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March 2016

Volume 74, Issue 3

Companion Journal

JAAD Case Reports is an open access journal dedicated to publishing case reports related to diseases of the skin, hair, and nails. All submissions are peer reviewed. If accepted for publication, authors are requested to pay an article processing fee per article.

Supplement Issue

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS): Advances in diagnosis and treatment

Guest Editors: Afsaneh Alavi and Gregor B.E. Jemec.

Journal Ranking

Impact Factor: 4.449
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Ranking by Impact Factor
3 out of 61
in the Dermatology category © 2015 Journal Citation Report ®Thomson Reuters

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JID Connector

In collaboration with the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, we are pleased to offer our readers access to the following featured JID article:

Kim et al. Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 2 (sFRP2) Functions as a Melanogenic Stimulator; The Role of sFRP2 in UV-Induced Hyperpigmentary Disorders

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Publishing Information

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology is published by Elsevier for the AAD.

  

Continuing Medical Education

• Hereditary melanoma: Update on syndromes and management: Genetics of familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome
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• Hereditary melanoma: Update on syndromes and management: Emerging melanoma cancer complexes and genetic counseling
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• Familial skin cancer syndromes: Increased melanoma risk
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• Familial skin cancer syndromes: Increased risk of nonmelanotic skin cancers and extracutaneous tumors
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Issue Highlights

• Adverse events associated with anti-PD-1 therapy
• Incidental melanomas in veterans
• Pathophysiology of cutaneous metastases
• A video-based educational pilot for BCC treatment
• Teledermatology in an urban primary care setting
• Patient burden of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis
• Propranolol vs captopril for infantile hemangiomas
• Angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia
• Erdheim-Chester disease
• Onychopapilloma
• Pulsed dye laser treatment of port-wine stains
• Gaps in adopting psoriasis guidelines
• Intralesional 5-fluorouracil for nonmelanoma skin cancer

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Best of Psoriasis Supplement

Online free access to a collection of articles reprinted from the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology selected by Guest Editor: Alan Menter, MD.

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Pearls

Surgical

• Presuturing: A simple technique for excision of large skin lesions

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