Precipitins to dietary proteins in atopic eczema.
Precipitating antibodies to foods have been assayed in three groups of patients with atopy. Forty-five per cent of patients with atopic eczema and IgE-mediated food allergy had precipitins to foods in their serum compared with only 15% of patients with atopic eczema without evidence of food allergy, and 16% of patients with atopic asthma and/or rhinitis. It is likely that this results from increased intestinal permeability in the group with eczema and food allergy.
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004485:Eczema / Q000276:immunology*; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D011234:Precipitins / Q000032:analysis*; D012220:Rhinitis / Q000276:immunology
D004044:Dietary Proteins; D011234:Precipitins