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Dermatite atopica: epidemiologia

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Vi sono poche altre malattie dermatologiche che possono vantare un numero di studi di buona qualità analogo a quello riscontrato per la dermatite atopica (DA). In effetti, la quantità di lavori biologici, clinici, ed, in misura minore, epidemiologici, pubblicati ogni anno su questa malattia è impressionante. Oltre 3000 studi relativi alla dermatite atopica possono essere identificati con una ricerca sulla banca dati Medline negli ultimi 5 anni. Di questi, circa 500 sono articoli che si riferiscono all’epidemiologia.

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Naldi, L. (2007). Dermatite atopica: epidemiologia. In: Gelmetti, C. (eds) La scuola dell’atopia. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0593-8_3

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