Insights in Skin of Color Patients With Atopic Dermatitis and the Role of Skincare in Improving Outcomes

May 2022 | Volume 21 | Issue 5 | 462 | Copyright © May 2022


Published online April 28, 2022

Andrew F. Alexis MD MPH FAADa, Heather Woolery-Lloyd MD FAADb, Anneke Andriessen PhDc, Valerie D. Callender MD FAADd, Mercedes E. Gonzalez MD FAADc, Candrice Heath MD FAAD FAAPe, George Han MD PhD FAADf

aWeill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
bSkin of Color Division Dr Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery University of Miami; Miami, FL
cRadboud UMC, Nijmegen and Andriessen Consultants, Malden, The Netherlands
dHoward University College of Medicine, Washington DC; Callender Dermatology & Cosmetic Center, Glenn Dale, MD
eDermatology Lewis Katz School of Medicine; Pediatric Dermatology, Philadelphia, PA
fDermatology, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, NY

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Anneke Andriessen PhD anneke.a@tiscali.nl