Dermatopathology News

Patients with dermatomyositis and anti-NXP-2 antibodies had a severe systemic phenotype, which included myalgia, peripheral edema and significant dysphagia, according to recently published data.

Epidermal nerve fiber density was not abnormal in patients with erythromelalgia following skin biopsies, according to study results published in JAMA Dermatology.

Research funding that psoriasis had a strong association with type 2 diabetes and obesity in a nationwide study of Danish twins was among the 10 most-read articles of 2016 on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Based on a cohort in Minnesota from 1985 through 2014, researchers found the yearly occurrence of mixed connective tissue disease to be two people per 100,000.

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association recognized physicians with Patient Safety Hero and Federal Advocate awards at the ASDS annual meeting in New Orleans.

The American Academy of Dermatology has announced that ContextMedia:Health has been selected as a patient education affinity partner.

The American Society of Dermatologic Surgery announced that Thomas E. Rohrer, MD, began his term as president of the society and the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery Association during the ASDS annual meeting in New Orleans.

Research finding that women who applied broad-spectrum photostable sunscreen to their face daily for a year showed improvement in the signs of existing photodamaged skin was among the most-read articles in October on Healio.com/Dermatology.

TFS International has acquired German dermatology specialist SCIderm GmbH, according to a press release.

Study findings that Mohs micrographic surgery was used effectively to treat melanoma in situ exceeding traditional excision margins of 5 mm was among the most-read articles in September on Healio.com/Dermatology.