Epidemiology and treatment pattern of atopic dermatitis in patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-44

  Scaria, Soniya ^a   James, Emmanuel ^a   Dharmaratnam, A D ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adverse drug reaction; Atopic dermatitis; Atopy; Prevalence; Treatment pattern

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; EMOLLIENT AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; KERATOLYTIC AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G; PHENYTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA AREATA; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CLOTHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECZEMA; EGG ALLERGY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EYELID DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSE DUST ALLERGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; MYCOSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OUTPATIENT; PARENT; PITYRIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSORIASIS; RELATIVE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH IRRITATION; STRESS; SWEATING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WEIGHT GAIN; WHEAT ALLERGY; WINTER; XEROSIS;

EID: 79251588060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09757538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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