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Preferred term

Dermatitis, Atopic  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Atopic Eczema
  • Atopic Neurodermatitis
  • Disseminated Neurodermatitis
  • Eczema, Atopic
  • Neurodermatitis, Atopic
  • Neurodermatitis, Disseminated

Note

  • a type of immediate hypersensitivity

Scope note

  • A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • allerginen dermatiitti
  • allerginen ekseema
  • allerginen ihottuma
  • atooppinen dermatiitti
  • atooppinen ekseema
  • atooppinen taipumus
  • atopia
  • atopiaoire
  • atopiasairaudet
  • atopiasairaus
  • atopiataipumus
  • Besnier
  • Besnier'n prurigo
  • Besnierin prurigo
  • diathesis atopica
  • eczema atopicum
  • ekseema, atooppinen
  • maitorupi
  • määrittämätön atooppinen ihottuma
  • prurigo Besnier
  • taiveihottuma
  • Swedish

  • Atopisk hudinflammation
  • Atopisk neurodermatit
  • Atopiskt eksem
  • Barneksem
  • Böjveckseksem
  • Disseminerad neurodermatit

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003876

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