Kjell Aas
DOI: 10.2340/00015555926466

Atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma are closely associated with respect to hereditary factors, epidemiology and occurrence in the same individuals. Both depend on more or less common genetic and environmental traits. Both are typical multifactorial diseases. They have also much in common as regards the complex immunological and chemical mechanisms involved. This becomes particularly evident when comparable subgroups of patients with either atopic dermatitis and bronchial asthma are investigated.