Author(s) : Hiroyuki Murota, Aya Takahashi, Megumi Nishioka, Saki Matsui, Mika Terao, Shun Kitaba, Ichiro Katayama , Department of Dermatology, Osaka University, 2-2, Yamadaoka, 565-0871 Suita, Japan.
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Figure 1 Showering in school improved the severity
of atopic dermatitis. A) EASI score (n = 11), B)
Ratio of affected to non-affected area (n = 6), and C)
Number of colonized S. aureus (n = 11). “Start” indicates 2 weeks
before initiation of this study. “2 weeks” and “4 weeks” indicate 2
and 4 weeks after initiation of this study, respectively. “Later”
indicates 2 weeks after study termination. : p < 0.0001, ** p
< 0.005, * p < 0.05 (paired t-test).