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Lessons about eczema from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood

Lessons about eczema from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood

 
 

The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) is the largest epidemiological allergy study ever conducted. Phase II recruited 28,951 children aged 8-12 years from 28 study centers to evaluate the prevalence and risk factors of allergic disease. Children were skin-prick tested for environmental allergens and examined for flexural eczema. A questionnaire tool was used to determine eczema prevalence. It was thought that allergen skin sensitization was an epiphenomenon of disease activity rather than a uniform cause of flexural eczema. The questionnaire was adequate at population level but less so at individual risk factor level (Flohr, C. 5th Int Symp Atopic Dermat (May 11-13, Kyoto) 2008. Abst 5.1C). --> -->

 
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