Guidance on the diagnosis and clinical management of atopic eczema

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 7-12

  Baron, S E ^a   Cohen, S N ^a   Archer, C B ^a  

^a BRITISH ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FLUCLOXACILLIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PIMECROLIMUS; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BANDAGE; DERMATOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; KERATINIZATION; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMOLLIENTS; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STEROIDS;

EID: 84859763600     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2012.04336.x     Document Type: Review

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