Background & Aims: Atopic dermatitis is a common allergic disease recognized as a threat to public health. Atopic dermatitis is often observed in people with individual or family history of allergic diseases. Due to the importance of this disease and its early diagnosis, and the very limited number of studies on this topic, the current study was performed on the prevalence of atopic dermatitis ...

the prevalence of atopic disease in recent decades has been dramatically increased. it has been suggested that bcg vaccination may protect against development of allergic diseases. the purpose of this study was to identifying relation between scar of bcg vaccine and atopy. this cross-sectional study was done in 1000 children, 10-15 years of age, in zanjan city. one thousand children (501 girls ...

Background: Due to the chronic nature of atopic dermatitis and dependence of most patients to steroids, finding a suitable alternative treatment is important. Objectives: To determine the efficacy of phototherapy in treatment of atopic dermatitis, also to evaluate possible influencing factors in response of patients to psoralen+UVA (PUVA) therapy. Patients and Methods: 13 patients with resistan...

Background: Eczema or atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most prevalent skin diseases in the world. Although, the disorder is not fatal, it can cause life quality reduction. The aim of the current study was to investigate the impact of atopic dermatitis on life quality of 1-6-year-old children. Materials and Methods: The current study is a descriptive and analytical one designed to assess qu...

atopic dermatitis (ad) is one of the most common infantile diseases. immunological dysfunctions in ad patients may predispose them to infections. the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between infantile ad and urinary tract infection (uti). in this cross sectional study, we enrolled 57 patients with ad aged 1 to 24 months that referred to dermatology clinic, and 57 healthy contr...

abstract background: atopic dermatitis is a common skin disease associated with chronic inflammation in the skin and itches and most patients have a positive family history of dermatitis. the major treatment of dermatitis, based on allopathic medicine, includes symptomatic treatment by oral antihistamines and topical or oral corticosteroids, which, in long-term, will cause various side effects....

PURPOSE OF REVIEW To describe recent developments in therapies which target the molecular mechanisms in atopic dermatitis. RECENT FINDINGS Current advances in the understanding of the molecular basis of atopic dermatitis are leading to the stratification of different atopic dermatitis phenotypes. New therapies offer the option to target-specific molecules involved in the pathophysiology of at...

the prevalence of atopic dermatitis (ad) and obesity have been increasing considerably in korean school-children. ad is a chronic pruritic recurrent inflammatory skin disorder. leptin is secreted by adipocytes which has been suggested to be immunologically active; however, their role in ad has not yet been well understood. a total of 227 subjects out of 2,109 elementary school children were def...