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Cutaneous Manifestations of Diabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes
Sanches, Maria Mendonça; Roda, Ângela; Pimenta, Rita; Filipe, Paulo Leal; Freitas, João PedroDiabetes is a serious, chronic disease with a rising prevalence worldwide. Its complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality and contribute substantially to health care costs. In this article the authors review the most common and sensitive skin manifestations that can be present on patients with diabetes and prediabetes. The prompt recognition of these frequently underestimated entities is extreme...
National strategic consensus for the integrated management of non-melanoma skin...
Lopes, Henrique; Frontiers in Public Health; Araújo, Fernando; Correia, Osvaldo; Filipe, Paulo Leal; Vieira, Ricardo; Silva, João Maia daEvery minute, three to six people in the world discover they have skin cancer. That's two to three million people a year, according to the World Health Organization. In the case of melanomas, the numbers point to 123 thousand cases, annually. In Portugal, 12 thousand new cases of skin cancer (melanomas and non-melanomas) are estimated every year. These neoplasms are the most frequent in Caucasian individuals an...