Background: Pityriasis rosea is an inflammatory skin disorder with a known response to erythromycin. Considering similarities between erythromycin and azithromycin and lesser adverse effects of the latter, in a pilot ...

Background: Scabies is a common skin disease and a public health problem. The topical antiscabietics have a poor compliance. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of oral Ivermectin with topical Lindane solution ...

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 ...

Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum is an inherited disorder characterized by generalized fragmentation and progressive calcification of the elastic tissues in the dermis, blood vessels and Bruch's membrane of the eye. Herein, we ...

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 ...

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 ...