Validation of a parental questionnaire to identify atopic dermatitis in a population-based sample of children up to 2 years of age

Dermatology

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-226

  Von Kobyletzki, L B ^a,b   Berner, A ^c   Carlstedt, F ^c   Hasselgren, M ^c,d   Bornehag, C G ^b,e   Svensson, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Primary Care Research Unit   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Child, preschool; Dermatitis, atopic diagnosis; Infant; Questionnaire, written parental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84882300921     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: 14219832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000349983     Document Type: Article

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