Frequency of bathing in the management of atopic dermatitis: To bathe or not to bathe?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 677-681

  Koutroulis, Ioannis ^a,b   Petrova, Katrina ^b   Kratimenos, Panagiotis ^a,b   Gaughan, John ^c  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

atopic dermatitis; bathing; eczema; frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BATH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BATHS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904883779     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922814526980     Document Type: Article

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