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British Journal of Dermatology Volume 127 July-December 1992 Published for the British Association of Dermatologists by Blackwell Scientific Publications OXFORD LONDON EDINBURGH BOSTON MELBOURNE PARIS BERLIN VIENNA British Journal of Dermatology The British Journal of Dermatology is owned by and is the official organ of the British Association of Dermatologists. It is also the official organ of the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Dermatologie en Venereologie (Netherlands Association for Dermatology and Venereology). EDITOR DR D.A.BURNS Department of Dermatology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester LE] 5WW EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD PROF. M.W.GREAVES, London DR W.E.PARISH, Sharnbrook PROF. R.M.MACKIE, Glasgow PROF. J.L.TURK, London PROF. W.C.NOBLE, London PROF. B. 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Authorization to photocopy items requests should be addressed to the Editor. 0007-0963/92 $06.00. for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is Printed in Great Britain at The Alden Press, Oxford Contents Volume 127, Number 1, July 1992 Familial occurrence of crusted (Norwegian) scabies with adult T-cell leukaemia Original articles K.EGAWA, M.JOHNO, T.HAYASHIBARA AND T.ONO Distribution of complement regulators (CD46, CD55 and CD59) in skin appendages, and in benign and Obituary malignant skin neoplasms Dr Arthur Porter K.SAYAMA, S.SHIRAISHI AND Y.MIKI A comparison of the efficacy and relapse rates of Correspondence narrowband UVB (TL-01) monotherapy vs. Paraneoplastic follicular hyperkeratosis responsive to etretinate (re-TL-O1) vs. etretinate-PUVA (re-PUVA) etretinate in the treatment of psoriasis patients FRANCES HUMPHREYS, JANE SPENCER AND CLAIRE CATHY GREEN, T.LAKSHMIPATHI, B.E.JOHNSON AND BENTON J. FERGUSON Successful interleukin-2 therapy of advanced Sun protection with hats cutaneous T-cell lymphoma B.L.DIFFEY AND J.CHEESEMAN M.RYBOJAD, J.P.MAROLLEAU, B.FLAGEUL, M.BACCARD, Psoriasis: an audit of patients’ views on the disease M.BRANDELY, P.MOREL AND C.GISSELBRECHT and its treatment Capillary leak syndrome in generalized pustular P.M.MCHENRY AND V.R.DOHERTY psoriasis Smoking habits in psoriasis: a case control study S.E.HANDFIELD-JONES, M.GARVEY, D.H.MCGIBBON AND C.M.MILLS, E.D.SRIVASTAVA, I.M.HARVEY, G.L.SWIFT, M.M.BLACK R.G.NEWCOMBE, P.J.A.HOLT AND J.RHODES Successful treatment of ulcerating livedo reticularis A prospective study into the value of patch and with infusions of prostacyclin intradermal tests in identifying topical corticosteroid K.HOOGENBERG, R.A.TUPKER, L.H.VAN ESSEN, A.J.SMIT allergy AND C.G.M.KALLENBERG S.M.WILKINSON, A.H.M.HEAGERTY AND J.S.C.ENGLISH Allergic contact dermatitis to calcipotriol Basal cell carcinoma in young adults D.P.BRUYNZEEL, C.W.HOL AND C.NIEBOER N.H.COX Severe lichen planus clears with very low-dose cyclosporin Case reports N.J.LEVELL, C.S.MUNRO AND JANET M.MARKS Purpura fulminans due to protein S deficiency following chickenpox Book Reviews W.G.PHILLIPS, J.R.MARSDEN AND F.G.HILL Schépf-Schulz—Passarge syndrome News and Notices B.E.MONK, S.PIERIS AND V.SONI Sweet’s syndrome responding to cyclosporin J.F.BOURKE, J.BERTH-JONES AND R.A.C.GRAHAM-BROWN Volume 127, Number 2, August 1992 Cutaneous Alternaria infection treated with itraconazole $.W.LANIGAN Review Successful treatment of steatocystoma multiplex by Vitamin D analogues and psoriasis simple surgery J.BERTH-JONES AND P.E.HUTCHINSON M.KEEFE, BARBARA J.LEPPARD AND G.ROYLE Minimizing the risk of post-operative pyoderma Original articles gangrenosum Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans is a unique C.C.LONG, J.JESSOP, M.YOUNG AND P.J.A.HOLT fibrohistiocytic tumour expressing CD34 Systemic and cutaneous plasmacytosis with multiple SETSUYA AIBA, NOBUKO TABATA, HIROTADA ISHII, skin lesions and polyclonal HARUO OOTANI AND HACHIRO TAGAMI hypergammaglobulinaemia: significant serum Further studies on the actions of endothelin-1 on interleukin-6 levels blood flow in human skin A.KODAMA, M.TANI, K.HORI, T.TOZUKA, T.MATSUI, M.ITO, C.B.BUNKER, M.L.COULSON, N.A.HAYES, P.M.DOWD AND S.NAKAO, T.FUJITA AND H.KOBAYASHI J.C.FOREMAN Mycosis fungoides with a widespread follicular Quantification of n-alkanes in stratum corneum in eruption, comedones and cysts the hereditary ichthyoses S.OLIWIECKI AND J.ASHWORTH M.R.JUDGE, N.MORSE-FISHER, M.MANKU AND J.1.HARPER CONTENTS Measurement of phosphoinositide-specific Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita with oesophageal phospholipase C activity in mononuclear leucocytes stenosis from atopic and normal subjects SACHIKO MIYAGAWA, TAKASHI IIDA, HIROSHI R.B.MALLETT, S.MYINT AND C.A.HOLDEN HACHISUKA, YUKIO YAMASHINA AND TOSHIHIKO SHIRAI The distribution of «684 integrins in lesional and Multiple xanthogranulomas in an adult: case report non-lesional skin in bullous pemphigoid and literature review V.A.VENNING, J.ALLEN, J.D.APLIN, G.KIRTSCHIG AND S.ELIZABETH WHITMORE F.WOJNAROWSKA Cutaneous granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) Ultrastructural immunogold studies in two cases of presenting as the first sign of relapse following linear IgA dermatosis. Are there two distinct types of autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute this disease? myeloid leukaemia S.KARPATI, W.STOLZ, M.MEURER, T.KRIEG AND 0.BRAUN- D.W.S.HARRIS, L.S.OSTLERE AND M.H.A.RUSTIN FALCO Failure to demonstrate the true resection margins of Correspondence excised skin tumours: a case for routine marking Correlation between the pretreatment number of D.A.PATERSON, J.D.DAVIES AND K.M.MCCLAREN blisters and the time to control bullous pemphigoid Dynamic hepatic scintigraphy in the screening of with prednisone 1 mg/kg/day psoriatic patients for methotrexate-induced O.CHOSIDOW, V.SAADA, B.DIQUET, J.C.ROUJEAU AND hepatotoxicity J.REVUZ P.M.MCHENRY, E.A.BINGHAM, M.E.CALLENDER, Exacerbation of bleeding tendency in a patient with P.B.DELVIN, M.D.O’HARA, W.R.FERGUSON, J.D.LAIRD AND haemophilia A, during treatment with isotretinoin D.BURROWS G.M.DOOTSON, J.KEIDAN AND J.A.R.ANDERSON The phenotype of Darier’s disease: penetrance and Generalized pustular psoriasis associated with expressivity in adults and children bacterial endocarditis of the anterior papillary C.S.MUNRO muscle The influence of daily dish-washing with synthetic L.S.OSTLERE, F.AKHRAS, J.A.A.LANGTRY AND detergent on human skin R.C.D.STAUGHTON G.KLEIN, G. GRUBAUER AND P.FRITSCH Facial oedema and acne vulgaris Cutaneous manifestations of the eosinophilia— C.DWYER AND D.DICK myalgia syndrome A theoretical model of the blanching response after JUDITH R.OURSLER, E.R.FARMER, R.ROUBENOFF, copper vapour laser treatment of telangiectasia H.S.MOGAVERO AND ROSEMARIE M.WATSON L.MARINI, P.H.BUTLER, D.J.SMITHIES AND E.P.WALKER A portable pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) Acitretin in the treatment of mal de Meleda device to enhance healing of recalcitrant venous P.C.M. VAN DE KERKHOF, R.J.VAN DOOREN-GREEBE AND ulcers: a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical P.M.STEIJLEN trial Widespread folliculitis induced by human M.J.STILLER, GRACE H.PAK, J.L.SHUPACK, S.THALER, granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor therapy CLARE KENNY AND LORRIE JONDREAU L.S.OSTLERE, D.HARRIS, H.G.PRENTICE AND M.H.A.RUSTIN Roxithromycin versus penicillin in the treatment of Familial multiple pilomatrixomas erysipelas in adults: a comparative study R.J.HILLS AND F.A.IVE P.BERNARD, P.PLANTIN, H.ROGER, B.SASSOLAS, Branchial cyst of the neck E.VILLARET, V.LEGRAIN, J.-C.ROUJEAU, Y.REZVANI AND R.BETTI, A.LODI, M.PALVARINI AND C.CROSTI A.SCHEIMBERG Book Reviews Case reports News and Notices Multifocal aplasia cutis congenita, distal limb hemimelia, and cutis marmorata telangiectatica in a patient with Adams-—Oliver syndrome K.BORK AND J.PFEIFLE Extensive and fatal basal cell carcinoma: a report of three cases C.B.KO, S.WALTON AND K.KECZKES Volume 127, Number 3, September 1992 An acantholytic dyskeratotic epidermal naevus with other features of Darier’s disease on the same side of Review the body Churg-Strauss syndrome C.S.MUNRO AND N.H.COX R.A.SCHWARTZ AND J.CHURG CONTENTS Original articles The skin in severe combined immunodeficiency: a Preferential adherence ofT lymphocytes and case with transient cutaneous presence of »/d neutrophils to psoriatic epidermis (TCR1*) T cells J.N.W.N.BARKER, R.W.GROVES, M.H.ALLEN AND J.H.SILLEVIS SMITT, R.S.WEENING, S.R.KRIEG AND J.D.BOS D.M.MACDONALD Granulomatous hypersensitivity to protamine as a Family history, smoking habits, alcohol complication of insulin therapy consumption and risk of psoriasis M.M.HULSHOF, W.R.FABER, W.F.KNIESTEDT, M.J.BOEREE L.NALDI, F.PARAZZINI, A.BREVI, A.PESERICO, C.VELLER AND P.KREEK FORNASA, G.GROSSO, E.ROSSI, P.MARINARO, Pemphigus vegetans in a child M.M.POLENGHI, A.FINZI, G.GALBIATI, G.RECCHIA, J-H.SILLEVIS SMITT, T.J.MULDER, F.W.ALBEDA AND M.CRISTOFOLINI, D.SCHENA AND T.CAINELLI J.C.VAN NIEROP No evidence for a spirochaetal origin of localized Verapamil-induced secondary erythermalgia scleroderma J.P.H.DRENTH, J.J.MICHIELS, T.VAN JOOST AND G.RAGUIN, S.BOISNIC, P.SOUTEYRAND, G.BARANTON, V.D.VUZEVSKI J.C.PIETTE, P.GODEAU AND C.FRANCES White fibrous papulosis of the neck Disturbed extruding mechanism of lamellar bodies in R.K.JOSHI, AABANMI AND A.HALEEM dry non-eczematous skin of atopics M.FARTASCH, I.D.BASSUKAS AND T.L.DIEPGEN Workshop Report Selective activation of circulating CD4* lymphocytes Diagnostic phototesting in the United Kingdom in severe adult atopic dermatitis BRITISH PHOTODERMATOLOGY GROUP J.M.SOWDEN, R.J.POWELL AND B.R.ALLEN Possible mechanisms of immune modulation in Correspondence chronic dermatophytoses: an in vitro study Relapsing polychondritis—treatment with J.M.MCGREGOR, A.J.HAMILTON AND R.J.HAY cyclosporin A Characterization of inflammatory infiltrates in male A.D.ORMEROD AND L.J.CLARK pattern alopecia: implications for pathogenesis Visual impairment secondary to rosacea CHRISTINE JAWORSKY, A.M.KLIGMAN AND G.F.MURPHY B.F.O’DONNELL AND I.S.FOULDS Topical vitamin C protects porcine skin from ultraviolet radiation-induced damage Book Reviews D.DARR, S.COMBS, S.DUNSTON, T.MANNING AND S.PINNELL News and Notices Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines in human skin lymph derived from sodium lauryl sulphate- induced contact dermatitis T.HUNZIKER, C.U.BRAND, A.KAPP, E.R.WAELTI AND Volume 127, Number 4, October 1992 L.R.BRAATHEN Differential effect of griseofulvin on interferon-y- induced HLA-DR and intercellular adhesion Original articles molecule-1 expression of human keratinocytes Distribution of interleukin 1 receptor antagonist K.TAMAKI, A.SAITOH AND N.YASAKA protein (IRAP), interleukin 1 receptor, and Modern treatment of warts: cure rates at 3 and 6 interleukin 1 in normal and psoriatic skin. months Decreased expression of IRAP in psoriatic lesional J.BERTH-JONES AND P.E.HUTCHINSON epidermis A multicentre, parallel-group comparison of M.KRISTENSEN, B.DELEURAN, D.J.EEDY, M.FELDMANN, calcipotriol ointment and short-contact dithranol S.M.BREATHNACH AND F.M.BRENNAN therapy in chronic plaque psoriasis Intracellular expression of type VII collagen during J.BERTH-JONES, A.C.CHU, W.A.H.DODD, M.GANPULE, wound healing in severe recessive dystrophic W.A.D.GRIFFITHS, R.P-HAYDEY, M.R.KLABER, S.J.MURRAY, epidermolysis bullosa and normal human skin S.ROGERS AND H.J.JURGENSEN J.A.MCGRATH, I.M.LEIGH AND R.A.J.EADY Enhanced association of plasminogen/plasmin with Epidermolysis bullosa in Northern Ireland lesional epidermis of bullous pemphigoid K.E.MCKENNA, M.Y.WALSH AND E.A.BINGHAM H.M.GISSLER, M.M.SIMON AND M.D.KRAMER Exposure to house dust mites in homes of people with atopic dermatitis Case reports M.J.COLLOFF Dyskeratosis congenita: delay in diagnosis and Increased expression of tenascin in the dermis in successful treatment of pancytopenia by bone scleroderma marrow transplantation J.P.LACOUR, A.VITETTA, R.CHIQUET-EHRISMANN, A.PISANI R.J.PHILLIPS, MARY JUDGE, D.WEBB AND J.I.HARPER AND J.P.ORTONNE CONTENTS Adhesion molecules and related proteins in Darier’s Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: beneficial effect of disease and Hailey—Hailey disease oral etretinate therapy S.M.BURGE AND K.H.SCHOMBERG CH.C.ZOUBOULIS, S.BICZO, H.GOLLNICK, H.-J.REUPKE, Increased sensory neuropeptides in nodular prurigo: G.RINCK, M.SZABO, J.FEKETE AND C.E.ORFANOS a quantitative immunohistochemical analysis F.ABADIA MOLINA, N.P.BURROWS, R.RUSSELL JONES, Society Proceedings G.TERENGHI AND J.M.POLAK British Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Similarity between mycobacteria: and human Meeting epidermal antigens TH.W.VAN DEN AKKER, B.NAAES, A.H.J.KOLK, E.DE Correspondence GLOPPER-VAN DER VEER, R.A.M.CHIN, A.LIEN AND A case of malignant haemangioendothelioma TH.VAN JOOST showing response to interleukin 2 therapy A quantitative immunohistochemical study of the T.INADOMI, A.FUJIOKA AND H.SUZUKI expression of integrins by nerves in psoriatic and Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus-like gyrate normal skin erythema and hypertrichosis lanuginosa acquisita S.M.ANDREW, B.D.EDWARDS, R.J.G.CHALMERS AND associated with uterine adenocarcinoma J.B.O DRISCOLL K.E.MCKENNA, D.HAYES AND J.C.MCMILLAN Peripheral anchorage of dermal equivalents Unusual pattern of phototoxic burning following C.A.LOPEZ VALLE, F.A.AUGER, P.ROMPRE, VERONIQUE trimethylpsoralen (TMP) bath photochemotherapy BOUVARD AND LUCIE GERMAIN (PUVA) Isolation and characterization of a lower molecular S.A.GEORGE AND J.FERGUSON weight protein doublet of horny cell outer leaflet: a Lesional blistering following narrow-band (TL-O1) possible novel epidermal differentiation marker UVB phototherapy for psoriasis: a report of four J.K.PARK, T.YOSHIIKE, H.YAGUCHI AND H.OGAWA cases Sensitivity of different areas of the flexor aspect of S.A.GEORGE AND J.FERGUSON the human forearm to corticosteroid-induced skin Discoid lupus erythematosus-like lesions in carriers blanching of X-linked chronic granulomatous disease E.MEYER, E.W.SMITH AND J.M.HAIGH J-HAFNER, A.ENDERLIN, R.A.SEGER, B.WUTHRICH, Inhibition of human monocyte functions by L.BRUCKNER-TUDERMANN, P.PANIZZONI AND G.BURG anthralin Median nail dystrophy associated with isotretinoin U.MROWIETZ, M.FALSAFI, J.-M.SCHRODER AND therapy E.CHRISTOPHERS W.W.BOTTOMLEY AND W.J.CUNLIFFE Bone changes and their significance in children with Extracorporeal photochemotherapy in the treatment ichthyosis on long-term etretinate therapy of severe psoriatic arthropathy D.G.PAIGE, M.R.JUDGE, D.G.SHAW, D.J.ATHERTON AND R.F.DE MISA, J.M.AZANA, A.-HARTO AND A.LEDO J.1. HARPER 448 Malignant melanoma occurring as a second cancer Bath-water compared with oral delivery of following primary germ cell tumour in males: report 8-methoxypsoralen PUVA therapy for chronic of three cases plaque psoriasis H.C.CHUA AND P.S.MORTIMER P.COLLINS AND S.ROGERS An investigation of the pharmacokinetics of topical Book Reviews terbinafine (Lamisil®) 1% cream S.HILL, R.THOMAS, S.G.SMITH AND A.Y.FINLAY News and Notices Case reports Beta-thalassaemia minor and porphyria cutanea tarda Volume 127, Number 5, November 1992 K.E.MCKENNA AND J.F.DAWSON Phenytoin-induced pseudolymphoma. A report of a Original articles case and review of the literature Increased urine neopterin levels in psoriasis D.W.S.HARRIS, L.OSTLERE, C.BUCKLEY, S.WHITTAKER, C.C.HARLAND, R.P.WHITAKER, J.L.BARRON AND P.SWENY AND M.H.A.RUSTIN C.A.HOLDEN Centrifugal lipodystrophy of the face mimicking T lymphocytes bearing the yd T-cell receptor: a progressive lipodystrophy study in normal human skin and pathological skin Y.HAGARI, R.SASAOKA, S.NISHIURA, M.ISHIHARA, conditions M.MIHARA AND S.SHIMAO M.ALAIBAC, J.MORRIS, R.YU AND A.C.CHU CONTENTS Aberrant expression of p53 tumour-suppressor Neurofibromatosis of the vulva protein in non-melanoma skin cancer F.M.LEWIS, M.S.LEWIS-JONES, P.G.TOON AND J.M.MCGREGOR, C.C-W.YU, E.A.DUBLIN, D.A.LEVISON AND T.P.ROLLASON D.M. MACDONALD Functional assessment of the stratum corneum Correspondence under the influence of oral aromatic retinoid Clobetasol propionate 0-05% cream in the treatment (etretinate) in guinea-pigs and humans. Comparison of vulvar lichen sclerosus: effect on the with topical retinoic acid treatment immunohistological profile H.TAGAMI, T.TADAKI, M.OBATA AND J.KOYAMA P.CARLI, A.CATTANEO AND B.GIANNOTTI Humoral responses to Malassezia furfur serovars A, B Potent topical steroid obtained from a Chinese and C in normal individuals of various ages herbalist A.C.CUNNINGHAM, E.INGHAM AND G.GOWLAND J.O’DRISCOLL, A.D.BURDEN AND T.P.KINGSTON Variation in the deposition of the antibodies at Acrokeratosis paraneoplastica of Bazex presenting different anatomical sites in linear IgA disease of with carpal tunnel syndrome adults and chronic bullous disease of childhood B.L.POSKITT AND M.B.DUFFILL P.M.COLLIER, F.WOJNAROWSKA AND P.R.MILLARD A nodular cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorder Prenatal diagnosis in a subset of trichothiodystrophy during carbamazepine administration patients defective in DNA repair M.SIGAL-NAHUM, A.PETIT, A GAULIER, J.TORRENT, A.SARASIN, C.BLANCHET-BARDON, G.RENAULT, C.MOURIER AND M.KARMOCHKINE A.LEHMANN, C.ARLETT AND Y.DUMEZ Aquagenic urticaria masquerading as occupational Information leaflets in the dermatology out-patient penicillin allergy waiting area C.A.HARWOOD AND A.KOBZA-BLACK C.C.-HARLAND, R.J.MADELEY AND L.G.MILLARD PUVA treatment of psoriasis in Italy Contact hypersensitivity to topical corticosteroids P.G.CALZAVARA-PINTON, M.RASTRELLI, A.CARLINO, A.D.BURDEN AND M.H.BECK F.DE COSTANZA, C.VAROTTI AND G.DE PANFILIS Sustained renal function loss in psoriasis patients after withdrawal of low-dose cyclosporin therapy News and Notices M.J.KORSTANJE, H.J.G.BILO AND T.J.STOOF Nine years’ experience of BELD combination chemotherapy (bleomycin, vindesine, CCNU and DTIC) for metastatic melanoma G.I.STABLES, V.R.DOHERTY AND R.M.MACKIE Volume 127, Number 6, December 1992 Treatment of psoriasis with a 311-nm UVB lamp E.PICOT, L.MEUNIER, M.C.PICOT-DEBEZE, J.L.PEYRON AND Original articles J-MEYNADIER Lymphoproliferative responses to human Treatment of cutaneous lupus erythematosus with acitretin and hydroxychloroquine papillomaviruses in patients with cutaneous warts F.C.CHARLESON, M.NORVAL, E.C.BENTON AND T.RUZICKA, C.SOMMERBURG, G.GOERZ, P.KIND AND J.A.A.HUNTER H.MENSING Effects of cyclosporin A on resident and passenger Case reports immune cells of normal human skin and UV- Coexistent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and B-cell induced erythema reactions chronic lymphocytic leukaemia P.PETZELBAUER AND K.WOLFF C.C.HARLAND, S.J.WHITTAKER, Y.L.NG, C.A.HOLDEN, Mutant p53 oncogene expression in E.WONG AND N.P.SMITH keratoacanthoma and squamous cell carcinoma Oral etoposide in the treatment of cutaneous large- T.J.STEPHENSON, J.ROYDS, P.B.SILCOCKS AND S.S.BLEEHEN cell lymphomas. A preliminary report of four cases Tenascin expression in basal cell carcinoma J.U.RIJLAARSDAM, P.C.HUIJGENS, R.C.BELJAARDS, A.A.VERSTRAETEN, E.J.MACKIE, PH. C.HAGEMAN, V.BAKELS AND R.WILLEMZE J.-HILGERS, D.J.SCHOL, G.J.DE JONGH AND J.SCHALKWIJK Recurrent neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis Density and morphology of Langerhans cells in basal E.F.BERNSTEIN, R.L.SPIELVOGEL AND D.L.TOPOLSKY cell carcinomas of the face and trunk Erythropoietic protoporphyria, transfusion therapy L.BERGFELT, 0.LARKO AND M.LINDBERG and liver disease A novel tissue preservation medium for D.J.TODD, M.E.CALLENDER, E.E.MAYNE, M.WALSH AND immunoperoxidase staining of skin biopsies D.BURROWS A.CARMICHAEL, G.R.COGHILL, 1.A.CREE, $.GEORGE AND A case of Sweet’s syndrome and myelodysplasia: J.G.LOWE response to cyclosporin interleukin 1 immunoreactivity in sebaceous glands G.R.SHARPE AND H.M.LEGGAT H.S.I.ANTTILA, S.REITAMO AND J-H.SAURAT CONTENTS Adenylate cyclase induces intracellular calcium Diffuse primary cutaneous amyloidosis increase in single human epidermal keratinocytes J.F.BOURKE, J.BERTH-JONES AND D.A.BURNS measured by fluorescence microscopy using Fura Acquired tufted angioma showing spontaneous 2-AM regression C.YASUI, H.KOIZUMI, T.FUKAYA, M.KUMAKIRI, T.MIYAMOTO, M.MIHARA, E.MISHIMA, Y.HAGARI AND A.OHKAWARA AND T.UEDA S.SHIMAO Substance P induces intracellular calcium increase Do pigmented naevi in albinism provide evidence of and translocation of protein kinase C in epidermis tyrosinase positivity? H.KOIZUMI, H.TANAKA, T.FUKAYA AND A.OHKAWARA M.AKIYAMA, H.SHIMIZU, M.SUGIURA AND T.NISHIKAWA Rat hair follicle growth in vitro M.P.PHILPOTT, M.R.GREEN AND T.KEALEY Correspondence Recurrent annular erythema associated with anti- Time course of activity of topical 8-methoxypsoralen SS-B/La antibodies: analysis of the disease-specific on palmoplantar skin epitope J.KONYA, B.L.DIFFEY AND T.C.HINDSON Y.HOSHINO, T.HASHIMOTO, T.MIMORI, M.AKIZUKI AND Localized trichorrhexis nodosa T.NISHIKAWA P.H.ITIN, G.MATTARELLI, A.J.BIRCHER, E.ZUBERBUHLER DERMIS: a computer system for assisting primary- AND R.GUGGENHEIM care physicians with dermatological diagnosis Clear eyewear for PUVA patients G.J.BROOKS, R.E.ASHTON AND R.J.PETHYBRIDGE H.MOSELEY AND W.PERKINS The influence of food on 8-methoxypsoralen serum Erythema dyschromicum perstans in an HIV- concentration and minimal phototoxic dose antibody-positive man N.BECH-THOMSEN, H.R.ANGELO AND E.A.KNUDSEN M.R.NELSON, A.G.LAWRENCE, R.C.D.STAUGHTON AND Therapy of alopecia areata with diphencyprone B.G.GAZZARD E.HOTING AND A.BOEHM News and Notices Case reports Restrictive dermopathy: a disorder of fibroblasts Index D.G.PAIGE, B.D.LAKE, A.J.BAILEY, P.RAMANI AND J.1., HARPER Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis: a report of four cases T.PETTERSSON, A.-L.KARINIEMI, S.TERVONEN AND K.FRANSSILA