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SKIN is a peer-reviewed, open access, online only journal dedicated to providing free access globally to disseminate dermatological knowledge. Authors retain copyright in their articles, licensing publication of their content through use of Creative Commons CCBY license. The journal does not charge fees, and is supported by the National Society for Cutaneous Medicine. 


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Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): March 2025 Issue

Published: 2025-03-17

In-Depth Reviews

Olive Oil in Dermatology: Bridging Ancient Traditions with Modern Medicine

Zaryab Alam, Aasim Jaffri, Rahib Islam, M Zaid Shami, Hamza Malick, Aamir Hussain

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Ocular Disease as a Comorbidity of Atopic Dermatitis

Kimberlee Tottori, David Tottori, James Del Rosso

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Expanding Therapeutic Applications of Tofacitinib in Immune-Mediated Skin Disorders: A Comprehensive Review

Nina Schur, Natasha Doshi, Lexi Garber, Marcia Ballantyne, Milaan Shah

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Challenges in Public Health: The Diagnosis and Treatment of Crusted Scabies

Alyssa Forsyth, Wenqin Du, Marshall Hall, Michael Carletti, Stephen Weis

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Original Research

Factors Associated with Advanced Presentations of Melanoma in the United States from 2004-2015: A National Cancer Database Analysis Cohort Study

Kennedy Sabharwal, Anna Lin, Katie Cook, Tim Malouff, Stephen Ko, Byron May, Leila Tolaymat, Pamela Patton, Robert Miller, Daniel Trifiletti, Mark Waddle

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Research Letters

Diagnostic Outcomes of Clinically Diagnosed Lichen Planus-Like Keratosis

Jordan Phillipps, James Ko, David Sheinbein

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Brief Articles

A Case of Primary Cutaneous CD4+ Small/Medium T-cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder

Dana Olsen, Michael Levitt, Shalini Vemula

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Unveiling Multiple Chronic Relapsing Plaques and Ulcerations in a Healthy Individual

Nattanicha Chaisrimaneepan, Thunyaporn Khoruamklang

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Trichoadenoma on the Dorsal Forearm

Rebecca Lapides, Hannah Porter, Anne Stowman, Nathan Bombardier, Mary Maloney

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Successful Treatment of Terbinafine-Induced Subacute Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus With Upadacitinib

Chloe H Franzia, Grace Sclamberg, Alex M Glazer

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Cylindroma in a Young Woman with a Germline Checkpoint Kinase 2 Gene Mutation Case Report

Rebecca Rist, Kathryn Shahwan, Megan O'Connor

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A Verrucous Lesion on a Nose in HIV Seropositive Female: A Rare Case Report

Supriya Kachare, Vasudha Belgaumkar, Shekhar Pradhan

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A Granular Cell Tumor on the Finger of a 7-Year-Old Boy: A Case Report

Alberto Gómez Trigos, Luis Miguel Alfonso Fernández Gutiérrez, Eugenia Muñoz Ruiz, Edgardo Gomez Torres, Manuel Cervantes Guadarrama

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COVID-19 Vaccination as a Precipitating Factor in Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus with Lupus Nephritis: A Clinical Case Report

Elisha M. Myers, Marla Rodriguez, Michelle Schneider, Sabrina Shearer

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Multiple Basal Cell Carcinomas Mimicking Segmental Neurofibromatosis: A Clinical Conundrum

Helen Chen, Andrew Ibrahim, Michelle Tarbox

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Short Communications

Dermoscopy of Gouty Tophus: Unveiling New Patterns

Rasha Moumna, Syrine Hamada, Laila Benzekri

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SKINmages: Clinical Images in Dermatology

Multiple Congenital Hemangiomas

Christopher Chino-Marin, Kristina M. Derrick, John McGovern, Sharon A. Glick

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Intraumbilical Mass with Cyclical Drainage

Alexis Coican

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Severe Bullous Hypersensitivity Reaction After Copperhead Snakebite and Antivenom Therapy

Isha Jhingan, BS, Charles F. Hojjat, BS, Francesca L. Veon, DO, Amanda S. Weissman, MD, Jeffrey D. McBride, MD, PhD, Lindsey K. Collins, MD

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Posters from 2025 WCM and WCH Dermatology Conferences®: Psoriasis

Patient-Reported Outcomes with Roflumilast Foam 0.3% in Patients with Psoriasis of the Scalp and Body in the Phase 3 ARRECTOR Trial

Melinda Gooderham, Jerry Bagel, Seth Forman, Leon Kircik, Marni Wiseman, Benjamin Lockshin, Jennifer Soung, David Krupa, Saori Kato, David Berk, David Chu

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Bimekizumab Maintenance of Response at Every Visit Over 4 Years in Patients with Psoriasis Achieving Clear Skin at Week 16: Results from Four Phase 3 Trials

Mark Lebwohl, Richard B. Warren, Peter Foley, Georgios Kokolakis, Naiem T. Issa, Richard G. Langley, Balint Szilagyi, Bengt Hoepken, Heather Herr, Rhys Warham, April Armstrong

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Characterization of ORKA-001, a Novel Extended Half-life Monoclonal Antibody Targeting IL-23 for the Treatment of Psoriasis

Eugenia Levi, Byron Kwan, Mohammad Murshid Alam, Jacob Milligan, Soraia Oliveira, Christopher Finch, Joana Goncalves, Laura Sandler, Jason Oh, Hussam Shaheen
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Deucravacitinib, an Oral, Selective, Allosteric Tyrosine Linase 2 (TYK2) Inhibitor, in Patients with Moderate to Severe Scalp Psoriasis: The Association Between Patient-Reported and Clinician-Reported Outcomes at Week 16 in a Phase 3b/4 Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-controlled Study (PSORIATYK SCALP)

Steven R. Feldman, Diamant Thaçi, Jerry Bagel, Eugene Balagula, Rachel Dyme, Yichen Zhong, Brandon Becker, Jennifer L. Beaumont, David M. Pariser, Mark Lebwohl

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Impact of GPP on Quality of Life and Psychological Well-being: Results from a Non-interventional Survey/Interview-based Study

Mark G. Lebwohl, Kilian Eyerich, Andrew E. Pink, Min Zheng, Iris Chen-Yin Lai, David Trigos, Anne M. Skalicky, Julia R. Correll, Ana C. Hernandez Daly, Patrick Hofmann, Hideki Fujita

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Real-world Experience with Spesolimab in Chinese Patients with GPP

Min Zheng, Furen Zhang, Yu-ling Shi, Xiaoming Liu, Aie Xu, Nichiren Pillai, Yuexiao Xu, Ada Chen, Rafael Sani Simoes, Xinghua Gao

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Long-Term Effectiveness of Guselkumab vs. Other Biologic Therapies Among Plaque Psoriasis Patients in the CorEvitas Psoriasis Registry

Bruce E. Strober, April W. Armstrong, Timothy Fitzgerald, Katelyn Rowland, Olivia Choi, Daphne Chan, Alvin H. Li, Adam P. Sima, Thomas Eckmann, Sandra Main, Mark G. Lebwohl

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Deucravacitinib in Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis: 5-year, Long-term Safety and Efficacy Results from the Phase 3 POETYK PSO-1, PSO-2, and LTE Trials

April W. Armstrong, Richard B. Warren, Bruce Strober, Andrew Blauvelt, Yayoi Tada, Thierry Passeron, Diamant Thaçi, Carolin Daamen, Janice Li, Zoran Popmihajlov, John Vaile, Julie Scotto, Mark Lebwohl

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Deucravacitinib, an Oral, Selective, Allosteric Tyrosine Kinase 2 (TYK2) Inhibitor, in Patients with Moderate to Severe Scalp Psoriasis: Time to Meaningful Improvement in Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Phase 3b/4, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blinded, Placebo-Controlled Study (PSORIATYK SCALP)

Linda Stein Gold, Michael Sebastian, Eugene Balagula, Brandon Becker, Yichen Zhong, Rachel Dyme, Michael DeRosa, Scott Fretzin, Andreas Pinter, Christopher E. M. Griffiths

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Deucravacitinib in Plaque Psoriasis: Immune Response to and Safety of Pneumococcus and Tetanus Toxoid Vaccines in the POETYK LTE Trial

Joanna Narbutt, Shahram Jacobs, Kim A. Papp, Alessandra Alió, Yi Luo, Yanqiu Shao, Victoria Berger, Carolin Daamen, Kevin Winthrop

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Impact of Deucravacitinib on Psoriasis Severity and Overall Patient-reported Outcomes in a US Prospective Cohort Study

Alexis Ogdie, Sarah Lonowski, Laetitia N’Dri, Vadim Khaychuk, Rebecca Schumacher, Kaleb Michaud

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Impact of Deucravacitinib on Scalp Psoriasis in a Real-world Prospective Cohort Study in the United States

Alexis Ogdie, Sarah Lonowski, Laetitia N’Dri, Vadim Khaychuk, Rebecca Schumacher, Kaleb Michaud

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Efficacy of Deucravacitinib over time in Psoriasis by Baseline Total Body Surface Area: Post Hoc Analysis of the Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 3b/4 PSORIATYK SCALP Trial

Christopher E.M. Griffiths, Matthias Hoffmann, Andrew Blauvelt, Eugene Balagula, Andrew Napoli, Chun-Yen Cheng, Rachel Dyme, Virginia Hala, Andreas Pinter, Mark Lebwohl

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Deucravacitinib in Psoriasis Patients with a History of Malignancy: Follow-up after 4 Years of Deucravacitinib Treatment in the POETYK PSO Program

Mark Lebwohl, Neil J. Korman, Melinda Gooderham, Alice B. Gottlieb, Peter Foley, Kilian Eyerich, Marco Romanelli, Bruce Strober, Akimichi Morita, Linfeng Li, Carolin Daamen, John Vaile, Ramesh Badaka, Alessandra Alió, Lluís Puig

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Onset of Clinical Response with Deucravacitinib in Patients with Moderate to Severe Scalp Psoriasis: A Post Hoc Analysis of the Phase 3b/4 PSORIATYK SCALP Trial

Matthias Hoffmann, Andrew Blauvelt, Eugene Balagula, Andrew Napoli, Chun-Yen Cheng, Rachel Dyme, Virginia Hala, Stephen Tyring, Jerry Bagel, Mark Lebwohl

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Generalized Pustular Psoriasis (GPP) Control is Limited on Traditional Small-molecule Therapy as Measured by the GPP Physician Global Assessment (GPPGA) and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI): Baseline Data from the EFFISAYIL® 2 Trial

Arash Mostaghimi, Joseph Merola, Alice Gottlieb, Douglas DiRuggiero, Jason Guercio, Ming Tang, Christian Thoma, Mark Lebwohl

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The Chronicity and Disease Burden of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis

Thomas Selby, Joe Tung, Maria Aleshin, Angad Chadha, Jacquelyn Dosal, Laura Rezac, Brooke Walterscheid, Ella Solomon, Lauren Stephens, Benjamin Workman

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Treatment Outcomes and Management of Generalized Pustular Psoriasis with Spesolimab

Joe Tung, Thomas Selby, Maria Aleshin, Angad Chadha, Jacquelyn Dosal, Laura Rezac, Brooke Walterscheid, Ella Solomon, Lauren Stephens, Benjamin Workman

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Hyperpigmentation

Thiamidol (isobutylamido thiazolyl resorcinol): A Highly Specific Human Tyrosinase Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hyperpigmentation

Tobias Mann, Wolfram Gerwat, Jan Batzer, Kerstin Eggers, Cathrin Scherner, Horst Wenck, Franz Stab, Vincent Hearing, Klaus-Heinrich Rohm, Ludger Kolbe; Daniel Romanowitz

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Clinical Efficacy of the Human Tyrosinase Inhibitor Thiamidol (isobutylamido thiazolyl resorcinol) in Melasma

Dennis Roggenkamp, Adel Sammain, Manuela Furstenau, Martina Kausch, Thierry Passeron, Ludger Kolbe; Daniel Romanowitz

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Clinical Evaluation of the Human Tyrosinase Inhibitor Thiamidol (isobutylamido thiazolyl resorcinol) in Prevention of UVB-induced Hyperpigmentation

Vasanop Vachiramon, Chaninan Kositkuljorn, Kanchana Leerunyakul, Kumutnart Chanprapaph; Daniel Romanowitz

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Effective Reduction of Acne-induced Post-inflammatory Hyperpigmentation with the Human Tyrosinase Inhibitor Thiamidol (isobutylamido thiazolyl resorcinol)

Dennis Roggenkamp, Ncoza Dlova, Tobias Mann, Jan Batzer, Julia Riedel, Martina Kausch, Ivica Zoric, Ludger Kolbe; Daniel Romanowitz
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Combined Thiamidol and Low-fluence Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser for the Treatment of Facial Hyperpigmentation

Vasanop Vachiramon, Kanchana Leerunyakul, Chaninan Kositkuljorn, Pamela Chayavichitsilp; Daniel Romanowitz

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Thiamidol: A Breakthrough Innovation in Treatment of Hyperpigmentation

Seemal Desai, Andrew Alexis, Hilary Baldwin, Valerie Callender, Nada Elbuluk, Patricia Farris, Pearl Grimes, Susan Taylor, Cheri Frey; Daniel Romanowitz

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Atopic Dermatitis

Lebrikizumab Improved Skin Signs, Quality of Life, and Showed High Levels of Patient Satisfaction in Adult and Adolescent Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis and Skin of Color

Valerie Callender, April Armstrong, Chesahna Kindred, Peter Lio, Zach Dawson, Evangeline Pierce, Jinglin Zhong, Lauren George, Andrew Alexis

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Half-life-extended monoclonal antibody APG777 for atopic dermatitis: Design of the phase 2 APEX study

Emma Guttman-Yassky, Andrew Blauvelt, Melinda Gooderham, Kenji Kabashima, Marilia Oliveira, Li Xie, Angela Wilson, Carl Dambkowski, Kristine Nograles, Jonathan Silverberg

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Preclinical Potency, Affinity, and Pharmacokinetics of APG990, a Half-Life Extended Antibody Against OX40L

Grant Wickman, Byong Ha Kang, Jessica Meinke, Steve Raso, Jason Oh, Hussam Shaheen, Lukas Dillinger

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Patient Experience and Preferences for Treatments in Atopic Dermatitis: Results from a US Patient Survey

Ann Quick, Lenka Hurton, Joshua Burshtein, Aaron Farberg, Matthew Goldberg, Olga Zolochevska, Peter Lio

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Skin Clearance, Duration of Treatment-free Interval, and Safety of Tapinarof Cream 1% Once Daily: Results from ADORING 3, a 48-week Phase 3 Trial in Adults and Children Down to 2 Years of Age with Atopic Dermatitis

Robert Bissonnette, Linda Stein Gold, Leon Kircik, Eric Simpson, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, John Browning, Adelaide A. Hebert, Andrew F. Alexis, Weily Soong, Stephen C. Piscitelli, Anna M. Tallman, David S. Rubenstein, Philip M. Brown, Jonathan I. Silverberg

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Acne & Rosacea

Early Acne Improvements With Fixed-Combination Topical Therapy: Analysis of the First 4 Weeks of Treatment

Steven R. Feldman, Katie Lovell, Robin Yi, Emil Tanghetti, Leon Kircik, Linda Stein Gold, Ted Lain, Hilary Baldwin, Julie Harper, Eric Guenin

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Fixed‑Dose Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% Versus Adapalene 0.3%/Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5% Gels for Moderate‑to‑Severe Acne: Comparative Patient Journey

Lawrence Green, Leon H. Kircik, Julie C. Harper, Hilary Baldwin, Neal Bhatia, Zoe D. Draelos, Lawrence F. Eichenfield, Ted Lain, William P. Werschler, Karol Wroblewski, Eric Guenin

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Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% Gel for Acne: Association of Efficacy With Cutaneous Safety/Tolerability Events

Steven R. Feldman, Linda Stein Gold, Emil Tanghetti, Leon H. Kircik, Eric Guenin

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Efficacy and Safety of Fixed-Dose Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% Gel in Caucasian Participants With Moderate to Severe Acne

Glynis Ablon, Hilary Baldwin, Valerie Callender, Zoe D. Draelos, Michael Gold, Ted Lain, Leon H. Kircik, Emil Tanghetti, Karol Wroblewski, Eric Guenin

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Clindamycin Phosphate 1.2%/Adapalene 0.15%/Benzoyl Peroxide 3.1% Gel for Acne: Pooled Analysis by Age and Sex

Julie C. Harper, Heather C. Woolery-Lloyd, Hilary Baldwin, Valerie D. Callender, Michael Gold, Linda Stein Gold, Adelaide Hebert, Eric Guenin, Leon H. Kircik

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Alopecia

Evaluating the Quality of Social Media Content on Platelet-Rich Plasma for Androgenetic Alopecia and Facial Aesthetics: A Cross-Sectional Study

Aysham Chaudry, DO, Angelica Marrero-Perez, MD, Robert J. Vanaria, Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD

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Comparison of Dermatology Life Quality Index Scores in Adults and Adolescents With Alopecia Areata

Hannah Humphries, Kent A. Hanson, Sergio Vañó-Galván, Andrew Messenger, Helen Tran, Lynne Napatalung, Keith L. Davis, Lizzi Esterberg, Ernest H. Law

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Prediction of Long-term Scalp Hair Regrowth at 24 Months in Patients with Alopecia Areata Receiving Ritlecitinib Treatment in the ALLEGRO Clinical Trial Program

Hannah Humphries, Rodney Sinclair, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Laurent Misery, Claire Abasq, Julien Ringuet, Dalia Wajsbrot, Roger A. Edwards, Gianluca Bonfanti, Robert Wolk, Alexandre Lejeune, Brett King

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Longitudinal and Exploratory Genome-Wide Analysis in Alopecia AreaTA (LEGAATA): A Study of FinnGen Participants

Hannah Humphries, Victoria Basey, Lynn Petukhova, Regina C. Betz, Christos Tziotzios, Michael Simpson, Buket Basmanav, Laura Huilaja, Mary Pat Reeve, Alexandre Lejeune, Gulraj Matharu, Emmi Tikkanen, Simon Chen

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Special Section on Skin Cancer

The i31-SLNB Identifies Patients with Cutaneous Melanoma Who Have Less than 5% Risk of SLN Positivity while the CP-GEP does not

J. Michael Guenther, Samuel Dierks, John Vetto

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Enabling Access to Prognostic Gene Expression Profile (GEP) Testing for Invasive Melanoma by Leveraging RNA-based Testing in the Diagnostic Workflow

Brooke Russell, Mark Sommer, Sherri Borman, Jeffrey Wilkinson, Kristen Oelschlager, Trisha Poteet, Brian Martin, Matthew Goldberg

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The Calculated Objective Response Rate (ORR) of 97% from Post-Hoc Analysis of a Phase 2 Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of VP-315, an Investigational therapy for Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC)

Jonathan Kantor MD, Neal Bhatia MD, Lawrence Green MD, Jonathan Weiss MD, Kenneth Y. Tsai, MD, PhD, Cynthia Willson RN, BSN, Susan Cutler DMD, Jayson Rieger PhD, MBA, David K. Glover ME, PhD, Pamela Rumney RN, CCRC, Thomas F. Haws, Gary Goldenberg MD

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Nail Unit Disorders

Topical Antifungals for Onychomycosis: In Vitro Antifungal Activity, Ex Vivo Nail Penetration, and Clinical Efficacy

Ali Elabbasi, Ahmed Kadry, Warren Joseph, Boni Elewski, Shari Lipner, Eric Guenin, Mahmoud Ghannoum

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Efficacy and Safety of Efinaconazole 10% Topical Solution for Onychomycosis Treatment in Older Adults

Shari Lipner, Aditya Gupta, Warren S. Joseph, Boni Elewski, Eric Guenin, Tracey Vlahovic

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Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Bimekizumab Impact on Flare in Hidradenitis Suppurativa Over 2 Years: Data from BE HEARD EXT

Haley B. Naik, Steven Daveluy, Errol Prens, Ziad Reguiai, Pablo Fernandez-Peñas, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Bartosz Lukowski, Christina Crater, Leah Davis, Antonio Martorell-Calatayud

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Miscellaneous

Inclusion of the Patient Voice in Developing Holistic Treatment Goals for Rare Skin Diseases

Emmylou Casanova, Yuzlina Binti Che Yaacob, Dale Reisner, Ana Cristina Hernandez Daly, Diamant Thaçi, Bruce Strober

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Emotional Anatomy: Botulinum Toxin and the Regulation of Mood

Robert J. Vanaria, Angelica C. Marrero-Perez, MD, Aysham Chaudry, DO, Z. Paul Lorenc, MD, Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD

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Ratio of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Histologic Subtypes in a South Florida Dermatology Practice: High Incidence of Squamous Cell Carcinoma Subtypes

Angelica C. Marrero-Perez, MD, Robert J. Vanaria, Aysham Chaudry, DO, Brian Berman, MD, PhD, Mark S. Nestor, MD, PhD

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