ABSTRACT
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic, inflammatory, allergic skin disease that results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental mechanisms (1). Together with allergic rhinitis, allergic asthma, and allergic rhinoconjuncitivitis, AD belongs to the so-called “atopic diathesis” (2,3). AD offers a wide clinical spectrum consisting of relapsing eczematous skin lesions with a typical predilection in the flexural folds of the body (4,5).
