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A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.
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Neurodermatitides, Disseminated Atopic Neurodermatitis Atopic Dermatitis Infantile Eczema Neurodermatitides, Atopic Disseminated Neurodermatitis Neurodermatitis, Disseminated Neurodermatitis, Atopic Atopic Dermatitides Disseminated Neurodermatitides Atopic Neurodermatitides Atopic Eczema Eczema, Infantile Eczema, Atopic Dermatitides, Atopic
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A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.
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