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• Selected publications of Dr Carsten Flohr
  
  1. Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Flohr C, Kleiner A, Strachan DP. Association of pertussis and measles infections and immunizations with asthma and allergic sensitization in ISAAC Phase Two. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 2012; early online publication.
  
  2. Schmitt J, Spuls P, Thomas K, Chalmers J, Roekevisch E, Schram M, Allsopp R, Aoki V, Apfelbacher C, Bruinzeel-Koomen C, Bruin-Weller M, Charman C, Cohen A, Dohil M, Flohr C, Furue M, Gieler U, Hooft L et al. Towards global consensus on outcome measures for atopic eczema research: results of the HOME II meeting. Allergy 2012; 67: 1111-7.
  
  3. McAleer MA, Flohr C, Irvine AD. Management of difficult and severe eczema in childhood. British Medical Journal 2012; 345:e4770. [invited review]
  
  4. Flohr C, Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Kleiner A, Williams HC, Aït-Khaled N, Strachan DP, and the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Tuberculosis, BCG vaccination and allergic disease: Findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology 2012; 23: 324-31.
  
  5. Flohr C, Nagel G, Weinmayr G, Kleiner A, Strachen DP, Williams HC, and the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. Lack of evidence for a protective effect of prolonged breastfeeding on childhood eczema: lessons from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. British Journal of Dermatolology 2011; 165: 1280-9.
  
  6. Schmitt J, Apfelbacher JC, Flohr C. Eczema. Clinical Evidence, BMJ Publishing Group, 2011.
  
  7. Wedgeworth E, Powell AM, Flohr C. Eczema and cancer risk: a critical appraisal and review of the literature. British Journal of Dermatol 2011; 165: 457-62.
  
  8.Flohr C. Recent prespectives on the global epidemiology of childhood eczema. Allergologia et Immunopathologia 2011; 39: 173-82.
  
  9. Flohr C. Atopic dermatitis diagnostic criteria and outcome measures for clinical trials: still a mess. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2011; 131:557-9.
  
  10. Wedgeworth E, Powell AM, Flohr C. Incidence of cancer in the context of atopic dermatitis. Brit J Dermatol 2011; 164: 896-7.
  
  11. Flohr C, England K, Radulovic S, McLean WHI, Campbell L, Barker J, Perkin M, Lack G. Filaggrin loss-of-function mutations are associated with early onset eczema, eczema severity, and transepidermal water loss at three months of age. British Journal of Dermatology 2010; 163: 1333-6.
  
  12. Flohr C. International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC): Neue Erkenntnisse über Neurodermitis. Allergologie 2010; 33: 242-50.
  
  13. Flohr C. Is there a ruran/urban gradient in the prevalence of eczema? British Journal of Dermatology 2010; 162: 951.
  
  14. Alexandroff AB, Flohr C, Johnston GA. Updates from the British Association of Dermatologists 89th Annual Meeting 7-10 July 2009, Glasgow. British Journal of Dermatology 2010; 163: 27-37.
  
  15. Flohr C, Luc Nguyen Tuyen, Lewis S, Quinnell RJ, Ho Thanh Liem, Truong Tan Minh, Simmons C, Campbell J, Telford G, Brown A, Tran Tinh Hien, Farrar J, Williams HC, Pritchard DI, Britton J. Reduced helminth burden increases allergen skin sensitization but not clinical allergy: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Vietnam. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2010; 40: 131-40.
  
  16. Flohr C. The role of allergic sensitization in childhood eczema: an epidemiologist’s perspective. Allergologia et Immunopathologia 2009;37:89-92.
  
  17. Flohr C, Weiland SK, Björksten B, Bråbäck L, Brunekreef B, Büchele G, Clausen M, Cookson WO, von Mutius E, Strachan DP, Williams HC, the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. How well do questionnaires perform compared to physical examination in detecting flexural eczema? Findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Two. British Journal of Dermatology 2009;161:846-53.
  
  18. Flohr C, Quinnell RQ, Britton J. Do helminth parasites protect against atopy and allergic disease? Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2009;39:20-32.
  
  19. Flohr C, Heague J, Leach I, English J. Topical silver sulfadiazine-induced systemic argyria in a patient with severe generalized dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. British Journal of Dermatology 2008;159:740-1.
  
  20. Flohr C, Weiland SK, Björksten B, Bråbäck L, Brunekreef B, Büchele G, Clausen M, Cookson WO, von Mutius E, Strachan DP, Williams HC, the ISAAC Phase Two Study Group. The role of atopic sensitization in flexural eczema: findings from the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood Phase Two. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2008;121:141-7.
  
  21. Flohr C. What is new in the epidemiology of eczema? Exchange 2007;127:7-9.
  
  22. Flohr C. Eczema and the hygiene hypothesis. Invited commentary for National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH) Skin Library, 2007. http://www.library.nhs.uk/skin/Page.aspx?pagename=ECZEMAFLOH
  
  23. Langan S, Flohr C, Williams HC. The role of furry pets in eczema: a systematic review. Archives of Dermatology 2007; 143:1570-7.
  
  24. Williams HC, Langan S, Flohr C. Public Health in Dermatology. In: Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine. New York, McGraw-Hill, 7th edition, 2007.
  
  25. Flohr C, Lewis S, Luc Nguyen Tuyen, Truong Tan Minh, Britton J, Williams HC, Tran Tinh Hien, Farrar J, Quinnell RJ. Low efficacy of mebendazole against hookworm in Vietnam: two
  randomised controlled trials. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2007; 76: 732-736.
  
  26. Flohr C, Luc Nguyen Tuyen, Lewis S, Quinnell RJ, Ho Thanh Liem, Truong Tan Minh, Campbell J, Pritchard DI, Tran Tinh Hien, Farrar J, Williams HC, Britton J. Poor sanitation and helminth infection protect against skin sensitization in Vietnamese children: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2006; 118: 1305-11.
  
  27. Williams HC, Flohr C. How epidemiology has challenged 3 prevailing concepts about atopic dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2006; 118: 209-13.
  
  28. Johansson SGO, Flohr C, Wahlgren CF, Williams HC. The role of IgE-sensitization in eczema,
  previously called atopic dermatitis. Expert Review in Clinical Immunology 2005; 1: 257-62.
  
  29. Flohr C, Pascoe D, Williams HC. Atopic dermatitis and the 'hygiene hypothesis': too clean to be true? British Journal of Dermatology 2005; 152: 202-16.
  
  30. Flohr C, Williams HC. Evidence-based management of atopic dermatitis. Archives of Disease
  in Childhood 2004; 89: ep35-ep39.
  
  31. Yemaneberhan H, Flohr C, Lewis SA, Bekele Z, Parry E, Williams HC, Britton J, Venn A.
  Prevalence and associated factors of atopic dermatitis symptoms in rural and urban Ethiopia.
  Clinical and Experimental Allergy 2004; 34: 779-85.
  
  32. Flohr C, Johansson SGO, Wahlgren CF, Williams HC. How "atopic" is atopic dermatitis? Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2004; 114: 150-8.
  
  33. Flohr C. Atopic dermatitis. Royal College of Physicians-approved CME module on atopic dermatitis for Doctors.Net, 2003, www.doctors.net.uk.
  
  34. Flohr C. How "atopic" is atopic dermatitis? A comparison between hospital and community populations. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 2003; 121: 1257.
  
  35. Flohr C. Dirt, worms and atopic dermatitis. British Journal of Dermatology 2003; 148: 871-77.
  
  
  
• BOOK CHAPTERS
  FLG and AD, Springer book on FLG in health and disease
  Global Atlas on Asthma, The Asthma Epidemic
  
  Flohr C, Yeo L. Atopic dermatitis and the hygiene hypothesis revisited. In: Current Problems in Dermatology, S. Karger Basel, 2011
  
  Flohr C, Williams HC. Epidemiology. In: Atopic Dermatitis. Leung D, Bieber T (eds.). Informa Healthcare, 2nd edition Feb 2009.
  
  Williams HC, Langan S, Flohr C. Public Health in Dermatology. In: Fitzpatrick’s Dermatology in General Medicine. New York, McGraw-Hill, 7th and 8th edition, 2007 and 2011.
  
  Flohr C, English JSC. Allergic contact dermatitis. In: Irvine AD, Hoeger PH, Yan AC. Harper’s Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology. Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 3rd and 4th edition, 2005 and 2011.
  
  Flohr C, Williams HC. The epidemiology of atopic dermatitis. In: Irvine AD, Hoeger PH, Yan AC. Harper’s Textbook of Pediatric Dermatology. Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 3rd and 4th edition, 2005 and 2011.