Harlequin ichthyosis affects just a handful of newborns each year in the US, but the condition is unmistakable, marked by a thick, armor-like layer of hard scales at birth. Once considered a death ...

University of Pennsylvania. "Progress in addressing a severe skin disease that affects dogs and humans." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 07 / 180705165717.htm (accessed June ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. medical researchers have performed the first systemic therapy to treat a severe genetic skin disease. University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital physicians ...

Treatment found for severe skin disease Researchers believe they have found a treatment that will ease the suffering of children afflicted with epidermolysis bullosa, or EB. Epidermolysis bullosa ...

Scientists have discovered a gene responsible for a devastating and life-threatening skin disease. The skin of babies with Harlequin Ichthyosis (HI) dries out to form hard diamond-shaped plaques, ...

Skin diseases include acne, ... Severe swelling may cause small vesicles, or fluid-filled sacs, to appear on your skin. Atopic dermatitis may be chronic, but it's not contagious.

EB is a severe disease that makes the skin extraordinarily fragile. Patients with EB can develop blisters and poorly healing wounds from the lightest touch. In the new publication, ...

For the first time, the extreme variability in dengue fever has been linked to a biological mechanism, potentially opening ...

Other skin conditions that cause blisters, such as erythema multiforme or impetigo ... Others have more severe skin problems that are harder to treat. Talk to your doctor about your situation.

Modified Rodnan skin scores range from 0 (normal) to 51 (severe skin thickening). Data were available for 36 participants in the transplantation group and 37 in the cyclophosphamide group.