Diseases

Atopic Dermatitis

A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.

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A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.

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  • Dermatitis, Atopic
  • Eczema, Atopic
  • Neurodermatitis, Atopic
  • Neurodermatitis, Disseminated
  • Atopic Eczema
  • Atopic Neurodermatitis
  • Disseminated Neurodermatitis
  • Eczema, Infantile
  • Infantile Eczema

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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a type of immediate hypersensitivity

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Atopic Dermatitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003876. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003876
  2. Atopic Dermatitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atopic_dermatitis
  3. Atopic Dermatitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268667