Category: Research

#StayInformed: April 2024 PubMed curation

Federica Casetti, Cristina Has➜ First published: 03 March 2024 - DOI: 10.1111/ddg.15358Dupilumab improves congenital ichthyosis in the context of a filaggrin pathogenic variant. This report from Germany confirms other reports of a response of rare ichthyotic conditions such as Netherton’s syndrome and trichothiodystrophy to targeting IL-4Rα, and that the common FLG mutations may accentuate the inflammatory phenotype [...] Read More

#StayInformed: March 2024 PubMed curation

Docampo-Simon et al Int J Dermatol 2024➜ First published: 03 March 2024 - DOI: 10.1111/ijd.17100Spanish investigators delineate based on a small case series psoriasis dermatitis, a common ambiguous phenotype of early forms of both psoriasis and atopic dermatitis in children; this phenotype was already well recognized in infants, but this study adds arguments for a later [...] Read More

#StayInformed: February 2024 PubMed curation

Omatsu et al, Allergol Int 2024➜ PMID: 38310042. - DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2024.01.008An interesting study from Japan shows that AD is very significantly associated with the incidence of HSV keratitis, and that preexisting AD blepharitis is an important contributing factor.This paper is important in the context of real or supposed AD co-morbidities where ophthalmologic comorbidities are generally not adequately [...] Read More

OCAD 2023: recording + presentations available

Watch the recording: Program: Tip: click on the icon on the right to download the presentations. 08:00 am Introduction Therapeutic Patient Education in Poland Moderator: Magdalena TRZECIAK 08:10 am Patient Perspective Joanna MAŁACZYŃSKA RENTFLEISZ (Poland) 08:25 am HCP Perspective Magdalena TRZECIAK (Poland) 08:40 am Roundtable and Q&A AD in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Challenge of a […]

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Worldwide Solidarity in the Care of AD Patients (OCAD 2023 meeting)

The patient-centred pre-meeting “Organization of Care in Atopic Dermatitis” is covering in accordance with the motto of the 13th Georg RAJKA symposium Worldwide Solidarity in the Care of AD Patients. The program has been prepared jointly by Roberto TAKAOKA – who pioneered such initiatives at previous meetings, including virtual symposia held during the COVID pandemic (cf. OCAD meetings […]

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Amsterdam UMC

eDelphi: phototherapy for AD

ISAD has received a message from colleagues of the Netherlands asking for help on phototherapy of AD, a “vanishing” field with the development of systemics, to be covered in Gdansk (session 5: Topical treatment and phototherapy: endangered regimens?). They would like to invite experts (dermatologists) on phototherapy for AD to participate in an eDelphi consensus […]

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Research Fellowships

2023 ISAD Society Research Fellowships

Our call is now officially open. This initiative was launched in 2019 by a generous grant of Pfizer with the aim of supporting the training of young dermatologists at a host institution of good standing for AD research. Up to now 8 laureates have completed their stay abroad and their experience has been reported on […]

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September 2022 digest

Dear Colleagues, Dear Friends, In a month from now, we will hopefully convene physically for the first time since Utrecht 2018 with limited constraints due to the pandemic in Montréal. Please note if you come to Canada you need to access the ArriveCan platform which checks if you qualify as a fully vaccinated traveler. It […]

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