Atopic Dermatitis Eczema
This book presents the state of the art in research into atopic dermatitis, or atopic eczema, and provides numerous effective practical management recommendations that are grounded in the immense clinical experience of the author. A scientific evidence-ba
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Atopic Dermatitis Eczema Foreword by Jon M. Hanifin
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Atopic Dermatitis
Johannes Ring
Atopic Dermatitis Eczema Foreword by Jon M. Hanifin
Johannes Ring Department of Dermatology and Allergology Biederstein Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) Munich, Bavaria Germany Christine Kuehne Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK-CARE) Hochgebirgsklinik (High Altitude Hospital) Davos Switzerland
Translation from the German language edition: Neurodermitis - Atopisches Ekzem by Johannes Ring, © Georg Thieme Verlag 2012. All rights resevered ISBN 978-3-319-22242-4 ISBN 978-3-319-22243-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-22243-1
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Preface
Atopic dermatitis (atopic eczema, eczema, endogenous eczema, Besnier’s prurigo, neurodermitis constitutionalis, etc.) is one of the most common—in childhood the most common—noncontagious inflammatory skin disease. Although easily recognizable by the experienced physician, the disease poses a variety of problems and difficulties in diagnosis due to its diversity and variability, with poorly defined morphology. Affected individuals suffer considerably, not only from the disfigurement when face and hands are involved, but especially from the excruciating and tormenting itch. This sensation causes sleeplessness, fatigue, reduction of daily achievements, and a considerable impairment in quality of life not only for the patient but also for his familial and social environment. Many physicians are helpless and talk about an “incurable” disease. There are only few other fields in medicine where so many “alternative,” “complementary,” or “unconventional” procedures are used as in atopic dermatitis. Many affected
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