Atopic dermatitis - top articles for October 2012

Here are my suggestions for some of the top articles about atopic dermatitis for August-October 2012:

Eczema Action Plan by Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy http://goo.gl/e79YW

Skin-derived TSLP may trigger progression from atopic dermatitis to asthma, thus explainig the infamous "atopic march" http://goo.gl/Q7oUd

Not atopic dermatitis: Nevus Sebaceous - NEJM http://goo.gl/TPZQT

The future of research in pediatric allergy: What should the focus be? (full text) http://goo.gl/9rh76

The united allergic airway: Connections between allergic rhinitis, asthma, and chronic sinusitis (free full text) http://goo.gl/m4O9b

Atopic dermatitis: a candidate for disease-modifying strategy (free full text) http://goo.gl/rWG6Y

NBUVB, mycophenolate, and methotrexate remain reasonable first-line systemic treatment options for atopic dermatitis http://goo.gl/hA08O

Management of difficult and severe eczema in childhood | BMJ 2012 review http://goo.gl/8uKS8

Stress is associated with atopic disorders in a dose-dependent manner http://buff.ly/P4ypXF

Does eczema in infancy cause hay fever, asthma, or both in childhood? Apparently, yes http://buff.ly/PVizPt

The Many Manifestations of Eczema - Medscape slideshow http://buff.ly/QjZEhD

A new cause of facial eczema: the ferret http://goo.gl/QHNLn

Allergy increases risk of ADHD, especially allergic rhinitis. Co-morbidity with AD, asthma further increases risk http://goo.gl/Hm4G1

The 79 authors of WAO WHITE BOOK ON ALLERGY cover all aspects of allergic disease. I am honored to be one of them. This comprehensive textbook is free to download here: http://goo.gl/I9KwE

The articles were selected from my Twitter stream @Allergy and Google Reader RSS subscriptions. Some of the top allergy accounts on Twitter contributed links. I appreciate the curation provided by @JuanCIvancevich @AllergyNet @IgECPD4 @DrAnneEllis @AACMaven @AllergieVoeding @allergistmommy @mrathkopf @wheezemd.

Please feel free to send suggestions for articles to allergycases@gmail.com and you will receive acknowledgement in the next edition of this publication.