1. The clinical manifestations of atopic dermatitis / Anita Remitz and Sakari Reitamo -- 2. Genetic dissection of eczema / Young-Ae Lee and Ulrich Wahn -- 3. The pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis / Natalija Novak and Thomas Bieber -- 4. Epidermal barrier dysfunction in atopic dermatitis / Michael J. Cork. [et al.] -- 5. Staphylococcus aureus in atopic dermatitis / Donald Y.M. Leung -- 6. Role of viruses / Andreas Wollenberg and Stefanie Kamann -- 7. Atopic dermatitis : the role of fungi / Randolf B.S. Brehler, Melanic Mertens and Thomas A. Luger -- 8. Role of food allergens in atopic dermatitis / Ralf G. Heine, David J. Hill and Clifford S. Hosking -- 9. Role of inhalant allergens in atopic dermatitis / Salima Mrabet-Dahbi and Harald Renz -- 10. Itch : pathophysiology and treatment / Sonja Stander, Thomas A. Luger and Martin Steinhoff -- 11. Psychosomatic aspects of atopic dermatitis / Gereon Heuft and Gudrun Schneider -- 12. Quality of life in atopic dermatitis patients / Matthias Augustin and Marc A. Radtke -- 13. General management of patients with atopic dermatitis / Mark Boguniewicz and Noreen Nicol -- 14. Mode of action of glucocorticoids / Ekkehard May. [et al] -- 15. Clinical aspects of glucocorticoid treatment / Kristian Thestrup-Pedersen -- 16. Phototherapy of atopic dermatitis / Sonja A. Grundmann and Stefan Beissert -- 17. Antihistamines in atopic dermatitis / Marcus Maurer, Margitta Worm and Torsten Zuberbier -- 18. Systemic immunomodulation / John Berth-Jones -- 19. Topical calcineurin inhibitors / Thomas A. Luger, Sakari Reitamo and Martin Steinhoff -- 20. Possible clinical associations of atopic dermatitis with bronchial asthma / Sakari Reitamo. [et al] -- 21. Experimental therapeutic strategies for the treatment of atopic dermatitis / Thomas A. Luger and Martin Steinhoff.