History data and clinical pattern were analysed in 33 children with herpetiform dermatitis (DH) and in 34 children with atopic dermatitis (DA). The differences are stressed between DH and DA as which it is frequently misdiagnosed, which is the cause of delayed treatment in DH (in the studied group 2.8 years on the average). The development of skin changes with accompanying itching in a child at preschool age should suggest the supposition of DH.
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