[The therapeutic efficacy of tigazon in treating dermatoses]. / Terapevticheskaia éffektivnost' tigazona pri lechenii nekotorykh dermatozov.

Forty patients with various dermatoses (psoriasis, ichthyosis, Darier's disease, discoid lupus erythematosis) were followed-up over the course of treatment with tigason, an aromatic retinoid. The effect was satisfactory in the majority of patients. Side effects were recorded in 16 cases.

[The use of H-1 antihistamine preparations in neurodermatitis patients]. / Primenenie H-1 antigistaminnykh preparatov u bol'nykh neirodermitom.

Correlations between clinical variants of neurodermatitis course and patients' lymphocyte sensitivity to histamine are analyzed. The atopic form is associated with high lymphocyte sensitivity to histamine. Administration of H-1 antihistaminic agents to these patients is not always justified. Antihistaminic drugs should be prescribed to neurodermatitis patients with due consideration for the individual sensitivity of patient's lymphocytes to histamine.