Abstract
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is an eczematous disease with repeated exacerbations and remissions. The Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD), a well-known objective assessment index, uses complicated methods. There is reportedly a correlation between the disease activity of AD and serum thymus and activation-regulated chemokine/CCL17 (TARC). We examined the differences in SCORAD results among individual physicians, TARC, immunoglobulin E, eosinophils, and Lactate dehydrogenase in 7 infants with AD. There was variability among the SCORAD results as scored by each physician. There was a tendency for a correlation between TARC and SCORAD results for experienced physicians and a significant correlation for allergists. Serum TARC was considered to contribute meaningfully to AD assessment.
