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Paediatric dermatology Arnold Pieter Oranje Since 1978, Arnold Pieter Oranje (1948), later on in collaboration with Flora de Waard- van der Spek, has worked with the Sophia Children’s Hospital to give special attention to paediatric dermatology. Together with representatives from other academic dermatology clinics in the Netherlands, paediatric dermatology was further disseminated with the foundation of the Dutch-Belgian Society of Paediatric Dermatology in 1993. From then on, a Paediatric Dermatology Course was annually organised in Rotterdam. Research was initially focused on diagnostic tests in atopic eczema. As part of a European task force on atopic dermatitis, Dutch dermatologists from ErasmusMC were involved in developing a validated score system: the SCORAD index. This index was later on succeeded by the TIS and the Objective SCORAD.[1] The Skin Application Food Test (SAFT) was developed to establish food allergy in children with atopic eczema and combined with the Atopy Patch Test (APT).[2] Other clinical investigations were conducted into mastocytosis and a system comparable with the SCORAD, known as the SCORMA, was developed.[3] These investigations yielded an international guideline. Suzanne Gudule Maria Apollonia Pasmans Since mid-2013, under the aegis of Suzanne Gudule Maria Apollonia Pasmans (1963), a strategic plan for a broader paediatric dermatology was presented, encouraging collaboration between the departments of dermatology, paediatrics, immunology, microbiology and allergology. Main topics of clinical and research interest are the atopic syndrome, haemangioma and rare congenital diseases, such as erythroderma in newborns, and Netherton disease. Through various grants Het Huidhuis (“The Skin Home”) was founded, an online portal where child patients and their parents can securely create their own patient records as well as access their own data, in an environment shared by healthcare workers. With this development a significant first step in fully integrated healthcare for children with dermatological diseases has been achieved (www.huidhuis.nl). 139 BWEADVSMGFINCORR:Opmaak 1 21-07-2014 17:40 Pagina 139