Afrique – Pays d’où proviennent les visites (08.2010 – 07.2013)

Africa – Countries where the website is accessed (08.2010 – 07.2011) The Global Dermatology Information Portal has been visited in the following countries/territories: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana BurkinaFaso Burundi Cameroon CapeVerde CentralAfricanRepublic Chad Comoros Congo (DRC and Republic) Coted’Ivoire Djibouti Egypt EquatorialGuinea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius…

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Amérique du Nord et Amérique du Sud – Pays d’où proviennent les visites (08.2010 – 07.2013)

North America and South America – Countries where the website is accessed (08.2010 – 07.2011) The Global Dermatology Information Portal has been visited in the following countries/territories: Argentina Anguilla Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil Canada CaymanIslands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica DominicanRepublic Ecuador ElSalvador FrenchGuiana Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica…

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Cicatrices d’acné: les lasers utilisés pour les traiter (Pour les professionnels)

Lasers Used to Treat them (For Professionals) Type of Scar and Corresponding treatment: Atrophic Scars ( en pic à glace(Icepick), rolling and boxcar scars): ablative laser (CO2 laser 10600nm, Erbium YAG 2940nm): most effective, but carries the highest risk of scarring and dyschromia. Not effective for treating sebaceous hyperplasia. fractional laser (Fractional Co2 and Erbium):…

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Le vieillissement: observations et solutions (Pour les professionnels)

Ageing (Aging): Observations and Solutions (For professionals) “With advancing age, skin functions deteriorate due to structural and morphologic changes. In particular, changes in skin barrier integrity, immune function, and nervous system occur, resulting in an incresaed prevalence of certain diseases. As the elderly population is rapidly increasing throughout the world, awareness of these diseases and…

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Réactions médicamenteuses aux anti-EGF et prise en charge (Pour les professionnels)

Cutaneous Reactions to Anti EGF Drugs and Management (For professionals) Examples of Anti-EGF drugs: Cetuximab (e.g. Erbitux): used in the treatment of Colorectal cancer. Gefitinib (e.g. Iressa): used in the treatment of Lung Cancer Erlotinib (e.g Tarceva): used in the treatment of small-cell Lung cancer, Pancreatic cancers and other cancers What is a typical reaction…

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Recolorer la peau (Pour les professionnels)

Colouring the Skin (For Professionals) “Leukoderma encompasses a variety of conditions that arise from perturbations of melanocyte function or disappearance of melanocytes. Although leukoderma does not cause physical disabilities, the psychosocial embarrassement it presents can be tremendous, especially if it is present on exposed parts of the body, such as the face, neck or limbs.…

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Melasma (Chloasma) (Masque de Grossesse): Qu’est ce qui marche en dehors des crèmes ? (Pour les professionnels)

Melasma: Does anything apart from creams work ? (For Professionals) “Melasma continues to be a challenge for treatment. Topical treatment remains the cornerstone for the management of melasma. Melasma usually does not respond completely to any single treatment. Avoidance of aggravating factors (e.g. sun, UVL and hormones (oral contraceptive pills/hormone replacement therapy) are important in…

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Dermatoses Lichénoïdes induites par la Photothérapie (Pour les professionnels)

Lichenoid Dermatoses Induced by Phototherapy (For Professionals) Mandy WM CHAN, Joyce SS Lee, Colin TS THENG, SH CHUA, BH ONG, Hazel H OON. Narrowband UVB-induced Lichen Planus Pemphigoides National SKin Centre, Singapore “Lichen Planus Pemphigoides (LPP) is a rare acquired autoimmune disease characterized by the evolution of subepidermal blisters on normal skin and that affected…

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Association du mélanome et du cancer thyroïdien papillaire (Pour les professionnels)

Association of melanoma and papillary thyroid cancer (For Professionals) Claire KOH, Martin TW CHIO, Hazel H OON. Cutaneous Melanoma associated with Papillary Thyroid Cancer National Skin Centre, Singapore “The risk of melanoma patients developing second primary cancers has been studied with increasing interest due to improved survival rates of patients with melanomas. Recent studies have…

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