Review Article
Atopic Dermatitis: Natural History, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Table 1
Diagnostic criteria for atopic dermatitis.
| Essential features | | Itch | | Eczema with typical morphology and age-specific pattern | | Important features | | Early age of onset | | Atopy (personal or family history) | | Dry skin | | Associated features | | Atypical vascular response (i.e., facial pallor, white dermographism) | | Keratosis pilaris, palmar hyperlinearity, ichthyosis | | Ocular and periorbital changes | | Other regional findings (e.g., perioral and periauricular lesions) | | Perifollicular accentuation, lichenification, and excoriations | |
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Modified from American Academy of Dermatology [16].
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