Intrinsically defective skin barrier function in children with atopic dermatitis correlates with disease severity

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gupta, Jayanta ^a   Grube, Emilie ^a   Ericksen, Mark B ^a   Stevenson, Michelle D ^b   Lucky, Anne W ^a   Sheth, Anita P ^a   Assa'ad, Amal H ^a   Khurana Hershey, Gurjit K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Atopic dermatitis; objective SCORAD; transepidermal water loss; white

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIZATION; SKIN WATER LOSS;

EID: 40049089493     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.12.1161     Document Type: Article

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