ISRN Gastroenterology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 489065, 3 pages
doi:10.5402/2011/489065
Research Article

Esophagitis in Children with Celiac Disease

Wael N. Sayej,1 Razan AlKhouri,2 Robert D. Baker,2 Raza Patel,2 and Susan S. Baker2

1Digestive Diseases, Hepatology and Nutrition Center, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, School of Medicine University of Connecticut, Framington, CT 06030, USA
2Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center, Women and Children's Hospital of Buffalo, University at Buffalo, NY 14222, USA

Received 19 April 2011; Accepted 24 May 2011

Academic Editor: J.-P. Buts

Copyright © 2011 Wael N. Sayej et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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