A 46-year-old member asked:
i want to know what is the difference between eczema and dermatitis?
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Dr. Yash Khanna answered
56 years experience Family Medicine
Location and charact: The location and characterstic, these two conditions do not have any similarity whatsoever and there is never any confusion in diagnosing either.
Answered on Dec 10, 2013
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