Advances in the diagnosis and therapeutic management of atopic dermatitis

Drugs

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 757-769

  Vestergaard, Christian ^a   Deleuran, Mette ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CD20 ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; EMOLLIENT AGENT; FILAGGRIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4 ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOMATICS; REVIEW; TOPICAL TREATMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HUMANS;

EID: 84901826411     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40265-014-0219-3     Document Type: Review

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