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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yang G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7215310 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20200420 8
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common and relapsing skin disease that is characterized by skin barrier dysfunction, inflammation, and chronic pruritus. While AD was previously thought to occur primarily in children, increasing evidence suggests that AD is more common in adults than previously assumed. Accumulating evidence from experimental, genetic, and clinical studies indicates that AD expression is a precondition for the later development of other atopic diseases, such as asthma, food allergies ...[more]