neurodermatitis/fever

121 patients suffering from atopic dermatitis (AD) who had been treated in the years 1967 to 1970, being then up to the age of 10, now have been controlled by means of questionnaires. 62 of them were additionally checked by way of personal interrogation and reexamination. The checking comprised of

157 sera from adults and children with rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, myocarditis, neurodermatitis, bronchial asthma, wound infections, second degree obesity without symptoms of diabetes were examined. 60% of sera contained high concentrations of antibodies possessing cytotoxicity against

For many years, the biblical term tzaraat has referred to leprosy. In fact, the disease or diseases described under this name have no relationship to leprosy, as it was known in the Middle Ages or today; moreover, the term referred not only to skin disease, but also to the state of the ritual

Our objective was to test the hypothesis that the risk of childhood leukemia is associated with allergies or a family history of allergy. We used a German population-based case-control study with self-reported information on allergies of the children and their first-degree relatives. Our study

In the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), which was conducted from 2003 to 2006, data on acute/infectious and chronic diseases were collected from a population-based sample of 17,641 subjects aged 0 to 17 years. The annual prevalence rates among