## SUMMARY This paper reviews the theories of the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD), with a particular emphasis on its immunopathogenesis. The contribution of predisposing factors, immunopathogenic factors and provoking factors in the pathogenesis of AD are considered. Predisposing factors exp
Ascomycin: an advance in the management of atopic dermatitis
โ Scribed by C.E.M. Griffiths
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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