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We provide high-quality medical cares for general cutaneous disorders, but especially for allergic skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, intractable urticaria, and contact dermatitis. We have been authenticated as GA2LEN UCARE (the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network, Urticaria Center of Reference and Excellence) since August 2016. We also deal with a wide variety of severe and/or difficult to treat cutaneous disorders including infectious diseases, connective tissue diseases and cutaneous lymphomas. Additionally, we perform surgeries for malignant skin tumors and severe burn, as necessary.
Research content
- Research on pathophysiology and treatment of urticaria and atopic dermatitis
- Analysis of human sweat antigen and research on developing new skin care products
- Research on regenerative medical techniques of skin
- Development of living cell-based biosensors by means of surface plasmon resonance
- Histopathological analysis of skin diseases
- Development of prophylactic method and therapeutic approach for food allergy
Treatment achievements
Performance of Surgery
| year | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| malignant skin tumors | basal cell carcinoma | 17 | 21 | 30 | 25 | 21 |
| squamous cell carcinoma | 9 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 26 | |
| malignant melanoma | 30 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 30 | |
| extramammary Paget's diseas | 4 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 17 | |
| angiosarcoma | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| soft tissue sarcoma | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| others | 12 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 12 | |
| nevus/ hemangioma/ benign skin tumors | 68 | 87 | 108 | 117 | 113 | |
| pressure ulcer/ intractable skin ulcer | 7 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 14 | |
| burn | 36 | 27 | 24 | 34 | 48 | |
| bacterial infection | 14 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 23 | |
| keloid/ scar contracture | 7 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 7 | |
| others | 9 | 16 | 26 | 25 | 22 | |
