[Celiac disease and dietary habits in the 1st year of life].
The Authors have performed a study on the dietary habits of 74 celiac children and have analysed retrospectively the type of nursing (breast-feeding or bottle-feeding), the time and the age of gluten introduction. Then they related these data to the age of onset of symptoms. Children breast-fed for 3 months or more showed a marked delay in the onset of the disease and a longer latency time from gluten introduction when compared with bottle-fed children; on the contrary early gluten introduction was not positively correlated to risk of celiac disease. This observations induce to think that breast-feeding may be a protective factor towards coeliac disease, while the precocious gluten introduction is not an important factor of risk correlated to this disease.
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Istituto di Medicina Infantile, Università degli Studi di Palermo.
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D000367:Age Factors; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002446:Celiac Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005983:Glutens / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant
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Malattia celiaca e abitudini alimentari nel primo anno di vita.