Atopic dermatitis and alternative management strategies

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-138

  Anderson, P Chris ^a,b   Dinulos, James G ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Atopic dermatitis; Atopic diathesis; Atopic eczema; Eczema; Steroid sparing

Indexed keywords

ATOPICLAIR; BETA DEFENSIN 2; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CATHELICIDIN; CORTICOSTEROID; EMOLLIENT AGENT; PIMECROLIMUS; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TACROLIMUS; TOPICAL AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CAREGIVER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CALCINEURIN; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COST OF ILLNESS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EMOLLIENTS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROBIOTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VITAMIN D; WEANING; ZINC;

EID: 62849087349     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e32832130a9     Document Type: Review

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