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Atopic Dermatitis In Females During Adolescence FREE

DALE C. GARELL, MD
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Received for publication Aug 8, 1963.

Supported by funds from The Grant Foundation, Inc.


Am J Dis Child. 1964;107(4):350-355. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1964.02080060352005.
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During the past four years (1959-1963) 27 adolescent girls have been observed and treated for atopic dermatitis. This paper is concerned with these adolescent patients, and particular interest has been directed toward the relationship of the skin lesions to various changes in the menstrual cycle.

Eczema was first described by Besnier 1 in 1892 and the term atopic dermatitis was coined by Coca and Sulzberger2,3 in 1934. Despite the vast amount of literature concerning atopic dermatitis since that time, relatively little has been written about the natural course of atopic dermatitis during adolescence.4-7 Most typically, atopic dermatitis or eczema is a highly pruritic, sometimes exudative, cutaneous syndrome usually beginning in early life. It is frequently the first manifestation of a constitutional abnormality intermittently associated with the development of allergic rhinitis and/or asthma.5 It may be divided into three important phases representing different morphologic features clinically:

Phase 1:

REFERENCES

Besnier, E.:  Premiere note et observations preliminaire pour service d'introduction a letute des prurigos diathesiques , Ann Derm Syph (Paris) 3: 634, 1892;.
Coca, A. F.:  Specific Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases of the Skin , JAMA 103:1275, 1934;.
Sulzberger, M. D., and Wise, F.: Editorial Remarks in Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology , Chicago: Chicago Year Book Publications, 1933;.
Urbach, E., and Gottlieb, P. M.: Allergy , 2 ed, New York: Grune and Stratton, Inc., 1946;, p 131.
Urbach, F., and Jacobson, C.:  Atopic Dermatitis , Pediat Clin N Amer pp 597-623 ( (Aug) ) 1956;.
Baer, R. F.:  Atopic Dermatitis , Med Clin N Amer 43:765-777 ( (May) ) 1959;.
Brunsting, L. A.:  Adolescent Eczema, Postgrad Med J 26:431-435 ( (Oct) ) 1959;.
Sturgis, S. H., and Albright, F.:  Mechanism of Estrin Therapy in Relief of Dysmenorrhea , Endocrinology 26:68, 1940;.
Wilson, L., and Kurzak, R.:  Studies of Motility of Human Uterus in Vivo: Functional Myometrial Cycle , Endocrinology 23:79, 1938;.
Zabel, Von H.:  Zur Frage der Progesteron-Therapie biem endogenen Eczem , Hautarzt 13: 179-182 ( (April) ) 1962;.
Landau, R. L., and Lugibihl, K.:  Catabolic and Natriuretic Effects of Progesterone in Man , Recent Progr Hormone Res 17:249-292, 1961;.
Ballestero, L. A., and Fontela, C. R.:  Naturaleza del endoalergeno que determina las agudezaciones premenstruales en el eczema , Prensa Med Argent 49:311-313 ( (Feb 9) ) 1962;.

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References

Besnier, E.:  Premiere note et observations preliminaire pour service d'introduction a letute des prurigos diathesiques , Ann Derm Syph (Paris) 3: 634, 1892;.
Coca, A. F.:  Specific Diagnosis and Treatment of Allergic Diseases of the Skin , JAMA 103:1275, 1934;.
Sulzberger, M. D., and Wise, F.: Editorial Remarks in Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology , Chicago: Chicago Year Book Publications, 1933;.
Urbach, E., and Gottlieb, P. M.: Allergy , 2 ed, New York: Grune and Stratton, Inc., 1946;, p 131.
Urbach, F., and Jacobson, C.:  Atopic Dermatitis , Pediat Clin N Amer pp 597-623 ( (Aug) ) 1956;.
Baer, R. F.:  Atopic Dermatitis , Med Clin N Amer 43:765-777 ( (May) ) 1959;.
Brunsting, L. A.:  Adolescent Eczema, Postgrad Med J 26:431-435 ( (Oct) ) 1959;.
Sturgis, S. H., and Albright, F.:  Mechanism of Estrin Therapy in Relief of Dysmenorrhea , Endocrinology 26:68, 1940;.
Wilson, L., and Kurzak, R.:  Studies of Motility of Human Uterus in Vivo: Functional Myometrial Cycle , Endocrinology 23:79, 1938;.
Zabel, Von H.:  Zur Frage der Progesteron-Therapie biem endogenen Eczem , Hautarzt 13: 179-182 ( (April) ) 1962;.
Landau, R. L., and Lugibihl, K.:  Catabolic and Natriuretic Effects of Progesterone in Man , Recent Progr Hormone Res 17:249-292, 1961;.
Ballestero, L. A., and Fontela, C. R.:  Naturaleza del endoalergeno que determina las agudezaciones premenstruales en el eczema , Prensa Med Argent 49:311-313 ( (Feb 9) ) 1962;.

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