title: Lack of pancreatic maldigestion in atopic dermatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brocco
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schena
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Agostini
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Scuro
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bovo
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chieregato
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid