1 What is 'Dyshidrosis'? --;1.1 Symptoms --;1.2 Sweat Glands --;1.3 Parasites --;1.4 ID Reactions to Dermatophytes --;1.5 Allergy --;1.6 Atopy --;1.7 Various Other Theories --;1.8 'Dyshidrotic Eczema' --;An Eczema of Unknown Etiology --;2 Clinical Investigations --;2.1 Statistics --;2.2 Age --;2.3 Sex --;2.4 Age of Manifestation and Course of the Disease --;2.5 Clinical Features --;2.6 Cigarette Smoking --;2.7 Familial Predisposition --;2.8 Triggering Mechanisms --;2.9 Psychosocial Consequences --;3 Experimental Studies --;3.1 Thermometry --;3.2 Hygrometry --;3.3 Mycology --;3.4 Allergy --;3.5 Inflammatory Mediators --;4 Studies Concerning the Atopy Syndrome --;4.1 Patient History --;4.2 Eosinophils --;4.3 Immunoglobulin E --;4.4 White Dermographism --;5 Atopic Palmoplantar Eczema --;Discussion of the Experimental Results --;5.1 Historical Aspects --;5.2 Genetic Factors --;5.3 Clinical Aspects --;5.4 Causes --;5.5 Secondary Effects of the Disease --;5.6 Differential Diagnosis --;6 Therapy --;6.1 Previous Methods --;6.2 Current Status --;6.3 New Approaches --;7 Future Aspects --;References.
It repre- sents an attempt to view the clinical and experimental aspects of atopic palmoplantar eczema as a basis for an understanding of the entire entity of dyshidrosis.