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Jacob P. Thyssen, MD, PhD, DmSci 

Dr. Thyssen has spent nearly 20 years as a clinical dermatologist at university hospitals in Copenhagen, where he currently serves as a professor emeritus. His research in inflammatory skin diseases and allergy has earned him numerous awards. Dr. Thyssen has co-authored more than 700 peer-reviewed articles, with his work appearing in prestigious journals such as The Lancet and NEJM. He holds PhD and medical doctor degrees and has been a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston, UCSF in San Francisco, and a visiting professor at UZH in Zürich. 

Resources:

1.  Efficacy and tolerability of neoadjuvant therapy with Talimogene laherparepvec in cutaneous basal cell carcinoma: a phase II trial (NeoBCC trial)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39820126/
2.  Efficacy and Safety of Switching from Baricitinib to Ritlecitinib in Severe Alopecia Areata
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39707907/
3.  Major improvement of very severe alopecia areata in patients treated with the combination of baricitinib and low doses of corticosteroids: an eight-case series
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37467740/
4.  Prevalence of Chronic Hand Eczema in adults: A cross-sectional survey of over 60,000 respondents in the general population in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39797908/
5.  The Prevalence and Determinants of Hand and Face Dermatitis during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Population-Based Survey
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33376481/
6.  Guidelines for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of hand eczema
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34971008/
7.  Short-term glucocorticoid treatment compromises both permeability barrier homeostasis and stratum corneum integrity: inhibition of epidermal lipid synthesis accounts for functional abnormalities
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12603860/
8.  Association Between Topical Corticosteroid Use and Type 2 Diabetes in Two European Population-Based Adult Cohorts
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30936111/
9.  The Low Nickel Diet
https://www.thelownickeldiet.com/?