[Characteristics of the functional state of the pancreas, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defense in food hypersensitivity in children].

Pancreas function, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant defence were studied in 154 children aged 1 to 14 years with food allergy. Allergic inflammation due to food allergy favours the origin of different abnormalities of pancreas function: functional (39.4%), reactive pancreatitis (31.