id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-302212-zt4lv5g4 Patruno, Cataldo COVID-19, QUARANTINE, AND ATOPIC DERMATITIS 2020-05-19 .txt text/plain 418 27 41 Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disease affecting up to 20% of children and up to 10% of adults (1) . Its pathogenesis involves environmental factors that interact with genetic skin barrier defects and immune Th2 Adverse psychological effects induced by the COVID-19 quarantine have been associated with increase of itch in some chronic skin disease, also due to neuroendocrine modulation of skin inflammation (4). Obviously, quarantine is associated with less exposure to sunlight that, together with high temperature and low humidity, may exert an immunosuppressive effect on skin inflammation of AD (2) . All these considerations suggest the hypothesis that COVID-19 pandemic may be associated with changes in lifestyle of AD patients that can significantly influence their clinical disease activity. Effects of climate change on skin diseases Mass quarantine measures of COVID-19 pandemic: psychosocial implications for chronic skin conditions and a call for qualitative studies ./cache/cord-302212-zt4lv5g4.txt ./txt/cord-302212-zt4lv5g4.txt