Table 5.
List of candidate general dermatology and psoriasis Web resources for inclusion in the NeLH Dermatology VBL. Please note that URLs do not contain white spaces or line breaks
| General Resources | |
| Site | URL (all URLs have been accessed 27 August 2000) |
| NHS Direct (U.K.) [26] | http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ |
| U.K. Dermatology Patient Support Groups (U.K.) | http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/medicine/dermatology/other/ukgroup.html |
| New Zealand DermNet for Patients | http://www.dermnet.org.nz/contents.a.html |
| American Academy of Dermatology Patient Information | http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/index.html |
| American Academy of Family Physicians - Patient Information (Skin and Hair) | http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/body13.html |
| American Academy of Family Physicians - Patient Information (Skin Disorders) | http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/common9.html |
| Educational Information on Common Skin Diseases for Patients - National Skin Centre, Singapore | http://www.nsc.gov.sg/commskin/skin.html |
| Psoriasis: Online Patient Information and Pamphlets | |
| NHS Direct Audio clip on psoriasis from the College of Health Healthline Tapes service (requires RealPlayer - www.real.com) | http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/audio_cache/53.ram |
| PPP healthcare International-Health Info-psoriasis (U.K.) | http://www.ppphealthcare.co.uk/html/health/psors.htm |
| NIH - Questions and Answers About Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.nih.gov/niams/healthinfo/psoriasis.htm |
| MEDLINEplus - Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/psoriasis.html |
| AAD Psoriasis Pamphlet (U.S.A.) | http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/Psoriasis.html |
| American Academy of Family Physicians: What Can Be Done for Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.aafp.org/patientinfo/psoriasi.html |
| Psoriasis at Medinfo (U.K.) | http://www.medinfo.co.uk/conditions/psoriasis.html |
| MCW HealthLink: Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/926054522.html |
| Psoriasis Research Institute: Facts about Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.psoriasis-help.org/facts.html |
| Psoriatic Arthritis at the University of Washington (U.S.A.) | http://www.orthop.washington.edu/bonejoint/wzzzzzzz1_2.html |
| Psoriasis: Online Patient Information and Pamphlets | |
| Site | URL (all URLs have been accessed 27 August 2000) |
| DermWeb Handout: Psoriasis: What is it and How is it Treated? (Canada) | http://www.derm.ubc.ca/skincare/psoriasis/psorhand.html |
| National Skin Centre: Psoriasis (Singapore) | http://www.nsc.gov.sg/commskin/Psoriasi/psoriasi.html |
| Beware of Web quackery and the so-called miraculous cures: Psoriasis Hall of PShame (U.S.A.) | http://www.pinch.com/skin/pshame.html |
| Psoriasis: Online Organizations | |
| The Psoriatic Arthropathy Alliance (U.K.) | http://www.paalliance.org/ |
| National Psoriasis Foundation (U.S.A.) | http://www.psoriasis.org/ |
| Canadian Psoriasis Foundation | http://www.psoriasis.ca/ |
| Psoriasis Society of Canada | http://www.psoriasissociety.org/ |
| Health Care Professionals | |
| General Resources/Research Tools | |
| Cochrane Skin Group | http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~muzd/ |
| The British Association of Dermatologists | http://www.bad.org.uk/ |
| New Zealand DermNet for Dermatologists | http://www.dermnet.org.nz/contents.b.html |
| New Zealand DermNet for General Practitioners | http://www.dermnet.org.nz/contents.c.html |
| Skindex - Dynamic Dermatology (Dr. Thomas B. Fitzpatrick - U.S.A.) | http://www.skindex.com/ |
| Skin Diseases - Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines, University of California, San Francisco (U.S.A.) | http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/guide12.html |
| Archives of Dermatology (Full text Journal - U.S.A.) | http://archderm.ama-assn.org/ |
| myMedline.com Dermatology Medline Engine | http://www.medplaza.com/medline/derm.php3 |
| Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa - PubMed Medline search Dermatology & Skin Diseases (U.S.A.) | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/pm/derm.html |
| Health On the Net Foundation: HONselect - Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases (Switzerland) | http://www.hon.ch/cgi-bin/HONselect?browse+C17 |
| NIH Library - Skin Diseases Sites (U.S.A.) | http://libwww.ncrr.nih.gov/internet/Biomedicine_Science/bsskincon.htm |
| General Resources/Research Tools | |
| Site | URL (all URLs have been accessed 27 August 2000) |
| Department of Dermatology Links Page at the University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff (U.K.) | http://www.uwcm.ac.uk/uwcm/dm/dermlink.html |
| Matrix Dermatology Resources (U.S.A.) | http://matrix.ucdavis.edu/ |
| DermWeb, the Home Page for the Division of Dermatology at the University of British Columbia (Canada) | http://www.dermatology.org/ |
| Dermatology Medical Journals - WebMedLit | http://webmedlit.silverplatter.com/topics/derm.html |
| Medical Matrix: Dermatology (Requires registration; registration is free) | http://www.medmatrix.org/_SPages/Dermatology.asp |
| Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases - MeSH classified index, Karolinska Institute (Sweden) | http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/c17.html |
| Dermatonet for Professionals (France) | http://www.dermatonet.com/mede.htm |
| Psoriasis: Comprehensive Reviews | |
| eMedicine Online Text: Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://emedicine.com/cgi-bin/foxweb.exe/showsection@d:/em/ga?book=emerg&topicid=489 |
| The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy: Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section10/chapter117/117b.htm |
| Psoriasis in Handbook of Dermatology & Venereology, 2nd Edition, Social Hygiene Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong | http://www.hkmj.org.hk/skin/psoriasi.htm |
| Psoriasis: Genetics | |
| Psoriasis Genetics Laboratory, University of Michigan (U.S.A.) | http://www.psoriasis.umich.edu/index.html |
| OMIM Psoriasis Inheritance and Genetics Research (U.S.A.) | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Omim/getmim?search=psoriasis |
| Psoriasis: Photographs | |
| Dermatology Online Atlas (DOIA) Erlangen: Psoriasis (Germany) | http://www.dermis.net/cgi-bin/dbquery/frames.asp?diag=psoriasis&lokalisation=&zusatz=&eff1=&eff2=&farbe=&weitere=&age1=&age2=&lang=e&nr=0 |
| Psoriasis of the nails | http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~mhabif/html/psoriasis.html |
| Psoriasis: Research/Online Pre-formulated Queries | |
| eBMJ - Psoriasis Articles (U.K.) | http://www.bmj.com/cgi/search?hits=100&fulltext=psoriasis |
| Honselect - Psoriasis (Switzerland) | http://www.hon.ch/cgi-bin/HONselect?browse+C17.800.859.675 |
| Psoriasis: Research/Online Pre-formulated Queries | |
| Site | URL (all URLs have been accessed 27 August 2000) |
| CliniWeb Search Results for Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.ohsu.edu/cliniweb/C17/C17.800.859.html#C17.800.859.675 |
| Medical World Search Results for Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.mwsearch.com/cgi-bin/new_search.pl?search_target=Major+Sites&initial_query=psoriasis&start_docid=1&which_form=initial_search |
| Archives of Dermatology Search Results for Psoriasis (free full text articles available) (U.S.A.) | http://pubsearch.ama-assn.org/search?action=filtersearch&QueryZip=psoriasis&ResultMaxDocs=100000&Filter=search%5Ffilter%2Ehts&ResultTemplate=search%5Fresults%2Ehts&Collection=DERM&SortSpec=collPriority+desc&ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&SF=Score&SO=desc&FreeText=psoriasis&volume_query=&title_query=&author_query=&startpage_query=&affil_query=&f_date=&f_fmonth=&f_fyear=&f_tmonth=&f_tyear= |
| NIH MEDLINE abstracts on psoriasis (All) (U.S.A.) | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=4&term=Psoriasis[MAJR]+AND+Human[MESH]+AND+English[LANG]&dopt=d&relpubdate=1+Year&dispmax=20 |
| NIH MEDLINE abstracts on psoriasis (Review) (U.S.A.) | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=4&term=Psoriasis[MAJR]+AND+Human[MESH]+AND+English[LANG]+AND+review[PTYP]&dopt=d&relpubdate=1+Year&dispmax=20 |
| NIH MEDLINE abstracts on psoriasis (Diagnosis) (U.S.A.) | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=4&term=Psoriasis[MAJR]+AND+Human[MESH]+AND+English[LANG]+AND+(sensitivity+and+specificity[MESH]+OR+sensitivity[WORD]OR+diagnosis[SH]+OR+diagnostic+use[SH]+OR+specificity[WORD])&dopt=d&relpubdate=1+Year&dispmax=20 |
| NIH - Psoriasis info (U.S.A.) | http://search.info.nih.gov/s97is.vts?Collection=NIH&Summary=1&ResultTemplate=NIH.hts&queryText=psoriasis |
| Computer Image Analysing (CIA) System for Psoriasis Area Assessment (Research - Medical Informatics/Machine Vision - Finland) | http://www.ee.oulu.fi/~juko/psoriasis.html |
| Psoriasis: Treatment | |
| Psoriasis treatments [Bandolier - May 1998; 51-5] (U.K.) | http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band51/b51-5.html |
| Topical capsaicin in Psoriasis [Bandolier - Jul 1996; 29-6] (U.K.) | http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/band29/b29-6.html |
| Cochrane - Interventions for guttate psoriasis (U.K.) | http://www.update-software.com/ccweb/cochrane/revabstr/ab001213.htm |
| Cochrane - Antistreptococcal interventions for guttate and chronic plaque psoriasis (U.K.) | http://www.update-software.com/ccweb/cochrane/revabstr/ab001976.htm |
| Cochrane - Interventions for psoriatic arthritis (U.K.) | http://www.update-software.com/ccweb/cochrane/revabstr/ab000212.htm |
| American Academy of dermatology Guidelines of Care for Psoriasis (U.S.A.) | http://www.aad.org/Guidelines/psoriasis.html |
| American Academy of Family Physicians: Topical Psoriasis Therapy (U.S.A.) | http://www.aafp.org/afp/990215ap/957.html |
| Dermatology Times - Psoriasis Treatments (U.S.A.) | http://www.dermatologytimes.com/psorias.html |
| For Nurses: Psoriasis: what to tell your patients (NurseWeek, U.S.A.) | http://www.nurseweek.com/ce/ce804a.html |
| NIH MEDLINE abstracts on psoriasis (Treatment Research - U.S.A.) | http://www.pinch.com/hit?medline=psoriasis+%5Bti%5D+AND+(treat*+OR+therap*) |
| Professional Education | |
| Online Textbooks, Lectures and Clinical Case Simulations | |
| eMedicine Online Text - Dermatology (U.S.A.) | http://www.emedicine.com/derm/index.shtml |
| Handbook of Dermatology & Venereology, 2nd Edition, Social Hygiene Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong | http://www.hkmj.org.hk/skin/ |
| The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology (U.S.A.) | http://telemedicine.org/stamford.htm |
| Interactive Dermatology Cases, UCLA Medical School (U.S.A.) | http://idtu.medsch.ucla.edu/scripts/Tangocgi.exe/Brian/derm4.qry |
| Simulated Dermatology Patient (Taiwan) | http://ades.tmc.edu.tw/english/pcare/simulation/default.htm |
| Multimedia Dermatology Course (Taiwan) | http://ades.tmc.edu.tw/english/pcare/course/default.htm |
| Dermatology and Dermatopathology Online Lectures, University of Rochester Medical Centre (U.S.A.) | http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/derm/lectures.html |
| Dermatology for Students (Skin Tumours and Other Skin Diseases), University of California Davis (U.S.A.) | http://matrix.ucdavis.edu/tumors.html |
| Developmental Biology of the Skin: An Interactive Tutorial, University of Washington (U.S.A.) | http://www.hslib.washington.edu/courses/hubio567/ |
| Online Atlases/Image Banks | |
| DermIS - DOIA Dermatology Online Atlas - English version. (Germany) | http://dermis.net/bilddb/index_e.htm |
| Dermatology Atlas - Loyola University Dermatology Medical Education Website (U.S.A.) | http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/dermatology/melton/atlas.htm |
| Dermatology Images, University of Kansas Medical Center (U.S.A.) | http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/cont-ed/infotech/der-main.htm |
| Skin Images, Harvard Medical School (U.S.A.) | http://hms.medweb.harvard.edu/nmw/qry/imgpages/imgcollection.cfm?set=HS_Skin |
| Dermatology Images, University of Iowa (U.S.A.) | http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/DermImag.htm (accessed 12 June 2000) |
| Dermatology Image Bank at the University of Utah School of Medicine (U.S.A.) | http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/ |
| Dermatopathology Atlas, Indiana University (U.S.A.) | http://www.pathology.iupui.edu/derm.html |
| Dermatology and Rheumatology Online Atlas (Italy) | http://www.archrheumatol.net/atlas/index-page.htm |
| Anatomy of the skin (Electron Microscopy), Department of Dermatology, Mie University School Of Medicine (Japan) | http://www.medic.mie-u.ac.jp/derma/anatomy.html |
| Evidence-based Practice | |
| Bigby M. Welcome to evidence-based medicine. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:1516 | http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v134n12/full/ded8023.html |
| Sharon E. Straus SE and Sackett DL. Bringing evidence to the clinic. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:1519 | http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v134n12/full/ded8017.html |
| Bigby M. Evidence-based medicine in a nutshell: a guide to finding and using the best evidence in caring for patients. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:1609 | http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v134n12/full/dre8017.html |
| Williams H. Adetugbo K, Li Wan Po A, Naldi L, Diepgen T and Murrell D. The Cochrane Skin Group: preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of clinical interventions in dermatology. Arch Dermatol 1998; 134:1620 | http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v134n12/full/dre8023.html |
| Adetugbo K and Williams H. How well are randomized controlled trials reported in the dermatology literature? Arch Dermatol 2000; 136:381 | http://archderm.ama-assn.org/issues/v136n3/full/doc9010.html |
| The Outputs database of the R&D Programme (DoH - U.K.) | http://www.doh.gov.uk/research/index.htm |
| Primary Care Clinical Practice Guideline, University of California, San Francisco (U.S.A.) | http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/intro.html |