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The evaluation of eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) concentration--one of late allergy reaction markers was performed in serum of children with food allergy and children with food allergy and H. pylori or Giardia lamblia infection of the gastrointestinal tract. The ECP values were referred to the characteristics of histopathological changes in gastric mucosa and to the values of cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, IL-8) determined in biopsy specimens of gastric mucosa from these patients. The studies indicate that the exclusive evaluation of ECP concentration in serum does not reflect unequivocally the severity of pathological changes of gastric mucosa in children with food allergy.
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PMID:[Eosinophil cationic protein in serum of children with food allergy]. 1271 20