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The term atopy indicates an inherited tendency to develop one or more of a related group of common conditions (asthma, eczema of atopic type, hay fever, acute urticaria of allergic type), subject to much environmental influence. Perhaps 10% of the population of the United Kingdom are atopic and 3% of these will have atopic dermatitis. Raised IgE levels are found in 80% of atopics. There is evidence to suggest that atopy is caused by or associated with a lymphocyte defect.
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© 1983 Julian Verbov and Neil Morley
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Verbov, J., Morley, N. (1983). Atopic and other dermatitis. In: Colour Atlas of Paediatric Dermatology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7337-4_4
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