Jason P. Lott, MD, MHS, MSHP; Denise M. Boudreau, PhD; Ray L. Barnhill, MD, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):24-29. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.4060
This large-scale analysis of pathology reports in electronic medical records, using the natural language processing technique, evaluates population-based distributions and pathologic characteristics of melanocytic proliferations.
Adewole S. Adamson, MD, MPP; Elizabeth A. Suarez, MPH; Philip McDaniel, MA; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):30-36. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.5039
This study uses Medicare and US Census data to discover which dermatology-related services are independently billed by nonphysician clinicians treating Medicare beneficiaries, and where these clinicians are located.
Vicente Navarro-López, MD; Ana Ramírez-Boscá, MD; Daniel Ramón-Vidal, PhD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):37-43. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.3647
This randomized clinical trial investigates whether a mixture of oral probiotics is safe and effective in the treatment of atopic dermatitis symptoms and evaluates its influence on the use of topical steroids in children.
Paige W. Wolstencroft, BA; Lorinda Chung, MD, MS; Shufeng Li, MS; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):44-51. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.3758
This cohort study examines factors associated with clinical remission of skin disease in dermatomyositis.
Mbathio Dieng, BA Econ, M Econ (Hons), MIPH, PhD; Nadine A. Kasparian, BA Psych (Hons), PhD; Anne E. Cust, MPH (Hons), PhD, BSc, BA; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):52-59. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.4701
This study uses randomized clinical trial data to compare utility scores from the AQoL-8D and the FACT-M and evaluate the sensitivity of both instruments in identifying the influence of fear of cancer recurrence on health-related quality of life in patients with early-stage melanoma.
Joyce Y. Cheng, MD, MHS; Fang-Yong Li, MPH, MS; Christine J. Ko, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):60-66. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.4506
This cohort study addresses whether current skin surveillance intervals and threshold for biopsy of suspicious lesions are adequate for the increased tendency of solid organ transplant recipients to develop potentially aggressive cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas.
Melissa S. Williams, MD; Brittany Buhalog, MD; Laura Blumenthal, MD; et al.
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JAMA Dermatol. 2018;154(1):67-72. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.3736
This cross-sectional telephone survey investigates compliance rates in the 42 states and the District of Columbia with legislation restricting tanning bed use in minors.