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ISRN Allergy
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 391641, 5 pages
doi:10.5402/2011/391641
Clinical Study

Camel Milk Is a Safer Choice than Goat Milk for Feeding Children with Cow Milk Allergy

Mohammad Ehlayel,1,2 Abdulbari Bener,3,4,5 Khalid Abu Hazeima,6 and Fatima Al-Mesaifri7

1Section of Pediatric Allergy-Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
2Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
3Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
4Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
5Deptartment Evidence for Population Health Unit, School of Epidemiology and Health Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
6Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
7Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

Received 13 April 2011; Accepted 20 May 2011

Academic Editors: A. Fukushima, R. Paganelli, and B. Vonakis

Copyright © 2011 Mohammad Ehlayel 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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