The effect of being African American on atopic dermatitis

Atopic Dermatitis is a complex pruritic inflammatory skin disease that is associated with significant impairment of quality of life and high socio-economic burden.1,2 Recent studies reinforce the challenges of managing patients with severe AD as they often suffer from uncontrollable scratching, sleep disturbance, depression and systemic comorbidities.3,4 It is often associated with the atopic march5 and can be complicated by serious infection.6

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