Ruggiero Francavilla, Fernanda Cristofori, Stefania Castellaneta, Carlo Polloni, Veronica Albano, Stefania Dellatte, Flavia Indrio, Luciano Cavallo, Carlo Catassi
OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical, serologic, and histologic characteristics of children with gluten sensitivity (GS). STUDY DESIGN: We studied 15 children (10 males and 5 females; mean age, 9.6 ± 3.9 years) with GS who were diagnosed based on a clear-cut relationship between wheat consumption and development of symptoms, after excluding celiac disease (CD) and wheat allergy, along with 15 children with active CD (5 males and 10 females; mean age, 9.1 ± 3.1 years) and 15 controls with a functional gastrointestinal disorder (6 males and 9 females; mean age, 8...
March 2014: Journal of Pediatrics