annulare is a benign, relatively common dermatosis of childhood and young adults. Lesions typically occur on the extremities. Localized facial and periocular involvement is rare. We describe a 25- year-old woman ...

Kaposi's sarcoma is one of malignancies that is most seen in HIV positive or immunocompromised patients. Kaposi's sarcoma typically involves the skin. We present a HIV negative, 31-year-old Iranian woman from Tehran ...