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Review
. 2019 Oct;46(10):825-834.
doi: 10.1111/1346-8138.15048. Epub 2019 Aug 22.

Burden of atopic dermatitis in Asia

Tsen-Fang Tsai  1 , Murlidhar Rajagopalan  2 , Chia-Yu Chu  1 , Lonabel Encarnacion  3 , Robert A Gerber  4 , Paul Santos-Estrella  5 , Lyndon John Q Llamado  5 , Anna M Tallman  6
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Burden of atopic dermatitis in Asia

Tsen-Fang Tsai et al. J Dermatol. 2019 Oct.

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease characterized by intense pruritus and eczematous lesions. It is considered one of the most common chronic conditions, with an estimated global prevalence of nearly 230 million. As in the rest of the world, prevalence of atopic dermatitis has been increasing in Asian countries over the last few decades. This increased prevalence in Asian countries has been attributed to factors such as rapid urbanization, increasingly Westernized lifestyles, and improved standards of living and education. As a result, it is important to understand the increasing burden of disease in Asian countries and the differences between the countries in terms of epidemiology, diagnostic criteria, management, quality of life and economic burden.

Keywords: Asia; atopic dermatitis; eczema; epidemiology; quality of life.

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