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Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common skin diseases affecting infants and children. A smaller subset of adults has persistent or new-onset AD. AD is characterized by pruritus, erythema, induration, and scale, but these features are also typical of several other conditions that can mimic,...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4470205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26239454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm4050884 |
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description | Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common skin diseases affecting infants and children. A smaller subset of adults has persistent or new-onset AD. AD is characterized by pruritus, erythema, induration, and scale, but these features are also typical of several other conditions that can mimic, coexist with, or complicate AD. These include inflammatory skin conditions, infections, infestations, malignancies, genetic disorders, immunodeficiency disorders, nutritional disorders, graft-versus-host disease, and drug eruptions. Familiarity of the spectrum of these diseases and their distinguishing features is critical for correct and timely diagnosis and optimal treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-44702052015-07-28 Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications Siegfried, Elaine C. Hebert, Adelaide A. J Clin Med Review Atopic dermatitis (AD) is one of the most common skin diseases affecting infants and children. A smaller subset of adults has persistent or new-onset AD. AD is characterized by pruritus, erythema, induration, and scale, but these features are also typical of several other conditions that can mimic, coexist with, or complicate AD. These include inflammatory skin conditions, infections, infestations, malignancies, genetic disorders, immunodeficiency disorders, nutritional disorders, graft-versus-host disease, and drug eruptions. Familiarity of the spectrum of these diseases and their distinguishing features is critical for correct and timely diagnosis and optimal treatment. MDPI 2015-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4470205/ /pubmed/26239454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm4050884 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Siegfried, Elaine C. Hebert, Adelaide A. Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications |
title | Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications |
title_full | Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications |
title_fullStr | Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications |
title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications |
title_short | Diagnosis of Atopic Dermatitis: Mimics, Overlaps, and Complications |
title_sort | diagnosis of atopic dermatitis: mimics, overlaps, and complications |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4470205/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26239454 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm4050884 |
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