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Kategorie Textpublikation
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DOI 10.1159/000331805
Titel (primär) The hygiene hypothesis does not apply to atopic eczema in childhood
Titel (sekundär) New trends in allergy and atopic eczema
Autor Cramer, C.; Link, E.; Koletzko, S.; Lehmann, I.; Heinrich, J.; Wichmann, H.-E.; Bauer, C.P.; von Berg, A.; Berdel, D.; Herbarth, O.; Schaaf, B.; Borte, M.; Behrendt, H.; Krämer, U.
Herausgeber Ring, J.; Darsow, U.; Behrendt, H.
Quelle Chemical Immunology and Allergy
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
Department IMMU
Band/Volume 96
Seite von 15
Seite bis 23
Sprache englisch
Abstract

There is evidence that environmental factors are important for the development of eczema. Different mechanisms have been discussed in the literature, the best known of which is the hygiene hypothesis. However, epidemiological data give reason for questioning this hypothesis with regard to childhood eczema. We present results from two German birth cohort studies (LISAplus and GINIplus) concerning regional prevalence patterns of eczema and the association of eczema with day care center attendance and older siblings. Our findings are not in line with the hygiene hypothesis and question its validity with regard to eczema. It seems reasonable to assume that the effect of environmental factors is somehow disease-specific.

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Cramer, C., Link, E., Koletzko, S., Lehmann, I., Heinrich, J., Wichmann, H.-E., Bauer, C.P., von Berg, A., Berdel, D., Herbarth, O., Schaaf, B., Borte, M., Behrendt, H., Krämer, U. (2012):
The hygiene hypothesis does not apply to atopic eczema in childhood
In: Ring, J., Darsow, U., Behrendt, H. (eds.)
New trends in allergy and atopic eczema
Chemical Immunology and Allergy 96
Karger, Basel, p. 15 - 23 10.1159/000331805