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New insights into atopic dermatitis.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Mar 2004
Leung Donald Y M, Boguniewicz Mark, Howell Michael D, Nomura Ichiro, Hamid Qutayba A
Abstract excerpt
Atopic dermatitis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with cutaneous hyperreactivity to environmental triggers and is often the first step in the atopic march that results in asthma and allergic rhinitis. The clinical phenotype that characterizes atopic dermatitis is the product of interactions between susceptibility genes, the environment, defective skin barrier function, and immunologic responses....
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