Is Patch Testing with Food Additives Useful in Children with Atopic Eczema?

Background: Atopy patch testing is a useful way to determine delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions to foods and aeroallergens. Although food additives have been accused of worsening atopic eczema symptoms, according to recent studies the role of food additives in atopic eczema remains unclear. The purpose of our study was to investigate food additive hypersensitivity in a group of children with atopic eczema by using standardized atopy patch testing and to determine the role of food additive hypersensitivity in atopic eczema.

Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma concentrations in childhood obesity.

Background: Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are nuclear proteins that regulate transcriptional responses to peroxisome proliferators. There has been limited research concerned with the childhood expression of these receptors. In this study, we aimed to evaluate PPAR-gamma (PPAR-γ) concentrations and their relationship to body mass index (BMI), ratio of waist and hip, blood pressure levels, insulin resistance and lipid profile in obese children and adolescents.

Audiologic evaluation in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: The aim of this study was to perform audiological evaluation of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: One hundred DM patients (200 ears) were included in the study. Pure-tone audiometry at frequencies of 0.

Erythrocyte zinc levels in children with bronchial asthma.

Zinc deficiency may be suspected to play a role in the pathogenesis, control, and severity of asthma because of its antioxidant, antiapoptotic, and anti-inflammatory effects. We aimed to investigate whether there was any relationship between erythrocyte zinc levels and childhood asthma. The erythrocyte zinc levels of 67 asthmatic and 45 healthy children were analyzed in this case-control study.