Atopic eczema is merely a skin disease to doctors, but to children it can be a disfiguring handicap. Conventional treatment comprises the use of emol- lients, steroids, sedating antihistamines at night, antibiotics, bandaging, and the avoidance of irritant detergents or clothing. ' Even with the most devoted application of these measures, there remain a number of children with persistent and troublesome disease. This paper examines the role for elimination diets. The subject is controversial, a legacy of the serious lack of objective data.
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