Clinical epidemiology for dermatologists (Dermatoepidemiology)

Dermatology, once regarded as an empirical field, with treatments based on anecdotes and uncontrolled trials, and frequently associated with quackery, has now emerged as a pure scientific field based on evidence- based practices as any other field of medicine. Two recent European studies have confirmed that the majority of outpatient therapy of dermatologic conditions in routine clinical practices is based on best scientific evidence