Atopic dermatitis: Epidemiology in France, definitions, natural history, association with other atopic manifestations, severity scores and quality of life;Dermatite atopique: Épidémiologie en France, définitions, histoire naturelle, association aux autres manifestations atopiques, scores de gravité, qualité de vie

Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie

Volumn 132, Issue SPEC. ISS. 1, 2005, Pages

  Mahe E ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16844367935     PISSN: 01519638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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