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The CSTAR registry, the largest in China for SLE, reports more than 25,000 patients registered since 2009, detailing demographics, clinical characteristics, and providing data for future studies.

This review highlights that dermatologic side effects of cancer therapies, such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy, are increasingly complex, emphasizing the importance of preventive and management strategies to reduce skin toxicity and improve treatment adherence.

In this study, nearly all predialysis chronic kidney disease patients had at least one dermatologic finding, with xerosis being the most common, highlighting the prevalence and diversity of skin issues in this population.

This study found that a high percentage of HIV-positive patients experienced mucocutaneous lesions, with conditions like oral candidiasis and furuncle being significantly associated with lower CD4 cell counts.

In this study, Covishield vaccination was associated with cutaneous adverse effects, notably telogen effluvium and urticaria, among recipients at a hospital in northern India.

This study found that patients with GERD and UCTD have significantly more frequent phenotypic and visceral markers than those with GERD alone, which should inform early diagnostic and treatment strategies.

This study reported a series of mild to moderate cutaneous adverse drug reactions following COVID-19 vaccination, predominantly after Covishield, with only one requiring hospitalization.

This comprehensive review outlines the management and prevention strategies for mechanical, environmental, and infectious skin injuries in athletes but reports no new clinical findings.

This review provides a detailed overview of the causes, prevalence, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of beard alopecia, highlighting conditions such as alopecia areata, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and tinea barbae, and aims to serve as a resource for clinicians handling such cases.

This study observed seasonal trends in Poland's Google searches for dermatology-related terms and noted a decrease in searches for sexually transmitted diseases despite rising infection rates, highlighting a need for better sexual education.

Chemotherapy can cause skin side effects that affect patients' lives, but they can be managed to avoid interrupting cancer treatment.

In this study, patients with diabetic retinopathy and peripheral occlusive arterial disease had significantly longer diabetes duration, higher HbA1c levels, poorer glycemic control, and were more often smokers compared to those without arterial disease, suggesting these factors contribute to disease development.

This study describes common skin disorders in palliative care patients, emphasizing that conditions like xerosis, pressure ulcers, and fungal infections often require symptomatic treatment focused on quality of life rather than cure, due to limited life expectancy and potential treatment burdens.

This study describes the successful treatment of erythema multiforme in a young Central American tapir with a combination of wound care, silver sulfadiazine cream, and oral prednisolone, emphasizing the importance of diagnostic testing for vesicular dermatitis syndromes in tapirs.

In this case report, an 8-year-old boy's crusted scalp lesions and alopecia initially mimicking kerion were ultimately diagnosed as Pre-B acute lymphocytic leukemia after histopathological evaluation revealed leukemia cutis.

This study found an increase in certain dermatological conditions like dermatitis and scabies, and a decrease in others such as psoriasis vulgaris and atopic dermatitis during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the previous year.

In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study, researchers found that low-level laser therapy significantly improved the healing rate and reduced the area of pressure ulcers in patients compared to placebo, suggesting its effectiveness in managing ulcers resistant to conventional treatments.

This study found that rash in SLE patients is prevalent and associated with more severe disease indicators, including certain clinical manifestations and serological abnormalities.

This study observed that 21.6% of oncology patients experienced dermatological side effects from anti-cancer drugs, with hair loss and skin pigmentation changes being the most common.

This review explores the roles of histamine receptors H2R, H3R, and H4R in treating various dermatoses but reports no new clinical outcomes.

In this study, the nutritional intake of the China International Search and Rescue Team during the Pakistan floods was inadequate, with significant deficiencies in protein, energy, fats, and minerals like calcium and vitamins, leading to a high rate of malnutrition and health problems.

This article discusses the various skin side effects associated with targeted cancer therapies like tyrosine kinase inhibitors and EGF-R inhibitors but provides no new clinical findings.

This study found that young women with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered endothelial function associated with insulin resistance and lower adiponectin levels.

This study found that flutamide at 250 mg daily modestly improved hair thinning in premenopausal women with hyperandrogenic alopecia over one year, while cyproterone acetate and finasteride were not effective.

In this prospective case series, intralesional triamcinolone injections significantly reduced erythema, edema, suppuration, size, and pain in acute hidradenitis suppurativa flares, though the study's small size and design limit the findings.

In this study, three patients with extensive alopecia areata showed varying degrees of hair regrowth after 20 weeks of treatment with ustekinumab, a cytokine-targeting therapy.

This letter discusses the limited treatment options for pediatric alopecia areata and the lack of controlled studies for therapies like systemic and off-label immunosuppressive drugs, without reporting new clinical results.

This case series found that oral tofacitinib treatment in eight adolescents with alopecia universalis led to significant regrowth of hair, though relapse is likely after stopping therapy.

This study observed that both ritlecitinib and brepocitinib improved scalp biomarkers in patients with alopecia areata, with associations to hair regrowth seen in this phase 2a trial.

This study found that women with PCOS and high BMI exhibited significantly increased hair growth compared to non-PCOS women, suggesting an additive effect of body weight on this phenotype in PCOS.