title: Atopic dermatitis in infants and children. An update.
abstract: The goal in treating patients with atopic dermatitis is to maintain adequate hydration while decreasing pruritus and inflammation. It is also important to recognize factors that are responsible for flares. Although the etiology of atopic dermatitis remains unknown, therapies are being developed targeting immunologic defects in this disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kristal
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans