Lack of pancreatic maldigestion in atopic dermatitis.
Twenty adult patients affected by atopic dermatitis (AD) were submitted to the p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) test in order to evaluate the proteolytic pancreatic function. All but one showed a normal PABA test. These results seem to exclude a proteolytic maldigestion as a pathogenetic factor in AD.
Barba
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Department of Dermatology, University of Verona, Italy.
Cavallini
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G
Brocco
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G
Schena
D
D
De Agostini
F
F
Scuro
L A
LA
Bovo
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P
Chieregato
G C
GC
D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid; D000328:Adult; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000502:physiology*; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid