title: Exocrine pancreatic function in chronic urticaria patients is normal.
abstract: 25 patients with chronic urticaria suspected to be of 'alimentary origin', were studied for a quantitative or qualitative deficiency of pancreatic enzyme secretion. All showed a normal fecal chymotrypsin excretion and 23/25 a normal bentiromide (PABA) and pancreolauryl test. In 2 females the urinary PABA and pancreolauryl tests were borderline pathological. This does not support the hypothesis that a pancreatic deficiency (of the kind which could be identified with the methods used) is associated with chronic urticaria in patients in whom improvement of urticaria occurs under a hydric or low antigenic diet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barba
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schena
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Chieregato
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riela
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brocco
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Scuro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallini
mesh_terms: D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D019793:Fluorescein; D005452:Fluoresceins; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010186:Pancreatic Function Tests; D014581:Urticaria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D062366:para-Aminobenzoates
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D062366:para-Aminobenzoates; C006717:bentiromide; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D010129:4-Aminobenzoic Acid; D019793:Fluorescein