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A familial study of acne and eczema
Article first published online: 29 JUL 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1976.tb05162.x
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LIDDELL, K. (1976), A familial study of acne and eczema. British Journal of Dermatology, 94: 633–637. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1976.tb05162.x
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- Issue published online: 29 JUL 2006
- Article first published online: 29 JUL 2006
- Accepted for publication 5 September 1975
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SUMMARY
The incidence of eczema was assessed in acne patients and their first degree relatives and compared with control (non-acne) subjects and their relatives. It was found that there was a statistically decreased incidence of endogenous eczema in the acne patients.
It has been my subjective clinical impression that eczema occurs less frequently in acne patients than in subjects without acne, and that acne patients seldom give a family history of eczema. The following study was undertaken to examine this hypothesis.