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Volume 39, Number 1 January 2000 Review Improvement in psoriasis after intradermal Cigarette smoking, sexually transmitted diseases and administration of heat-killed Mycobacterium HIV/AIDS Ronni Wolf and Derek Freedman vaccae Maria V Balagon, Douglas § Walsh, 10 Onychomycosis: treatment perspective Sanjeev Jain Paul L Tan, Roland V Cellona, and Virendra N Sehgal Rodolfo M Abalos, Esterlina V Tan, Tranquilino T Fajardo Jr, Commentary/millennium James D Watson, and Gerald P Walsh 15 Five conundrums about Western world dermatology Climatography of atopic dermatitis at the Dead in the second millennium Robert Jackson Sea: demographic evaluation and cost- Report effectiveness Marco Harari, Jashovam Shani, Epidemiology of vitiligo in the French West Indies Vladimir Seidl, and Eugenia Hristakieva (Isle of Martinique) Anne-Marie Boisseau-Garsaud, Philippe Garsaud, Danielle Calés-Quist, Reminiscence The rise and fall of the Turkish bath in Victorian Raymond Hélénon, Catherine Quénéhervé, and England Peter Kandela Romule Charles Sainte Claire Survey on the epidemiology of Microsporum canis Correspondence infections in Crete, Greece over a 5-year period Atrial myxoma identified by transesophageal Sofia Maraki and Yiannis Tselentis echocardiography in a patient with NAME Tinea pedis in Korean children Kyoung-Ae Jang, syndrome Gokhan Okan, Mehmet Ozaydin, Doo-Hyun Chi, Jee-Ho Choi, Kyung-Jeh Sung, Handan Sucu, and Dilek Selcuki Kee-Chan Moon, and Jai-Kyoung Koh Verrucous varicella zoster virus lesions associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Morphology Arash Kimya-Asadi, Francisco A Tausk, and Delayed cutaneous reaction to jellyfish Hossein C Nousari Stefano Veraldi and Carlo Carrera Basal cell carcinoma associated with chronic Cameo venous leg ulcer Hardy P Schwarze, Francois 30 Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus Loche, Marie-Claude Gorguet, Johannes Kuchta, (ILVEN) and psoriasis in a child? Silvano Menni, and Jaques Bazex Lucia Restano, Raffaele Gianotti, and Corticosteroid-resistant erosive oral lichen planus Daniela Boccardi successfully treated with topical cyclosporine Juvenile psoriatic arthritis with nail psoriasis in the therapy Toshio Demitsu, Toshiki Sato, Tae absence of cutaneous lesions Inoue, Osamu Okada, and Takashi Kubota Carola Duran-McKinster, Dulce Ortiz-Solis, Julio Granados, Lourdes Tamayo, Luz Orozco-Covarrubias, and Ramon Ruiz-Maldonado Volume 39, Number 2 Cutaneous histoplasmosis associated with acquired o>)w n February 2000 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Alexandro Bonifaz, Rosalia Cansela, Josefa Novales, Review Griselda Montes de Oca, Gisela Navarette, and 81 A therapeutic update on dermatomyositis/ Javier Romo polymyositis Jayashri Ghate, Cutaneous tuberculosis and pyoderma gangrenosum Andreas Katsambas, Georgia Augerinou, and Miho Matsui, Eriko Obtoshi, Jun-ichi Yamaoka, Joseph I Jorizzo Norihisa Matsuyoshi, Keiji Ohta, Ken-ichi Toda, Endocrinopathies and the skin Serge A Jabbour Yuji Horiguchi, and Sadao Imamura and Jeffrey L Miller Pharmacology and therapeutics Commentary il 41 New topical treatments change the pattern of 100 Onychomycosis: an epidemio-etiologic perspective treatment of psoriasis: dermatologists remain the Sanjeev Jain and Virendra N Sehgal primary providers of this care Steven R Feldman, Alan B Fleischer Jr, and Jennifer Z Cooper 45 Azithromycin for the treatment of acne Adolfo C Fernandez-Obregon © 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 39, iii—xii iv Contents of volume 38 Report Correspondence Epidemiology of pemphigus in Sofia, Bulgaria. 160 What’s in aname? Ranju Rai and A 16-year retrospective study (1980-1995) Bhushan Kumar Nikolai Tsankov, Snejina Vassileva, 160 Botulinum toxin therapy for hyperhidrosis Jivko Kamarashev, Jana Kazandjieva, and Alexander KC Leung Vassilka Kuzeva 109 Search for evidence of a Th2 profile in HIV+ patients Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Mauricio Perez, Mariza Gongalves Morgado, Volume 39, Number 3 Sénia Almeida, Liicia Maria Soares de Azevedo, March 2000 Ingerborg Georg, Helen Ferreira, and Euzenir Nunes Sarno Review Cytodiagnosis of cutaneous basal and squamous cell The gene gun: current applications in cutaneous carcinoma Elisa Vega-Memije, gene therapy Michael TS Lin, Leena Pulkkinen, Nassira Martinez-de Larios, Leon M Waxtein, and Jouni Uitto, and Kyonggeun Yoon Luciano Dominguez-Soto Mirror-image lesions in cutaneous malignancies Comparison of histopathologic and clinical Bruce E Ellerin, Lourdes Z Nisce, and evaluations of pathergy test in Behcet’s Dattatreyudu Nori disease Ozlem Akmaz, Arzu Erel, and Commentary/millennium Mehmet Ali Giirer Malignant melanoma in the 21st century Lichenoid and granulomatous dermatitis Roy S Rogers III Cynthia M Magro and A Neil Crowson Oral lichen planus: different clinical features in Commentary Malaria mosquitoes favor the human skin and not HCV-positive and HCV-negative patients expired air Willem Takken Michele D Mignogna, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, Lucio Lo Russo, Stefano Fedele, Elvira Ruoppo, and Report Eduardo Bucci Deletion patterns of the STS gene and flanking sequences in Israeli X-linked ichthyosis patients Morphology Majocchi’s granuloma trichophyticum in an and carriers: analysis by polymerase chain reaction and fluorescence in situ hybridization immunocompromised patient Somesh Gupta, techniques Bhushan Kumar, Bishan Dass Radotra, and Ayala Aviram-Goldring, Boleslav Goldman, Ranju Rai Irit Netanelov-Shapira, Rakefet Chen-Shtoyerman, Cameo Alex Zvulunov, Orna Tal, T Ilan, and Leah Peleg Dermatomyositis presenting as panniculitis The urokinase plasminogen activator system in Yen-Yu Chao and Lih-Jen Yang angiosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, granuloma T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia mimicking pyogenicum, and angioma: an dermatomyositis Hossein C Nousari, immunohistochemical study Matthias Thewes, Arash Kimyai-Asadi, Chia-Hui V Huang, and Elmar Elsner, Dirk Wessner, Reinhard Engst, and Francisco A Tausk Johannes Ring Sympathectomy-induced ichthyosis-like eruption Dermatologic manifestations among human Eve ] Lowenstein, Ronald E Gordon, and immunodeficiency virus patients in south India Robert G Phelps Nagalingeswaran Kumarasamy, Suniti Solomon, Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa Purnima Madhivanan, Balakrishnan Ravikumar, complicated with nephrotic syndrome due to Sandras Panchatcharan Thyagarajan, and secondary amyloidosis Kamer Giindiiz, Patrick Yesudian Seda Vatansever, Aylin Tiirel, and Sait Sen Diabetic bullae: 12 cases of a purportedly rare An epidemic of porphyria cutanea tarda? cutaneous disorder Benjamin A Lipsky, Ryan Brashear, Dina Began, Jeff Petersen, and Paul D Baker, and Jessie H Abroni Tsu-Yi Chuang Scanning electron microscopic examination of the Pityriasis lichenoides-like exanthem and primary egg of the pubic louse (Anoplura: Pthirus pubis) infection by Epstein-Barr virus Manuel Almagro, Craig N Burkhart, William Gunning, and Jestis Del Pozo, Walter Martinez, Jestis Garcia Silva, Craig G Burkhart Carmen Pena, Maria T Yebra-Pimentel, and Eduardo Fonseca International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 39, iii—xii © 2000 Biackwell Science Ltd Contents of volume 38 v Morphology Commentary 203 Lipoid proteinosis Kiibra Eren Bozdag, Yaws—a review of the last 50 years Yasemin Giil, and Ahmet Karaman Stephen L Walker and Roderick ] Hay Treatment of tinea capitis Lee T Nesbitt, Jr Cameo Leishmaniasis recidiva cutis Serafinella P Cannavo, Report Mario Vaccaro, and Fabrizio Guarneri Tinea capitis in Benghazi, Libya Two cases of linear focal elastosis: different Ali Mohammed Gargoom, Moayed B Elyazachi, histopathologic findings Sung Woo Choi, Ji Ho Lee, Sabah Maki Al-Ani, and Gamal Ahmed Duweb Hye Jin Woo, Chul Jong Park, Jong Yuk Yi, 266 Onychomycosis and Trichosporon beigelii in Kye Yong Song, and Hyung Ok Kim Korea Man-Heui Han, Jee-Ho Choi, 209 Localized tonic follicular pustuloderma Kyung-Jeh Sung, Kee-Chan Moon, and Raul Corbalan-Vélez, Gonzalo Peén, Mariano Ara, Jai-Kyoung Koh and Francisco-Jose Carapeto Pseudomonas aeruginosa folliculitis after Lichen myxedematosus associated with chronic shower/bath exposure Leonardo Zichichi, rR — te hepatitis C Hiroyuki Banno, Hiromachi Takama, Gaetano Asta, and Giuseppe Noto Yukiko Nitta, Toshihiko Ikeya, and Mast cells in leprosy and leprosy reaction Yoshifumi Hirooka Punkae Mabhaisavariya, Sukhum Jiamton, A granulomatous dermatitis associated with Jan Manonukul, and Supakan Khemngern idiopathic ulcerative colitis Toru Shoji, Suad Ali, Evidence for Bovrelia burgdorferi in morphea and Eva Gateva, Anatoly Leytin, and Robert G Phelps lichen sclerosus Sebnem Ozkan, Nese Atabey, Emel Fetil, Verda Erkizan, and Ali Tahsin Giines Pharmacology and therapeutics 218 Experience with low-dose thalidomide therapy in Cameo chronic discoid lupus erythematosus 284 A Japanese case of Kindler syndrome Kyriakos P Kyriakis, George ] Kontochristopoulos, Yasushi Suga, Ryoji Tsuboi, Yukiko Hashimoto, and Demetrius N Panteleos Hitoshi Yaguchi, and Hideoki Ogawa Cryosurgery in difficult to treat basal cell 287 A child with spider bite and glomerulonephritis: a carcinoma Felipe Jaramillo-Ayerbe diagnostic challenge Jennifer M Lung Plasmapheresis as a steroid saving procedure in and Susan B Mallory bullous pemphigoid Conleth A Egan, 290 Cutaneous manifestations of marantic Kappa P Meadows, and John J Zone endocarditis Arash Kimyai-Asadi, Adil Usman, and Fatemeh Milani Correspondence Cutaneous alternariosis in a patient with Treatment of verrucae plana with 15% glycolic htm\ O w acid Jesus Borbujo, Olga Olmos, Elena Zamora, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and Juan-Jose Diez Despina ] loannidou, Maria P Stefanidou, Sophia G Maraki, Jonn G Panayiotides, and 237 Eruptive pseudoangiomatosis in an adult Virgilio Navarro, Inmaculada Molina, Androniki D Tosca Encarna Montesinos, Luis Calduch, and Tropical medical rounds Esperanza Jorda Cutaneous infestation by Tunga penetrans Oral lichen planus induced by interferon-a-N1 in a Pablo Campos Macias and Pedro Méndez Sashida patient with hepatitis C Paulo Varela, ] Areias, Clinical trial F Mota, A Canelhas, and M Sanches Topical liquiritin improves melasma Declaration by the Austrian Society of Dermatology Mohamed Amer and Mohamed Metwalli and Venereology Peter Fritsch Pharmacology and therapeutics 302 Successful treatment of tinea capitis with 2% ketoconazole shampoo Donald L Greer il Volume 39, Number 4 Reminiscence " April 2000 History of dermatology in Guatemala Eduardo Silva-Lizama Review 241 Onychomycosis: clinical perspective Correspondence Virendra N Sehgal and Sanjeev Jain Panniculitis of the breast preceding presentation of 250 The effects of drugs on wound healing: part 1 Wegener’s granulomatosis by 7 years Sree RK Karukonda, Timothy Corcoran Flynn, MMU Chowdbury and S Natarajan Erin E Boh, Elizabeth I McBurney, The utility of submitting epidermoid cysts for histologic examination Christopher L Wade, Glenn G Russo, and Larry E Millikan Jennifer C Haley, and Antoinette F Hood © 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 39, iii—xii vi Contents of volume 38 314 Use and misuse of sunscreens Fabio Ayala, Retiform hemangioendothelioma M El Darouti, Nicola Balato, Gabriella Fabbrocini, Salonas A Marzouk, Rehab M Sobhi, and Francesca M Cuccurullo, Cataldo Patruno, Dalia A Bassiouni and Enrico M Procaccini 369 Microcystic adnexal carcinoma induced by multiple SaF Severe mucosal involvement in a patient with radiation therapy Hardy P Schwarze, cutaneous leishmaniasis from Nepal Francois Loche, Laurence Lamant, Johannes Arun Joshi, Sudha Agrawal, Vijay Kumar Garg, Kuchta, and Jacques Bazex Amarnath Thakur, Arun Agarwalla, and Mary Jacob 372 Irritant contact dermatitis secondary to fiberglass: 318 Cockade nevi and spinal dysraphism an unusual presentation Joy Y Chen, Giovanni Luigi Capella and Gianfranco Altomare Rhea Phillips, Alan T Lewis, Long T Quan, and Sylvia Hsu 374 Granulomatous slack skin Kanthilatha Pai, Ravikala Rao, Rama Devadiga, Shrutakirthi Volume 39, Number 5 Shenoi, and Sathish Pai May 2000 376 Late-onset neurofibromatosis in a liver transplant recipient Martin B Miller, James H Tonsgard, Review and Keyoumars Soltani 321 The effects of drugs on wound healing—part II. 380 Linear IgA disease asscoiated with membranous Specific classes of drugs and their effect on healing glomerulonephropathy Christine L Egan, wounds Sree RK Karukonda, Timothy Corcoran Vincent Liu, Ronald M Harris, Soren M White, Flynn, Erin E Boh, Elizabeth I McBurney, Stuart R Lessin, and Jeffrey M Weinberg Glenn G Russo, and Larry E Millikan Pharmacology and therapeutics Commentary 383 Clinical and immunologic parameters during 334 Desideratum dermatologicum—cause and control of thalidomide treatment of lupus erythematosus premenstrual acne flare David A Fisher Monika Walchner, Michael Meurer, Gerd Plewig, and Gerald Messer Report saF Minor cutaneous features of atopic dermatitis in Reminiscence South Korea Hyun-Jeong Lee, Sang-Hyun Cho, 389 Dermatology related advertisements from the Seog-Jun Ha, Won-Keun Abn, Young-Min Park, 1920s and 1930s Michael R Albert Dae-Gyoo Byun, and Jin-Wou Kim 343 Retrospective study of Mycobacterium marinum skin Correspondence 396 Behcet’s disease and HCV infection infections Por Ang, Niramol Rattana-Apiromyakij, Nilsel Ilter, Esin Senol, Mehmet Ali Giirer, and and Chee-Leok Goh Murat Orhan Oztas 348 Prevalence of cutaneous manifestations in 200 397 Basal cell carcinoma of the nail bed in a Korean patients with eating disorders Roberto Glorio, woman Hyoung-Joo Kim, Youn-Soo Kim, Miguel Allevato, Ana De Pablo, Mario Abbruzzese, Ki-Beom Suhr, Tae-Young Yoon, Jeung-Hoon Lee, Luz Carmona, Mario Savarin, Monica Ibarra, and Jang-Kyu Park Corina Busso, Ana Mordoh, Carolina Llopis, 398 Non-lethal Wiskott—Aldrich syndrome: atopic Roxana Haas, Mabel Bello, and Alberto Woscoff dermatitis-like lesions persist after splenectomy 354 Anxiety, depression, and nature of acne vulgaris in C Feliciani, M Castellaneta, M Amatetti, F Morelli, adolescents Sebnem Aktan, Erol Ozmen, and P Toto, G Coscione, S Pour Mohammad, and Berna Sanli P Amerio Recurrent aphthous stomatitis and smoking Binnur Tiiziin, Ronni Wolf, Yalcin Tiiziin, and 400 Book review Server Serdaroglu Morphology 361 Degos’ disease Fiisiin Ozder Giiven, Kiibra Eren Bozdag, Murat Ermete, and Volume 39, Number 6 Ahmet Karaman June 2000 Cameo Review 363 Cutaneous and neurologic manifestations of 401 An evaluation of intermittent therapies used to biotinidase deficiency Paloma Cornejo Navarro, treat onychomycosis and other dermatomycoses Aurora Guerra, ] Gregorio Alvarez, and with the oral antifungal agents Aditya K Gupta F Javier Ortiz and James OQ Del Rosso International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 339, iii—xii © 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd Contents of volume 38 Terbinafine, a unique oral antifungal: current Volume 39, Number 7 perceptions Sanjeev Jain and Virendra N Sehgal July 2000 Degenerative collagenous plaques of the hands and acrokeratoelastoidosis: pathogenesis and relationship Review with knuckle pads Jorge Abulafia and 481 Reflex sympathetic dystrophy Robert G Phelps Raul A Vignale and Seth Wilentz Commentary Commentary Epidermolysis bullosa in Mexico Jouni Uitto and Virtual doctors—ready for launching Ronni Wolf Leena Pulkkinen and Stuart Ballan Desideratum dermatologicum: eliminating Report lipodermatosclerosis; the term and the entities The molecular basis of dystrophic epidermolysis David A Fisher bullosa in Mexico Julio C Salas-Alanis, Mario Amaya-Guerra, and John A McGrath Report The relationship between Helicobacter pylori IgG Pattern of skin diseases among pilgrims during Hajj antibody and autologous serum test in chronic season in Makkah, Saudi Arabia urticaria Miige Hizal, Binnur Tiiziin, Ronni Wolf, Mohammad I Fatani, Khalid Al-Afif, and and Yalcin Tiiziin Hameed Hussain Helicobacter pylori and idiopathic chronic Meteorological parameters and the pattern of urticaria Esteban Daudeén, Isabel Jiménez-Alonso, dermatology clinic attendance through a calendar and Amaro Garcia-Diez year: a Sri Lankan experience Sujith PW Kumarasinghe Morphoiogy Frequency of oral conditions in a dermatology Eccrine poroma of the heel Harvey Lemont and clinic Velia A Ramirez-Amador, Heather Snyder Lilly Esquivel-Pedraza, and Rocio Orozco-Topete Cameo American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) in Rio Chrysomyia bezziana-infested basal cell carcinoma de Janeiro State, Brazil: main clinical and destroying the eye Mohammed Radmanesh, epidemiologic characteristics Gholamreza Khataminia, Parviz Eliasi, Manoel P de Oliveira-Neto, Maris« §$ Mattos, Masoud K Korai, and Ali Ebrahimi Mauricio A Perez, Alda M Da-Cruz, Cutaneous angiosarcoma afflicting the lower aspect Octavio Fernandes, Jodo Moreira, of the left leg in an elderly woman Margit A Huber, Sylvio C Goncalves-Costa, Lucia R Brahin, Lutz Weber, Peter Kaskel, Antje Warszawski, Claudio R Menezes, and Claude Pirmez Roland Schmidt, Ralf U Peter, and Gertraud Krahn Cost effective post-exposure prevention of poison Vogt—Koyanagi—Harada syndrome: the useful role of ivy dermatitis Adam S Stibich, Mark Yagan, punch grafting Banavase C Ravikumar, Vidya Sharma, Betty Herndon, and Chanrasekaran Balachandran, Laxminarayan Sabita, Christopher Montgomery and Sandhya Acharya Morphology Pharmacology and therapeutics Infiltrating basal cell carcinoma in the setting of a Management of endemic outbreaks of scabies with venous ulcer Michael E Lutz, Mark DP Davis, allethrin, permethrin, and ivermectin Uwe Paasch and Clark C Otley and Uwe-Frithjof Haustein Camex Dermatologic surgery A clonal cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative Suction blister grafting for stable vitiligo using pulsed eruption in a patient with evidence of past erbium: YAG laser ablation for recipient site exposure to hepatitis E Freddye M Lemons-Estes, Mukta Sachdev and Devasthanam Sundara Rao Hon Pak Capt, Henry Skelton, and Krupashankar Kathleen ] Smith Papular perniosis mimicking erythema multiforme: Reminiscence the first case report in Thailand Charles Darwin consults a dermatologist Gordon C Sauer Phongsakorn Wessagowit, Pravit Asawanonda, and Nopadon Noppakun Proceedings and transactions A European Society for the History of Dermatology Clinical trial Tinea manus treated with 1-week itraconazole vs. and Venereology Karl Holubar terbinafine Aditya K Gupta, Piet De Doncker, Book reviews and Hugo Degreef © 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 39, iii—xii viii Contents of volume 38 $32 Treatment of scalp seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis Volume 39, Number 8 with an ointment of 40% urea and 1% bifonazole August 2000 Avner Shemer, Nir Nathansohn, Baruch Kaplan, Glen Weiss, Nathan Newman, and Henri Trau Review Clobetasol propionate foam 0.05%: a novel vehicle 561 The digital imaging system and dermatology nN w na with enhanced delivery Thomas ] Franz, Arthur Papier, Michael R Peres, Michael Bobrow Dawn A Parsell, Judith A Myers, and and Ashish Bhatia John F Hannigan 576 Androgenetic alopecia and microinflammation Yann F Mahé, Jean-Francois Michelet, Surgical rounds Nelly Billoni, Francoise Jarrousse, Bruno Baun, 539 Subcision: a treatment for cellulite Doris M Hexsel Stephane Commo, Didier Saint-Léger, and and Rosemari Mazzuco Bruno A Bernard Reminiscence Commentary 545 Boeck’s sarcoidosis—a centennial Erlend Hem 585 Medical management of male pattern hair loss Correspondence Andrew G Messenger 550 A patient with a seborrheic keratosis which caused 587 Nehushtan: on parchment and publications impaired hearing by closure of the external auditory Mauricio Goihman-Yahr meatus Mihoko Kobayashi, Masataro Hiruma, Report Yasushi Suga, Kumiko Nishimura, and 589 HLA in alopecia areata Ayse Kavak, Can Baykal, Hideoki Ogawa Giizin Ozarmagan, and Ugur Akar Coexistence of vitiligo and sarcoidosis in a patient 593 In vivo delayed-type hypersensitivity in 109 with circulating autoantibodies Atsushi Terunuma, patients with vitiligo Stefanie C Bebrens-Williams, Akiko Watabe, Taizo Kato, and Hachiro Tagami Eva M Peters, and Karin U Schallreuter 533 Multiple osteoma cutis lesions associated with 599 Cathepsin D expression in early cutaneous acne Marcia R Monteiro and Caroline S§ Koblenzer malignant melanoma [gor Bartenjev, 554 Bullous pemphigoid possibly triggered and Zvonimir Rudolf, Borut Stabuc, Ivan Vrhovec, exacerbated by opthalmic preparations Tanja Perkovié, and Aleksej Kansky Dana Spivak, Edith Orion, and Sarah Brenner 603 Dendritic epidermal /5 T-cells (DETC) activated 555 Pagetoid Spitz nevus: a variant of Spitz nevus in vivo proliferate in vitro in response to Man-Heui Han, Kwang-Jin Koh, Jee-Ho Choi, Mycobacterium leprae antigens Kyung-Jeh Sung, Kee-Chan Moon, and Marek ] Kaminski, Tomasz F Mroczkowski, and Jai-Kyoung Koh Wojciech A Krotoski SSF Mycetoma due to actinomycetes: a rare entity in 609 Immunoperoxidase technique for detecting Europe Dimitris Rigopoulos, Maria Mavridou, spirochetes in tissue sections: comparison with Electra Nicolaidou, Elefteria Christofidou, other methods Robert George Phelps, Christina Antoniou, Alexandros Stratigos, and Jeffrey Knispel, Erik Schuman Tu, Andreas Katsambas Georgetta Cernainu, and Michael Saruk 558 Acute generalized exanthematic pustulosis following administration of ceftriaxone Xavier Belgodére, Morphology Valérie Olivier, Michael Basteri, Philippe Cren, and 614 Milia en plaque: a new site Oasem A Alsaleh, Jean-Philippe Lacour Arti Nanda, Amr Sharaf, and Humood Al-Sabah Cameo 560 Book reviews 616 Perianal Crohn’s disease Maria Susana Morales, Mario Marini, Mirta Caminero, and Patricia Caglio 618 Detection of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in a patient with Kimura’s disease Eduardo Nagore, Julia Llorca, José M Sanchez-Motilla, Eduardo Ledesma, José M Fortea, and Adolfo Aliaga Toxic epidermal necrolysis following combination of methotrexate and trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole Chih-hsun Yang, Lib-Jen Yang, Tang-Her Jaing, and Heng-Leong Chan International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 39, iii—xii © 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd Contents of volume 38 Pharmacology and therapeutics Cameo Use of high-dose methylprednisolone pulse therapy in Ultrastructure of pitted keratolysis patients with progressive and stable vitiligo Hiram L de Almeida Jr, Luis AS de Castro, Simone Seiter, Selma Ugurel, Wolfgang Tilgen, and Nara EM Rocha, and Valter L Abrantes Uwe Reinhold Mucous membrane pemphigoid, thymoma, and Does immune serum globulin confer protection myasthenia gravis Haideh Yazdani Sabet, against skin diseases? Daniel Mimouni, Jaime L Davis, and Roy § Rogers III Michael Gdalevich, Francis B Mimouni, Genital warts at the site of healed herpes progenitalis: Itamar Grotto, Arieh Eldad, and Ofer Shpilberg the isotopic response Eleonora Ruocco Proteus syndrome Juan A Cavero, Evelyn G Castro, Reminiscence The discovery of the hematoblast by Carl Heitzmann and Luz Junco (1836-1896) in 1872 Stella Fatovic-Ferencic Reminiscence Self portrait of a dermatologist Walter B Shelley Proceedings and transactions XXI Central American Congress of Dermatology, San Correspondence José, Costa Rica, 20-25 November, 1998 Invasive hyalohyphomycosis due to Fusarium solani Victor Fallas Granados, Eduardo Silva-Lizama, in a patient with acute lymphocytic leukemia Luis Conde Salazar, and Helena Torras Alcyr R Costa, Neusa YS Valente, Paulo R Criado, Mario C Pires, and Cidia Vasconcellos Correspondence Localized idiopathic elastosis perforans serpiginosa Combination of clobetasol and tretinoin in vitiligo effectively treated by the Coherent Ultrapulse 5000C Davinder Parsad, Reeti Saini, and Archana Juneja Aesthetic Laser Anthony Abdullah, Peter § Colloby, lain S Foulds, and lan Whitcroft Erzatum Book review Volume 39, Number 9 September 2000 Volume 39, Number 10 October 2000 Review 641 Visceral leprosy Andria M Klioze Review and Francisco A Ramos-Caro Tacrolimus: pharmacology and therapeutic uses in 659 Skin disease and nontuberculous atypical dermatology Edward ] Zabawski, Melissa Costner, mycobacteria Elia Palenque Jack B Cohen, and Clay ] Cockerell Male pattern hair loss: prevention rather than Commentary/millennium Leprosy elimination campaign and its impending regrowth Marcia Ramos-e-Silva fallout Sabmit N Bhattacharya Commentary/millennium and Virender N Sehgal Psycosomatic dermatology: past and future Commentary Emiliano Panconesi Suction blistering as a research and therapeutic tool in Commentary dermatology Rafael Falabella The reported decrease in the incidence of skin cancer may be an artefact D Czarnecki and B Foddy Report Necrotizing eosinophilic folliculitis as a manifestation Report of the atopic diathesis Cynthia M Magro In vitro tannin acantholysis Sarah Brenner, and A Neil Crowson Vincenzo Ruocco, Eleonora Ruocco, The significance of stress hormones (glucocorticoids, Adolfo Russo, Ethel Tur, Vincenza Luongo, catecholamines) for eruptions and spontaneous and Maria Luisa Lombardi remission phases in psoriasis Bea A Weigl Demodex folliculorum in pregnancy A study of cutaneous myiasis in Sri Lanka ikbal Esen Aydingéz, Baris Dervent, S Prasad W Kumarasinghe, ND Karunaweera, and Osman Giiney and RL Ihalamulla Morphology Erythema gyratum repens-like psoriasis Stefania Jablonska, Maria Blaszczyk, and Anna Kozlowska © 2000 Blackwell Science Ltd International Journal of Dermatology 2000, 39, iii—xii Contents of volume 38 746 Epidemiology and prevalence of onychomycosis in 799 Syphilis therapy Vincent Barrazza HIV-positive individuals Aditya K Gupta, 799 Joint meeting International Society of Dermatology Paulo Taborda, Valeria Taborda, Janet Gilmour, and Puerto Rico Dermatological Society Anita Rachlis, Irv Salit, Madhulika A Gupta, Vincent A Cipollaro Paul MacDonald, Elizabeth A Cooper, 800 Pemphigus induction by influenza vaccination and Richard C Summerbell Michele D Mignogna, Lorenzo Lo Muzio, 754 Notalgia paresthetica: a study on pathogenesis and Eleonora Ruocco Ekin Savk, Oner Savk, Okan Bolukbasi, Nil Culhaci, 800 Chromoblastomycosis in India: two more cases Emel Dikicoglu, Gdksun Karaman, and Bhushan Kumar Nesliban Sendur 800 Reply Nand Lal Sharma Cameo 760 Bloom’s syndrome—a first report from India BSN Reddy, Atul M Kochhar, M Anitha, Volume 39, Number 11 and Ramesh Bamezai 764 Elephantiasis nostras verrucosa Mario Vaccaro, November 2000 Francesco Borgia, Fabrizio Guarneri, Review and Serafinella P Cannavo 801 Quality of life in dermatology Bruno Halioua, 766 Wolf's isotopic response: Trichophyton rubrum Maria G Beumont, and Francoise Lunel folliculitis appearing on a herpes zoster scar 807 Sentinel node biopsy: who needs it? 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