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SynthesisJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV2022

Classifying atopic dermatitis: a systematic review of phenotypes and associated characteristics.

A L Bosma, A Ascott, R Iskandar, K Farquhar, J Matthewman, M W Langendam, A Mulick, K Abuabara, H C Williams, P I Spuls and 2 more

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Synthesis in Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Emollient application from birth to prevent eczema in high-risk children: the BEEP RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2024
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  2. Unraveling the Natural History of Atopic Dermatitis: Prospective Disease Trajectories and Longitudinal IgE Sensitization from Birth to Adolescence.Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2026
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  6. Novel drug delivery systems in topical treatment of atopic dermatitis.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025
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  17. The role of the environment in allergic skin disease.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2024
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  20. How to Understand Personalized Medicine in Atopic Dermatitis Nowadays?International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

A L BosmaDepartment of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam UMC, location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6807-6042
A AscottDepartment of Dermatology, Worthing, University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, Worthing, UK.
R IskandarFaculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
K FarquharNHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK.
J MatthewmanDepartment of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
M W LangendamDepartment of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
A MulickFaculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
K AbuabaraDepartment of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
H C WilliamsCentre of Evidence-Based Dermatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
P I SpulsDepartment of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam UMC, location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
S M LanganFaculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
M A Middelkamp-HupDepartment of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam UMC, location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 205039/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atopic dermatitis is a heterogeneous disease, accompanied by a wide variation in disease presentation and the potential to identify many phenotypes that may be relevant for prognosis and treatment. We aimed to systematically review previously reported phenotypes of atopic dermatitis and any characteristics associated with them. Ovid EMBASE, Ovid MEDLINE and Web of Science were searched from inception till 12 February 2021 for studies attempting to classify atopic dermatitis. Primary outcomes are atopic dermatitis phenotypes and characteristics associated with them in subsequent analyses. A secondary outcome is the methodological approach used to derive them. In total, 8511 records were found. By focussing only on certain clinical phenotypes, 186 studies were eligible for inclusion. The majority of studies were hospital-based (59%, 109/186) and cross-sectional (76%, 141/186). The number of included patients ranged from seven to 526 808. Data-driven approaches to identify phenotypes were only used in a minority of studies (7%, 13/186). Ninety-one studies (49%) investigated a phenotype based on disease severity. A phenotype based on disease trajectory, morphology and eczema herpeticum was investigated in 56 (30%), 22 (12%) and 11 (6%) studies respectively. Thirty-six studies (19%) investigated morphological characteristics in other phenotypes. Investigated associated characteristics differed between studies. In conclusion, we present an overview of phenotype definitions used in literature for severity, trajectory, morphology and eczema herpeticum, including associated characteristics. There is a lack of uniform and consistent use of atopic dermatitis phenotypes across studies.

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Dermatitis, AtopicEczemaKaposi Varicelliform EruptionCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPhenotypeSeverity of Illness Index

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PMID35170821
PMCPMC9307020

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