Updates from the British Association of Dermatologists 87 th annual meeting, 10-13 July 2007, Birmingham, U.K.

This is a synopsis of the main research and clinical findings presented at the British Association of Dermatologists meeting held during 10-13 July 2007 in Birmingham, U.K. The conference highlighted the recent biological, epidemiological and therapeutic advances that have been made recently in the field of dermatology. The authors focus on the more important advances or summaries of findings, but this is not meant as a substitute for reading the conference proceedings and related references quoted in this article.