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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Persistent urticaria characterized by recurrent lasting urticarial erythema with histological features of prominent perivascular eosinophilic infiltration.

22 Nov 2009 We report a 29-year-old woman with a 15-year history of recurrent pruritic urticarial erythemas. The individual lesions lasted for > 24 h, and antihistaminic agents were not effective. Histological examination of a skin biopsy revealed interstitial ... Read more...

Angiosarcoma, radiation-associated angiosarcoma, and atypical vascular lesion.

30 Oct 2009 Angiosarcoma, one of the least common sarcomas, has become increasingly important because of its association with radiation therapy, especially for breast cancer. Most are sporadic, presenting as cutaneous tumors in the scalp/face of elderly ... Read more...

Regulation of tissue homeostasis by NF-kappaB signalling: implications for inflammatory diseases.

30 Oct 2009 The nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) signalling pathway regulates immune responses and is implicated in the pathogenesis of many inflammatory diseases. Given the well established pro-inflammatory functions of NF-kappaB, inhibition of this pathway ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Skin'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Persistent urticaria characterized by recurrent lasting urticarial erythema with histological features of prominent perivascular eosinophilic infiltration. 22 Nov 2009
• Angiosarcoma, radiation-associated angiosarcoma, and atypical vascular lesion. 30 Oct 2009
• Tache noire in African tick bite fever. 30 Oct 2009
• Regulation of tissue homeostasis by NF-kappaB signalling: implications for inflammatory diseases. 30 Oct 2009
• HPV-negative vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) with basaloid histologic pattern: an unrecognized variant of simplex (differentiated) VIN. 30 Oct 2009
• IgG4-related Sclerosing disease: a potential new etiology of cutaneous pseudolymphoma. 30 Oct 2009
• JAAD grand rounds. Flaccid pustular eruption. 30 Oct 2009
• JAAD grand rounds. A 47-year-old female with ulcerated lesions. 30 Oct 2009
• JAAD grand rounds. A 49-year-old man with an asymptomatic cutaneous eruption. 30 Oct 2009
• Dermoscopic appearance of dermatofibroma-like Spitz nevus. 30 Oct 2009
• Chemical leukoderma induced by colored strings. 30 Oct 2009
• Blaschkoid pityriasis rosea. 30 Oct 2009
• A prolonged, perplexing pyrexia. 30 Oct 2009
• Proton beam radiotherapy versus three-dimensional conformal stereotactic body radiotherapy in primary peripheral, early-stage non-small-cell lung carcinoma: a comparative dosimetric analysis. 30 Oct 2009
• Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 34-2009. A 20-year-old man with sore throat, fever, and rash. 27 Oct 2009
• The human skin/chick chorioallantoic membrane model accurately predicts the potency of cosmetic allergens. 21 Oct 2009
• Schwann cell precursors from nerve innervation are a cellular origin of melanocytes in skin. 14 Oct 2009
• Clinical and genetic factors predictive of mortality in early systemic sclerosis. 13 Oct 2009
• Langerhans cells suppress contact hypersensitivity responses via cognate CD4 interaction and langerhans cell-derived IL-10. 13 Oct 2009
• Toll-like receptors 1 and 2 heterodimers alter Borrelia burgdorferi gene expression in mice and ticks. 13 Oct 2009

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Technical information about 'Skin'

Definition: The outer covering of the body that protects it from the environment. It is composed of the DERMIS and the EPIDERMIS.

Descriptor UI: D012867

Alternative terms: Skin;

Related Mesh Headings: Dermatologic Agents; Skin Manifestations; Keratinocytes;

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology; blood supply; cytology; drug effects; embryology; enzymology; growth & development; immunology; injuries; innervation; metabolism; microbiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; radiation effects; radiography; radionuclide imaging; secretion; surgery; ultrastructure; ultrasonography; chemistry; virology;

Tree Number: A17.815;

History Note: /transplantation was SKIN TRANSPLANTATION 1963-65; was SKIN/transplantation 1966-89

Technical Notes: for animal tissue in wound ther see note on BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; inflammation = DERMATITIS & its specifics; dryness of skin: index under SKIN DISEASES & do not interpret as XERODERMA see ICHTHYOSIS without clues from text