title: Six area, six sign atopic dermatitis (SASSAD) severity score: a simple system for monitoring disease activity in atopic dermatitis.
abstract: The Six Area, Six Sign Atopic Dermatitis severity score has proved to be a simple and effective system for recording and monitoring disease activity in atopic dermatitis. The score is obtained by grading six signs (erythema, exudation, excoriation, dryness, cracking and lichenification), each on a scale of () (absent), 1 (mild), 2 (moderate), or 3 (severe), at each of six sites; arms, hands, legs, feet, head and neck, trunk. The maximum score is 108.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, U.K.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Berth-Jones
mesh_terms: D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D006801:Humans; D017512:Lichenoid Eruptions / Q000209:etiology; D008499:Medical Records; D012720:Severity of Illness Index