House dust mite reduction in the management of atopic dermatitis. A critically appraised topic

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 688-691

  Garritsen, F M ^a   Ter Haar, N M ^b   Spuls, P I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS; MITE INFESTATIONS; PYROGLYPHIDAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875451550     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12283     Document Type: Article

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