Background: The survival rate in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has
improved dramatically during the past four decades to 96.6%(five year) in the Erlangen …

Background—Arterial hypertension is a prime cause of morbidity and mortality in the general
population. Pharmacological treatment has limitations resulting from drug side effects, costs …

According to the recently established molecular basis for phenotypic heterogeneity of
sporadic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease (CJD), six different phenotypes are characterized by the …

Mutations of mitochondrial (mt) DNA such as the 4977 base-pair large-scale deletion, also
called common deletion, are increased in photoaged skin. Direct evidence for their induction …

The rising incidence of cutaneous melanoma over the past few decades has prompted
substantial efforts to develop risk prediction models identifying people at high risk of …

Background The existence of a 'critical period'early in life characterized by a high
susceptibility to melanoma initiation due to excessive ultraviolet (UV) radiation has been …

Objective To analyse the association between occupational ultraviolet (UV) light exposure
and skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma, BCC; squamous cell carcinoma, SCC; cutaneous …

Background: Because reference values for vitamin B12 concentrations and vitamin B12-
binding capacities for pregnant women have not been established, the reference values for …

The incidence of hand dermatitis is high in the hairdressing trade; the individual disease
burden is substantial, as are the costs of treatment, workers compensation and retraining …

Background: Previous research indicates that positive patch tests to nickel (II) sulphate,
cobalt (II) chloride and potassium dichromate commonly occur together. Methods: To further …