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Controversy over and discussion of minutiae between different schools of dermatology are the predominant ingredients of the history of AD. As these do not lend themselves well to precise chronological arrangement, a short historical survey is a more suitable approach.

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Rajka, G. (1989). History and Nomenclature. In: Essential Aspects of Atopic Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74766-3_1

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