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A 15-17 year follow-up study was conducted on ninety-nine patients who had suffered from infantile eczema. The persistance of the eczema and the occurrence of related conditions were noted. The persistence of eczema was shown to be greater in those patients with a positive family history of eczema and in those who had developed asthma or hay-fever. An attempt was made to see if the persistence of eczema was affected by the position of the child in the family, and some factors provoking relapses were noted. The patients were also questioned with regard to their achievements in academic examinations, and to their social, artistic and sporting activities. The results showed a success rate in examinations not significantly higher than average. It was not possible to show if there is a particular type of atopic personality. There was no constant characteristic in social or artistic patterns. The group as a whole were normal at the milestones of early development, i.e. walking, talking and reading, and also normal with regard to weight and height.

We report 18 cases in which a pruritic, erythematous, papular and vesicular eruption developed on the ears following sun exposure. Four of these patients had, on other occasions, suffered from typical polymorphic light eruption. The clinical features, histological changes, and results of phototesting suggest that juvenile spring eruption of the ears is a localized form of polymorphic light eruption.

Of 142 patients with psoriasis who attended a dermatological clinic in 1966, ninety were interviewed and re‐examined 7 years later. Twenty‐eight patients (29%) had been treated at home, fifty‐eight (64%) had been treated with the Ingram regime as out‐patients, and sixteen (17%) had been admitted. It was concluded that those treated as out‐patients had a longer duration of remission than those treated at home. In these out‐patients, the only significant indicator of the outcome was the type of psoriasis at presentation. Those presenting with guttate psoriasis had a better prognosis.

The action spectrum for 24-h ultraviolet erythema was determined in three elderly patients who presented with a photosensitive eruption and who were taking quinine sulphate for night cramps. In each case the in vivo action spectrum was consistent with the absorption spectrum of quinine, and extended from about 370 nm to at least the lower wavelength limit of terrestrial sunlight (approximately 300 nm). Calculations based upon the combination of the action spectrum for quinine photosensitivity, the spectrum of terrestrial sunlight, and the transmission properties of various topical sunscreens, indicated that a broad absorption spectrum sunscreen would be required to provide adequate photoprotection.

Onycholysis following the ingestion of psoralens and subsequent exposure to natural sunlight has been reported on several occasions and was first reported following photochemotherapy in 1978 by Ortonne and Baran from France and in 1979 by Mackie from Scotland. Mackie commented that she hoped to stimulate further reports of onycholysis induced by PUVA photochemotherapy in order to establish whether or not it was a definite complication of such treatment. Since then, there has been a dearth of similar reports. We describe a patient with severe atopic eczema and alopecia totalis who developed onycholysis of all finger nails and a toe nail during PUVA photochemotherapy.

We report the occurrence of scleroderma and autoimmune thrombocytopenia in a patient who took L-tryptophan as a muscle-building adjuvant. This is the first time such an association has been reported.

Journal Article Satisfactory resolution of Jessner's lymphocytic infiltration of the skin following treatment with etretinate Get access Jacqueline Morgan, Jacqueline Morgan Department of Dermatology, Carter Bequest Hospital, Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS5 5NH, U.K. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Jill Adams Jill Adams Department of Dermatology, Carter Bequest Hospital, Cambridge Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS5 5NH, U.K. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 122, Issue 4, 1 April 1990, Page 570, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1990.tb14737.x Published: 01 April 1990

An aphasic client identified a discrepancy of up to 55% in her ability to understand different professions in a rehabilitation centre. This paper describes how a multidisciplinary training session enabled staff to modify their language to improve the client's comprehension and it discusses the wider benefits that ensued.

Journal Article ABC of Dermatology Get access ABC of Dermatology, edited by P.K. Buxton. Pp. 91, illustrated. British Medical Journal, London, 1988. £10.95 UK; £13.00 Abroad. S J Adams S J Adams Carter Bequest Hospital, Cambridge Road, Acklam, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, UK Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Postgraduate Medical Journal, Volume 65, Issue 764, June 1989, Page 431, https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.65.764.431 Published: 01 June 1989

Journal Article Amsterdam Instrument Conferences Get access Donald Gill Donald Gill c/o Carter Bequest HospitalCambridge Road, Middlesbrough TS5 5NH Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Early Music, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 1976, Pages 237-a–237, https://doi.org/10.1093/earlyj/4.2.237-a Published: 01 April 1976

Journal Article Alopecia. Get access John K. Morgan John K. Morgan Carter Bequest Hospital, Middlesbrough, Yorks Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar British Journal of Dermatology, Volume 78, Issue 6, 1 June 1966, Page 364, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.1966.tb14695.x Published: 01 June 1966