Comparative efficacy of Hanifin and Rajka's criteria and the UK working party's diagnostic criteria in diagnosis of atopic dermatitis in a hospital setting in North India

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 853-859

  De, D ^a   Kanwar, A J ^a   Handa, S ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Comparison; Diagnostic criteria; Evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33746293855     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01664.x     Document Type: Article

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