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An Unusual Case of Pemphigus Vulgaris
Introduction: Pemphigus is a potential life-threatening skin disorder belonging to the group of the autoimmune bullous diseases affecting the skin and mucosa. The most common subtypes are pemphigus foliaceus (PF) and pemphigus vulgaris. Case Presentation: We present the case of a young woman with scalp manifestations diagnosed as seborrhiasis who came to our office where a more careful history and clinical examination directed us toward another diagnostic suspicion. The histological examination confirmed our suspicion of pemphigus and therefore we believe it is important to report our experience to avoid misdiagnosis. Discussion/Conclusion: Our case may be useful in the literature to identify cases of PF with atypical manifestations that may mimic other diseases
A Case of Pemphigus Vulgaris and Hidradenitis Suppurativa: May Systemic Steroids Be Considered in the Standard Management of Hidradenitis Suppurativa?
Introduction: Recent studies have demonstrated a correlation between pemphigus and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Case Presentation: Here, we report the case of a 58-year-old man affected by HS for about 30 years who was found to have lesions attributable to pemphigus during a checkup. Discussion/Conclusion: There are few data in the literature on the use of systemic corticosteroids for the two diseases, and our article wants to be a food for thought on the management and treatment of these diseases
A Case of New-Onset Lichen Planus after COVID-19 Vaccination
The COVID 19 vaccination campaign has been underway for about a year now, and there are now many skin reactions associated with the administration of these vaccines in the literature. In view of the forthcoming third dose, we believe it is important to report our experience
Can COVID-19 cause atypical forms of pityriasis rosea refractory to conventional therapies?
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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