IJDVL Awards 2019

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IJDVL Awards 2019

Every year, the editorial team picks their choice for best article(s) in several categories published in the Journal in the previous calendar year. As you know, we have two different groups of awards - one for the Indian authors and another for our international contributors.

Here are the winning contributions from Indian authors for articles published in 2019.

Bishnupriya Devi Award for best Original Article

Sahoo AK, Yadav S, Sharma VK, Parihar AS, Vyas S, Gupta S. Safety and efficacy of autologous noncultured dermal cell suspension transplantation in the treatment of localized facial volume loss: A pilot study. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:44-50.

Indubala Memorial Award for best article on occupational dermatoses/contact dermatitis

This year no article by an Indian author was published on occupational dermatoses/industrial dermatoses/contact dermatitis.

Award Article

Chandra S, Sil A, Datta A, Pal S, Das NK. A double-blind, randomized controlled trial to compare the effectiveness and safety of purified protein derivative of tuberculin antigen with Mycobacterium w vaccine in the treatment of multiple viral warts. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:355-66.

Best Review Article

Tandon D, Munne K, Chauhan S, Patil AD. An update on prevalence, diagnosis, treatment and emerging issues of genital mycoplasma infection in Indian women: A narrative review. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:441-7.

Best Case Report

Sirka CS, Pradhan S, Patra S, Padhi S, DasMajumdar SK, Panda D. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: A rare, potentially fatal complication in subcutaneous panniculitis like T cell lymphoma. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:481-5.

Best Image in Clinical Practice

Shindore RP, Gole PV, Mahajan SA. "Melanocytic nevus", or is it? Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:491-2.

Best Letters

Patra S, Bhari N, Mohta P, Singh S, Ramam M, Agarwal S. Adult-onset Still′s disease presenting as blotchy and flagellate pigmentation. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:626-8.

Kumaran MS, Srivastava N, Vinay K, Bhardwaj S, Parsad D. Does rapamycin induce melanin formation? An in vitro study assessing the effect of rapamycin on normal cultured melanocytes. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:330-2.

Sivasankri P, Ramesh A, Sampath V. Hypereosinophilic syndrome masquerading as acrodermatitis enteropathica. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol 2019;85:418-22.

We congratulate all the winners and thank all the authors who submitted their manuscripts to the Journal.

Happy new year to all our readers!