PREVALENCE OF INFANTILE AND EARLY-CHILDHOOD ECZEMA IN A JAPANESE POPULATION - COMPARISON WITH THE DISEASE FREQUENCY EXAMINED 20 YEARS AGO

Authors
SUGIURA H UCHIYAMA M OMOTO M SASAKI K UEHARA M
Citation
H. Sugiura et al., PREVALENCE OF INFANTILE AND EARLY-CHILDHOOD ECZEMA IN A JAPANESE POPULATION - COMPARISON WITH THE DISEASE FREQUENCY EXAMINED 20 YEARS AGO, Acta dermato-venereologica, 77(1), 1997, pp. 52-53
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Acta dermato-venereologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015555
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
52 - 53
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5555(1997)77:1<52:POIAEE>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
To investigate the prevalence of infantile and early childhood eczema in a Japanese population, we clinically inspected the entire bodies of 4-month-old infants (341 cases), 10-month-old infants (339 cases) and 3-year-old children (341 cases). The examination was performed in spr ing, when exacerbations of infantile and childhood eczema most frequen tly occur in Japan. Eczema was observed in 30-31% of the infants, and in 20% of the 3-year-old children. The prevalence was almost the same as in similar age groups that we examined 20 years ago.