Contributors Stephen M. Breathnach, MA, MD, PhD, MRCP

Institute qf Dermatology, St. Thomas’s Hospital, Lambeth, Palace Road, London, Englan,d

Humberto Ferretfi, MD Department of Statistics, Catholic University ofGuayaqui1, Ecuador

Ken Hashimoto, MD Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University Sch,ool qf

Medicine, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Helmut Hintner, MD Department of Dermatology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck,

Austria

Masamitsu Ishii, MD Department of Dermatology, Osaka City University Medical School,

Osaka, Japan,

Kaoru Ito, MD Departme& of Dermatology, Wayne State Un,iversity Sch!ool of

Medicine, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Yoshie Kametani, MS Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan

University, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan

Wei-Min Li, MB Department of Dermatology, Taich,ung Veterans Gen,eral Hospital,

Taichung, Taiwan, China

Chrang-Shi Lin, MB Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,

Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, China

Wen-Lin Lo, MB Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,

Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, China

Shunji Mori, MD Department of Dermatology, Gifu University School of Medicine,

40 Tsukasa-Machi, G<fu, Japan

Jose Ollague. MD Dermatology Training Program, Catholic University of Guayaquil,

Ecuador

Wenceslao Ollague, MD Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Guayaquil,

Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Tomataka Shinoda, BS, PhD Department of Chemistry, Facxlty yf’Scieme, Tokyo Metropolitatt

University, Setagaya,, Tokyo, Japar~

Tatsuyuki Takenawa, MS Department of Chemistry, Faculty qf Science, Tokyo Metropolitan

University, Setagaya, Tokyo, Ja,pn,r

Tulip Tan, MB, BS, FRACP Department of Dermatology, National Skin Ce&re, 1 Mandalay

Road, Singapore

Yoshiki Taniguchi, MD Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University School of

Medicine, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Wen-Jen Wang,, MB Department of Dermatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital,

Taichung, Taiwan, China

Chu-Kwan Wong, MB, MD, DPhil Department of Dermatology, National Yang-Ming Medical College and Veterans General Hospital, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, China

Makoto Yanagihara, MD Department of Dermatology, Gifu University School of Medicine,

40 Tsukasa-Machi, Gijk-Shi, Japan

Fay Yang, MD Department of Dermatology, Wayne State University School qf

Medicine, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.

Jen-Hong Yang, MB Department of Dermatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,

Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan, China

K. Yoneda, MD Department of Dermatology, Gifu University School of Medicine,

40 Tsukasa-Mach,i, G$u-Shi, Japan

George Youngberg, MD Department of Pathology, East Tennessee State University Quillen-

Dishner College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN, U.S.A.

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