Non-invasive skin immune biomarker test helps predict development of eczema in babies, new study presented at the EADV Congress finds
Sept 7, 2022
MILAN, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers have identified an immune biomarker in newborns that can predict the subsequent onset and severity of paediatric atopic eczema, a new study presented at the 31st European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) Congress has shown. The Barrier dysfunction in Atopic newBorns (BABY) study analysed a cohort of 450 babies (300 term and 150 preterm newborns) to examine whether skin barrier and immune biomarkers could predict the onset and severi