Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to A Lindmaier.
Dandruff is a sign of low specificity but high sensitivity for atopic constitution. Of 32 (40%) patients consulting the clinic for other reasons than dandruff, atopic dermatitis, or seborrheic dermatitis, 13 had raised IgE PRIST values of greater than 120 IU/ml. In only 6 (19%) of these patients was screening for atopy completely negative (family and personal history, total and specific IgG, prick test).
In reviewing the literature, we made an attempt to expand the term "transient acantholytic dermatosis" (TAD) beyond the criteria of classical Grover's disease to a broader spectrum of diseases and to systematically categorize the variety of reported clinical pictures. Moreover, we endeavoured to separate these conditions from Darier's and Hailey-Hailey's disease and from immunofluorescence-positive acantholytic dermatoses. Three patients of our own are presented with a heretofore undescribed bullous exanthematic variant.