A Spectrophtometic Study of Faecal in Patients of Atopic Dermatitis

Abstract

A quantitative assay of porphyrins in stool of thirty-patients with atopic dermatitis was done. Rimingtlon's technique -for the estimation of Porophyrins was employed. Porphyrin levels in the thirty cases were compared with ten normals which constituted the control group. No statistically significant difference in porphytm levels was, Observed between the study and control group. Porphyrin levels were also compared between patients with and without history photosensitivity.