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Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 706937, 6 pages
doi:10.5402/2012/706937
Clinical Study

Subclinical Cardiac Dysfunction in Children with Coeliac Disease: Is the Gluten-Free Diet Effective?

Berna Saylan,1 Ayhan Cevik,2 Ceyda Tuna Kirsaclioglu,3 Filiz Ekici,4 Ozgur Tosun,5 and Gonca Ustundag6

1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey
2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, 06500 Ankara, Turkey
3Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Ankara Diskapi Children's Hospital, 06110 Ankara, Turkey
4Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ankara Diskapi Children's Hospital, 06110 Ankara, Turkey
5Department of Biostatistics and Medıcal Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, 07059 Antalya, Turkey
6Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, 67600 Zonguldak, Turkey

Received 21 August 2012; Accepted 2 October 2012

Academic Editors: G. Barbaro, L. Murray, and L. Rodrigo

Copyright © 2012 Berna Saylan 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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