Pubblicazioni

Autori:

Napolitano, M.; Megna, M.; Patruno, C.; Gisondi, P.; Ayala, F.; Balato, N.

Titolo:

Adult atopic dermatitis: A review

Anno:

2016

Tipologia prodotto:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Lingua:

Inglese

Referee:

No

Nome rivista:

GIORNALE ITALIANO DI DERMATOLOGIA E VENEREOLOGIA

ISSN Rivista:

0392-0488

N° Volume:

151

Numero o Fascicolo:

4

Editore:

Edizioni Minerva Medica:Corso Bramante 83-85, 10126 Turin Italy:011 39 011 678282318, EMAIL: journals.dept@minervamedica.it, INTERNET: http://www.minervamedica.it, Fax: 011 39 011 674502

Intervallo pagine:

403-411

Parole chiave:

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, pruritic, inflammatory skin disease which predominantly affects children usually clearing up during or after childhood. However, AD may persist with a chronic recurrent course until adulthood, being recalcitrant to any treatment strategy. Moreover, in some patients AD is not present during childhood but starts later in life (i.e. after 16 years of age) being defined late-onset AD. Even if AD incidence is increasing worldwide with cases in which clinical manifestations first appeared or persisted during adolescence and adulthood raising, especially in industrialized countries, studies on adult AD are still scant. Since this subgroup of AD patients often has a nonflexural rash distribution, and atypical morphologic variants and validated diagnostic criteria are lacking, there is no clear consensus on the diagnostic work-up that should be performed when evaluating adult patients with AD. In this review the many aspects of work-up in adult patients with AD, such as diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, quality of life and pathogenesis are discussed.

Breve descrizione dei contenuti:

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, pruritic, inflammatory skin disease which predominantly affects children usually clearing up during or after childhood. However, AD may persist with a chronic recurrent course until adulthood, being recalcitrant to any treatment strategy. Moreover, in some patients AD is not present during childhood but starts later in life (i.e. after 16 years of age) being defined late-onset AD. Even if AD incidence is increasing worldwide with cases in which clinical manifestations first appeared or persisted during adolescence and adulthood raising, especially in industrialized countries, studies on adult AD are still scant. Since this subgroup of AD patients often has a nonflexural rash distribution, and atypical morphologic variants and validated diagnostic criteria are lacking, there is no clear consensus on the diagnostic work-up that should be performed when evaluating adult patients with AD. In this review the many aspects of work-up in adult patients with AD, such as diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, quality of life and pathogenesis are discussed.

Id prodotto:

146163

Handle IRIS:

11562/1163809

ultima modifica:

5 giugno 2025

Citazione bibliografica:

Napolitano, M.; Megna, M.; Patruno, C.; Gisondi, P.; Ayala, F.; Balato, N., Adult atopic dermatitis: A review «GIORNALE ITALIANO DI DERMATOLOGIA E VENEREOLOGIA» , vol. 151 , n. 4 , 2016 , pp. 403-411

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