Two research papers among top 10% most downloaded articles in British Journal of Dermatology

Dr Mitesh Patel's research published in the British Journal of Dermatology, is among its top 10% most downloaded papers.

Among work published between January 2018 and December 2019, the following papers received some of the most downloads in the 12 months following online publication: 

• The red leg dilemma: a scoping review of the challenges of diagnosing lower-limb cellulitis
• A systematic review showing the lack of diagnostic criteria and tools developed for lower-limb cellulitis

At the time of publication, Dr Patel was a GP Academic Clinical Fellow (ACF), supervised by Professor Joe Kai, Head of Primary Care and Professor Kim Thomas, Co-Director of the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology.

Citations: 

• Patel M, Lee SI, Thomas KS, Kai J. The red leg dilemma: a scoping review of the challenges of diagnosing lower limb cellulitis. British Journal of Dermatology 2019;180(5):993-1000. doi: doi:10.1111/bjd.17415 [published Online First: 13 November 2018] 
• Patel M, Lee SI, Akyea RK, Grindlay D, Francis N, Levell NJ, Smart P, Kai J, Thomas KS. A systematic review showing the lack of diagnostic criteria and tools developed for lower limb cellulitis. British Journal of Dermatology 2019;181(6):1156-65. doi: 10.1111/bjd.17857 [published Online First: 7 March 2019]