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World J Gastroenterol. Jun 28, 2013; 19(24): 3824-3830
Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3824
Published online Jun 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i24.3824
Characteristics of allergic colitis in breast-fed infants in the absence of cow’s milk allergy
Kriszta Molnár, Petra Pintér, Áron Cseh, Katalin Eszter Müller, András Arató, Gábor Veres, 1st Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, 1083 Budapest, Hungary
Hajnalka Győrffy, 2nd Department of Pathology, Semmelweis University, 1091 Budapest, Hungary
Author contributions: Molnár K and Pintér P contributed equally to the writing of this paper; Veres G designed the research; Arató A and Veres G enrolled the patients; Molnár K, Pintér P, Cseh Á and Müller KE performed the analyses; Győrffy H analyzed the histological data; Molnár K, Pintér P and Veres G wrote the paper; Arató A critically reviewed the paper.
Supported by OTKA-K105530, -K81117 and ETT-028-02; the János Bolyai Research Grant, to Veres G; and the János Bolyai Research Scholarship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Correspondence to: Gábor Veres, MD, PhD, 1st Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Bókay u 53, 1083 Budapest, Hungary. veres.gabor@med.semmelweis-univ.hu
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Received: October 4, 2012
Revised: February 5, 2013
Accepted: March 23, 2013
Published online: June 28, 2013
Revised: February 5, 2013
Accepted: March 23, 2013
Published online: June 28, 2013
Core Tip
Core tip: Rectal bleeding is a common problem in otherwise healthy breast-fed infants; our primary aim was to find characteristic lesions at colonoscopy and determine the cessation of rectal bleeding when administering different nutritional regimes (L-amino-acid based formula or breast-feeding). Our secondary aim was to find correlations between laboratory data, severity of mucosal lesions and cessation of rectal bleeding in allergic colitis infants with no cow’s milk allergy.