PMID- 26538716
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151105
LR  - 20220318
IS  - 1998-3611 (Electronic)
IS  - 0019-5154 (Print)
IS  - 0019-5154 (Linking)
VI  - 60
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 Sep-Oct
TI  - Atopic Dermatitis: A Cross-Sectional (Descriptive) Study of 100 Cases.
PG  - 519
LID - 10.4103/0019-5154.164412 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Atopic dermatitis is a distinct age-related clinical entity. Its 
      etiopathogenesis is largely insubstantial. Nevertheless, it seems to be an 
      outcome of interplay of maternal and inheritance, pregnancy/intrauterine and 
      environmental factors. Besides, immune dysregulation, and nutritional supplements 
      also play essential roles. Its diagnosis has been perpetuated by three or more 
      major/minor criteria. OBJECTIVES: An endeavor to study its demographic and 
      clinical pattern in contemporary prospective. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 100 fresh 
      patients of atopic dermatitis, diagnosed on the basis of an established three or 
      more major and minor criteria, salient presentations of which were recorded in a 
      preset proforma, which also recorded age, duration, age of onset, and sex. Serum 
      immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels were determined by conventional technique. The data 
      thus obtained was analysed to study its clinical pattern and to correlate its 
      severity to IgE levels. RESULTS: Its overall (new and old) prevalence was 0.98%, 
      while that of new patients was 0.24%. 83 (83%) were in the age group of 2-12 
      years, of which 54 (83.1%) were males and 29 (82.9%) were female, of which 70 
      (70%) had urban, while 30 (30%) had rural background. Its duration varied from 8 
      to 192 weeks, with a mean of 76 weeks, and a standard deviation of 21.42 weeks 
      [76 +/- 21.42]. CONCLUSION: Atopic dermatitis is a discrete, overt, age and 
      IgE-related entity frequently displaying varying demographic and clinical 
      connotation.
FAU - Sehgal, Virendra N
AU  - Sehgal VN
AD  - Dermato Venereology (Skin/VD) Center, Sehgal Nursing Home, Panchwati, Delhi, 
      India.
FAU - Srivastava, Govind
AU  - Srivastava G
AD  - Skin Institute, School of Dermatology, Greater Kailash, New Delhi, India.
FAU - Aggarwal, Ashok K
AU  - Aggarwal AK
AD  - Skin Institute, School of Dermatology, Greater Kailash, New Delhi, India.
FAU - Saxena, Deepti
AU  - Saxena D
AD  - Skin Institute, School of Dermatology, Greater Kailash, New Delhi, India.
FAU - Chatterjee, Kingshuk
AU  - Chatterjee K
AD  - Department of Dermatology, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, West 
      Bengal, India.
FAU - Khurana, Ananta
AU  - Khurana A
AD  - Department of Dermatology, Dr RML hospital and Postgraduate Institute of Medical 
      Education and research (PGIMER), New Delhi, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Dermatol
JT  - Indian journal of dermatology
JID - 0370750
PMC - PMC4601437
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Atopic Dermatitis
OT  - immunoglobulin IgE
OT  - prospective cross-sectional
COIS- Conflict of Interest: Nil.
EDAT- 2015/11/06 06:00
MHDA- 2015/11/06 06:01
PMCR- 2015/09/01
CRDT- 2015/11/06 06:00
PHST- 2015/11/06 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/11/06 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/11/06 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2015/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJD-60-519d [pii]
AID - 10.4103/0019-5154.164412 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Sep-Oct;60(5):519. doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.164412.