Atopic Dermatitis: Racial and Ethnic Differences

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 395-402

  Mei Yen Yong, Adeline ^a   Tay, Yong Kwang ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema; Ethnic; Patterns; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FILAGGRIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEKT1 GENE; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MALAYSIA; MORBIDITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINK5 GENE; SWEDEN; AGE; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HEALTH DISPARITY; PATHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHINA; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 85018416095     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2017.02.012     Document Type: Review

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