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Review
. 2002 Jun 8;324(7350):1376-9.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7350.1376.

Childhood atopic eczema

Ross St C Barnetson  1 , Maureen Rogers
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Review

Childhood atopic eczema

Ross St C Barnetson et al. BMJ. .
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Incidence of different types of atopy by age (adapted with permission from W B Saunders1)
Figure 2
Figure 2
Flexural eczema in bend of child's leg
Figure 3
Figure 3
Eczema on face and head
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