Dermatology Online Journal Volume 6 number 1

Editor: Phil Fleckman M.D.
Managing Editor: Barbara Burrall M.D
Associate Editor: Thomas Ray M.D.
Founder and Publisher: Arthur C. Huntley M.D.
Dermatopathology: Ronald J. Barr M.D.
Telemedicine: Anne Burdick M.D.
Pediatric Dermatology: James Dinulos
Dermatopathology Editor: Ronald J. Barr M.D.
Dermatology Internet Society Editor: Rhett Drugge M.D.
Managing Editor - Portuguese Edition:George Leal M.D.
Managing Editor - Spanish Edition: Ignacio García Doval M.D.

Translation Team - Spanish Edition

Ignacio García Doval, MD PhD
Dr. M J Cruces Prado
Dr. Manuel Ginarte Val
Dr. Javier Labandeira
Dr. Antonio Losada Campa
Beatriz Pacheco
Dr. Carlos Feal Cortizas
Dr. Carlos de la Torre
Dr. Ander Zulaica Garate

Editorial Board

Phil Fleckman
Thomas Ray
Barbara Burrall
Art Huntley
Irwin Freedberg
Mohamed-Hany el Tonsy
Ronald J Barr
Steve Feldman
Haines Ely
Anne Burdick
Guy Webster
Steve McClain
James Dinulos
Ignacio García Doval
George Leal

Technical Editors

Robert Horton Ph.D.
Morton Taragin Ph.D.
Ken Weiss, M.B.A.

Publisher: Arthur C. Huntley M.D.

Information for authors

Dermatology Online Journal is copyright Arthur Huntley M.D., Thomas L. Ray M.D., and Phil Fleckman M.D. Dermatology Online Journal has copyright for the electronic version of all of the material within the Journal, otherwise copyright of the material is retained by the respective author(s). The material contained in this Journal is intended for free use for the purposes of medical education. Articles may be electronically reproduced in full with the permission of the Chief Editor.

Dermatology Online Journal September 2000

Contents

Original Articles

1. Acanthosis nigricans in obese patients: Presentations and implications for prevention of atherosclerotic vascular disease Aaron S. Katz, David C Goff, and Steven R Feldman

2. The Ultraviolet Index: A Useful Tool. John P. Kinney, M.D., Craig S. Long, and Alan C. Geller R.N.

Therapy

3. Cidofovir Edward Zabawski

Transactions of the RxDerm-L Meeting

4. Advances in Psoriasis Treatment Steven R Feldman

5. Melanoma Vaccines Mark F. Naylor

New York University Clinical Cases; Nicholas A. Soter, Editor

6. Telangiectasia macularis eruptiva perstans Jeanie Chung-Leddon, MD, PhD

7. Familial benign pemphigus Thomas Casey Gallagher, MD

8. Cutaneous endometriosis Paul M. Friedman, M.D. and M. Joyce Rico, MD

9. Lepromatous leprosy with drug reaction Rebecca D. Baxt,MD, MBA

10. Steatocystoma multiplex Narayan S. Naik, MD

Unknowns

11. Cutaneous horn in an 82 year old woman Joanna Spira, Harold Rabinovitz

Case Reports

12. Basal cell carcinoma causing spinal cord compression. Benjamin Cohen, Glen Weiss, and Hong Yin