(n.) A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles.
Example Sentences:
(1) The efficacy of 1% ketoconazole shampoo in the treatment of dandruff was tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with 176 patients.
(2) Clinical dandruff gradings of each half of the head were made 4 days after the last shampoo in each group, when scalp biopsy samples were also taken from each half of the head.
(3) In contrast to scales collected from the scalps of nine healthy individuals where a few parakeratotic cells are observable, a large number of parakeratotic cells associated with some infiltrated polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNLs) were found in the scales obtained from 11 individuals complaining of dandruff.
(4) The agreement between RAST and skin tests was 94.5% for cat epithelium, 89.3% for egg white, 86.2% for timothy pollen, 84.2% for milk, 80.3% for mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus, 78.8% for birch pollen, 71.9% for dog epithelium, 67.7% for horse dandruff, 57.3% for moulds and only 40.3% for house dust.
(5) Extracts of grass pollens and of animal dandruff were used.
(6) This was the case with Hebra who, in the 19th century, claimed that dandruff was nothing but a sebaceous disease.
(7) Freeze-dried extract of horse hair and dandruff was obtained by extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
(8) The present investigation has shown that correlation of free cholesterol level with cell turnover is permissible in patients with dandruff, even if antimicrobial drugs are being tested.
(9) With a dose of 6 microgram peptide, administered intradermally 24 h prior to diluted allergic serum from a horse-dandruff-sensitive individual, partial inhibition of wealing was observed in three different normal recipients following the pricking in of specific allergen.
(10) Timing matters when it comes to TV adverts As England fans reeled after the Uruguay defeat, ITV offered up a soothing commercial break – with ads featuring the good news that Joe Hart doesn’t have dandruff and Daniel Sturridge really enjoys a chicken teriyaki sub .
(11) An extract of mixed dog hair and dandruff from six different dog breeds (alsatian, boxer, collie, poodle, and long-haired and short-haired dachshund) was obtained by mild extraction, centrifugation, dialysis and freeze-drying.
(12) Although effective therapy in seborrhoeic dermatitis and dandruff has for a long time been based on compounds whose only common link was antipityrosporal activity, proof of this relevance was lacking until the introduction of effective antifungal drugs, in particular ketoconazole.
(13) In this review of new studies about dandruff, methods for clinical (subjective) evaluation and quantitative (objective) appraisal of dandruff are described.
(14) The clinical presentation of tinea capitis is discussed, and attention is drawn to the seborrheic type, which is easily confused with dandruff.
(15) Extract of hair and dandruff from the individual dog breeds was obtained in the same way, but the material was not freeze-dried.
(16) The results support the idea that the amount of mites in our homes not only depend on relative air humidity but also on the production of dandruff.
(17) While cross reactions were common with grass pollen extracts in RAST, there was no cross-over with animal dandruff.
(18) On the basis of these results the major allergens of the examined extract of horse hair and dandruff were identified.
(19) Otherwise, BP was positive when HR and rast reached scores 2 and 3 with the exception of RAST for animal dandruff.
(20) Du Pont had thick dandruff and when he smiled, his teeth were “dark yellow and caked with food”.
Psoriasis
Definition:
(n.) The state of being affected with psora.
(n.) A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.
Example Sentences:
(1) We report the results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of acitretin (Soriatane) in 15 patients with moderate to severe psoriasis.
(2) These findings suggest that Sch 40120 is a potent anti-inflammatory agent that may be particularly useful in the treatment of inflammatory diseases such as psoriasis in which leukotrienes appear to be major mediators of the pathological symptoms that characterize the disease state.
(3) Extracorporeal photopheresis (ExP) was administered every other week in an outpatient setting to four patients with chronic refractory psoriasis vulgaris without arthropathy.
(4) Utilizing the bilateral comparison technique in 30 hospitalized patients with chronic stable plaque-type psoriasis vulgaris, we closely monitored the clinical responses to ultraviolet radiation (Westinghouse fluorescent FS40 bulbs, 290--400 nm) and a variety of tar preparations and lubricant vehicles in combination and separately.
(5) It seems that the addition of liquid tar elevates the reaction threshold to dithranol in hypersensitive patients with psoriasis.
(6) The animal model of psoriasis was effectively treated by bimolane, both systemically and topically, and also by parenteral methotrexate and topical betamethasone valerate.
(7) A family history of psoriasis was obtained in 26% of first-degree relatives and 13% of second-degree relatives.
(8) Regarding psoriasis, emotional factors have a strong correlation with onset and flare-ups.
(9) Indeed, CsA may well represent a major advance in the understanding and treatment of psoriasis.
(10) These data demonstrate that monocytes from subjects with psoriasis are altered and suggest an apparent inherent metabolic disorder.
(11) Forty patients with psoriasis treated with methotrexate (MTX) are reviewed.
(12) In previous investigations we observed an increase of growth hormone (HGH) in the blood serum of patients suffering from various clinical forms of psoriasis.
(13) We conclude that there appears to be no benefit from exceeding a concentration of 5% crude coal tar in yellow soft paraffin in the treatment of patients with psoriasis and that the plateau in the dose-response curve for the action of crude coal tar in psoriasis begins at a point between 1 and 5%.
(14) Increasing evidence suggests an immunoregulatory function of the potent steroid hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) which has been successfully applied for treatment of psoriasis.
(15) This group includes the typical ankylosing spondylitis as well as atypical spondylopathies such as those occurring in psoriasis, Reiter's disease and chronic inflammatory enteropathies, which attack mainly the spine and secondarily the peripheral joints.
(16) In this prospective study, 51 patients suffering from psoriasis and ichthyosis were treated with acitretin for 2 years.
(17) The object was to study the influence of concentration, contact time, psoriasis type, self-treatment at home, frequency of application, ointment base, and the admixture of corticosteroids on the efficacy of "minutes therapy."
(18) Recent epidemiological studies have suggested that psoriasis represents a risk factor for thrombotic vascular diseases.
(19) Psoriasis must be considered in the differential diagnosis of papulosquamous disorders in infants.
(20) These data suggest that platelet activation occurs in psoriasis, and that release of inflammatory and mitogenic compounds by activated platelets may play a role in the pathophysiology of psoriasis.