CURRICULUM VITAE

PUBLICATIONS (English):
1. Firooz A, Mazhar A, Ahmed AR. Prevalence of autoimmune diseases in the family members of
patients with pemphigus vulgaris. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology 1994;31:434-7.
2. Firooz A, Tehranchi-nia Z, Ahmed AR. Benefits and risks of intralesional corticosteroid injection in
the treatment of dermatological diseases. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 1995;20:363-70.
3. Firooz A, Mobini N, Bahar K, Shams S, Ahmed AR, Dowlati Y. Antigenic specificities of Iranian
patients with pemphigus vulgaris. Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences. 1996; 21(172): 47-9.
4. Firooz A, Mobini N, Bahar K, Shams S, Ahmed AR, Dowlati Y. Presence of anti-desmoglein 3
autoantibodies in healthy relatives of Iranian patients with pemphigus vulgaris. Gulf Journal of
Dermatology and Venereology 1996;3:18-20.
5. Dowlati B, Firooz A, Dowlati Y. Granuloma faciale: successful treatment of 9 cases with a
combination of cryotherapy and intralesional corticosteroid injection. International Journal of
Dermatology 1997;36:548-551.
6. Dowlati Y, Firooz A. Leishmaniasis. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology. 1997;37:139-
140.
7. Shahshahani MM, Firooz A, Naraghi ZS, Dowlati Y. Malignant atrophic papulosis (Degos'
disease): Report of a rapidly fatal case. Gulf Journal of Dermatology and Venereology. 1997;4:41-
42.
8. Mobini N, Yunis EJ, Alper CA, Yunis JJ, Delgado JC, Yunis DE, Firooz A, Dowlati Y, Bahar K,
Gregersen PK, Ahmed AR. Identical MHC markers in non-Jewish Iranian and Ashkenazi Jewish
patients with pemphigus vulgaris: possible common central asian ancestral origin. Human
Immunology. 1997;57:62- 67.
9. Ansarin H, Firooz A, Azimi M, Dowlati Y. Prevalence of atopic dermatitis in children in Iran. Gulf
Journal of Dermatology and Venereology. 1998;5:26-27.
10. Dowlati B, Firooz A, Khamesipour A, Lotfi M, Stuart CA, Smith EB, Larijani B, Dowlati Y. Insulin
quantification in patients with seborrheic dermatitis. Archives of Dermatology. 1998;134:1043-45.
11. Firooz A, Komeili A, Dowlati Y. Eruptive melanocytic nevi and cherry angiomas secondary to
exposure to sulfur mustard gas. Journal of American Academy of Dermatology.1999;40:646-7.
12. Firooz A, Davoudi SM, Farahmand AN, Majdzadeh R, Nasiri Kashani M, Dowlati Y. Validation of
the diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis. Archives of Dermatology. 1999;135:514-6.
13. Firooz A, Dowlati Y. IgE level and the validation of the diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis.
Archives of Dermatology. 1999;135:1550-51.(let)
14. Firooz A, Rashighi Firoozabadi M, Dowlati Y. Rosacea fulminans (pyoderma faciale): Successful
treatment of a 3-year old girl with oral isotretinoin. International Journal of Dermatology
2001;40:203-205.
15. Lotfi M, Firooz A, Nosrati A, Tabatabai H, Dowlati Y. Linear atrophy, telangiectases and soft
nodules along lines of Blaschko with skeletal abnormalities. Archives of Dermatology
2001;137:1095-1100.
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