INDEX OF SEVERITY OF SKIN SPOT OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS AND INDEX OF TREATMENT EFFECT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an objective and simple index for diagnosis of complete recovery and severity of atopic dermatitis.SOLUTION: The invention relates to a diagnosis assist method for determining a treatment principle, for an object person who receives a treatment of atopic dermatitis, comprising: measuring an expression value of SCCA-1 in skin horny layer cells in an object person; determining that, when the expression value of SCCA-1 is not high significantly and statistically, relative to the expression value of SCCA-1 in a person who does not suffer from atopic dermatitis, it is not necessary to continue the treatment of the atopic dermatitis, and if it is determined that, it is necessary to continue the treatment, ii) classifying severity of the atopic dermatitis with the expression value of the SCCA-1 as an index, and determining to apply an atopic dermatitis treatment method according to each degree to the object person.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1