The Etiology of Atopic Dermatitis

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Allen, Herbert B. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Allergy.; Dermatology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Allergology.

Atopic dermatitis has been called “the itch that rashes”, and this book reveals what causes the “itch”. It presents completely new and unique findings in eczema: sweat ducts that become occluded with staphylococcal biofilms trigger the innate immune system with TLR2 receptor activity and this leads...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Clinical presentations
• Microbiology
• Pathology
• Immunology
• Genetics
• Physiology
• Treatment
• Diseases in which eczema is a secondary component (Meyerson’s nevus and Doucas Kapetanakis pigmented purpuric dermatosis)
• Diseases with occluded sweat ducts other than eczema (tinea pedis, axillary granular parakeratosis, seborrheic dermatitis)
• The Story of Eczema in Pictures
• Epilogue: A comparison of psoriasis and eczema: both caused by bacteria, but neither an infection.