Table 1: Presenting symptoms in 30 pediatric patients with celiac disease
Patient group	No. (and %) of patients	Median age (and range), yr
Typical presentation Chronic diarrhea and failure to thrive	17  (57)	1.9  (0.6­11.2)
Atypical presentation	9  (30)	1.3  (1.1­9.5)
Diarrhea without failure to thrive	3  (10)
Failure to thrive without diarrhea	6  (20)
Unusual presentation	4  (13)	7.2  (4.3­10.1)
Abdominal distension with or without abdominal pain	2  (7)
Recurrent abdominal pain with nausea or reflux	2  (7)

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