Food iron absorption in patients with dermatitis herpetiformis
Braide, I.; Kastrup, W.; Magnusson, B.; Mobacken, H.; Rossander, L.
Acta Dermato-Venereologica 62(3): 225-228
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5555 PMID: 6179363 Document Number: 188063
Food Fe absorption from a standardized composite meal was measured in 23 patients with dermatitis herpetiformis (DH). Seven (30%) showed Fe deficiency, defined as absence or only traces of bone marrow hemosiderin and 5 showed anemia. The mean absorption ratio (food Fe/reference dose) was significantly reduced in the patients with DH, compared with a group of control subjects. The Fe absorption ratio was especially low in the 7 patients with Fe deficiency, which further supports the presence of a malabsorption of food Fe in patients with DH.