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Jashin J. Wu, MD; Kwun-Yee T. Poon, MS; Jennifer C. Channual, MD; et al.
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Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(11):1244-1250. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.2502
In a retrospective cohort study conducted in the Kaiser Permanente Southern California health plan, Wu and coauthors assessed whether patients with psoriasis treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors have a decreased risk of myocardial infarction compared with those not treated with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.
Fiona Cowdell, DProf, RN, BA(Hons), MA; Steven J. Ersser, PhD, BSC(Hons), RN, CertTHEd; Coleen Gradwell, RN; et al.
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Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(11):1251-1256. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.1892
To validate the Person-Centered Dermatology Self-Care Index as a tool for clinical assessment and for potential use in research, Cowdell and colleagues examined frequency distributions of all items among 145 copies completed with patients during their usual outpatient consultation, and internal consistency was summarized using Cronbach a. See practice gap by Feldman and Sandoval.
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Emily M. Berger, MD; Seth J. Orlow, MD, PhD; Rishi R. Patel, MD; et al.
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Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(11):1257-1264. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.2414
Berger and coauthors investigate the frequency, epidemiology, clinical features, and prognostic significance of inflamed molluscum, molluscum dermatitis, reactive papular eruptions resembling Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, and atopic dermatitis in patients with molluscum contagiosum.
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Savina Aneja, MD; Angela K. Brimhall, DO, MS; Douglas R. Kast, DO; et al.
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Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(11):1266-1272. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.2480
Aneja and coauthors determined if interactive computerized patient education, skin self-examination tutorials, and telecommunication reminders could be combined to increase patient performance of skin self-examinations, increase confidence in ability to identify melanoma, and influence individual melanoma risk perception.
Ariel Beresniak, MD, MPH, PhD; Yolaine de Linares, MSc; Gerald G. Krueger, MD; et al.
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Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(11):1275-1282. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.2696
Facial attractiveness is associated with health-related quality of life (QoL). Beresniak et al perform an international validation study of their BeautyQoL instrument.
Nicole B. Yang, BA; Luis A. Garza, MD, PhD; Carrie E. Foote, PhD; et al.
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Arch Dermatol. 2012;148(11):1283-1286. doi:10.1001/archdermatol.2012.3004
Stump dermatoses significantly affect quality of life in patients undergoing amputations. Yang et al surveyed a group of veterans 38 years or more after amputation and assessed skin disease.