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[RAST positivity for food in atopic dermatitis]. 1989

G Ferrari, and M De Amici, and L D Notarangelo, and V Monafo, and G R Burgio

In 113 children with atopic dermatitis RAST results for 9 food mixtures were analyzed. Sixty-eight children (60%) were RAST positive (greater than or equal to ++) for one or more mixture and 87% of those RAST positive had specific IgE for egg and/or cereals and/or legumes. Sensitization to egg, cow milk and meat was more frequent in the first years of life. RAST for the mixture of cereals and each single cereal, performed in 37 children, gave concordant results in 76%; agreement for the positive results was 88%, but only 54% for the negative ones. Breast versus cow milk feeding in the first months of life was not found to affect intensity of the skin manifestations or frequency of RAST positivity for the food mixtures or the respiratory symptoms.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D011852	Radioallergosorbent Test	An in vitro allergen radioimmunoassay in which allergens are coupled to an immunosorbent. The coupled allergens bind the IgE in the sera of patients which in turn binds radioisotope-labeled anti-IMMUNOGLOBULIN E antibodies.	Radioimmunosorbent Assay of Allergens,Allergens Radioimmunosorbent Assay,Allergens Radioimmunosorbent Assays,Radioallergosorbent Tests,Test, Radioallergosorbent,Tests, Radioallergosorbent
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003876	Dermatitis, Atopic	A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.	Eczema, Atopic,Eczema, Infantile,Neurodermatitis, Atopic,Neurodermatitis, Disseminated,Atopic Dermatitis,Atopic Eczema,Atopic Neurodermatitis,Disseminated Neurodermatitis,Infantile Eczema
D005260	Female		Females
D005512	Food Hypersensitivity	Gastrointestinal disturbances, skin eruptions, or shock due to allergic reactions to allergens in food.	Allergy, Food,Food Allergy,Hypersensitivity, Food,Allergies, Food,Food Allergies,Food Hypersensitivities,Hypersensitivities, Food
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man