Atopic dermatitis : from diagnosis to determining the severity score
This course is adapted from the CD-ROM "Atopic dermatitis : from
diagnosis to determining the severity score", designed and produced
by Pr J.F. Stalder, under the auspices of the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis,
in support of the ETAC clinical trial of 
.
Click here for further information on this CD-ROM.
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and therefore cannot be used without written permission.
Please, read the Credits page for the list
of participants and contributors.
Introduction
Atopic dermatitis is a common inflammatory skin disorder characterized
by a chronic, relapsing course.
In order to evaluate the severity of this disease as objectively
as possible, the European Task Force on Atopic Dermatitis has
developed a method allowing consistent assessment by means of
a severity index called SCORAD (for SCOring Atopic
Dermatitis).
- How are the symptoms of atopic dermatitis to be recognized
?
- What clinical criteria are involved ?
- How is this method to be used ?
This HTML course was created to facilitate your diagnosis.
- Atopic dermatitis : how to make the
diagnosis ?
- SCORAD : the scoring system and how
it works
- Exercises and practical
applications
- Conclusion
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