Part 1 Gastroenterology and Nutrition

I. Congenital Disorders

Chapter 1: Microvillus Inclusion Disease and Tufting Enteropathy
Agostino Nocerino and Stefano Guandalini

Chapter 2: The Spectrum of Autoimmune Enteropathy
Natalia Nedelkopoulou, Evangelia Farmaki, Maesha Deheragoda and Babu Vadamalayan

Chapter 3: Congenital Problems of the Gastrointestinal Tract
Nigel J. Hall

Chapter 4: Pyloric Stenosis
Shailee Sheth and Ashish P. Desai

II. Gastrointestinal Disorders and Nutrition in the Neonatal Age

Chapter 5: Gastrointestinal Problems of the Newborn
Christophe Dupont, Nicolas Kalach and Véronique Rousseau

Chapter 6 Enteral Nutrition in Preterm Neonates
Gianluca Terrin, Thibault Senterre, Jacques Rigo and Mario De Curtis

Chapter 7: Parenteral Nutrition in Premature Infants
Thibault Senterre, Gianluca Terrin, Mario De Curtis and Jacques Rigo

III. Diseases of the Esophagus and Stomach

Chapter 8: Infectious Esophagitis
Salvatore Cucchiara, Giovanni Di Nardo and Salvatore Oliva

Chapter 9: Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Natalia Nedelkopoulou, Alberto Quaglia and Babu Vadamalayan

Chapter 10: Gastroesophageal Reflux
Yvan Vandenplas

Chapter 11: Esophageal Achalasia
Efstratios Saliakellis, Keith J. Lindley and Osvaldo Borrelli

Chapter 12: Helicobacter Pylori Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease
Iva Hojsak

Chapter 13: Menetrier Disease
Yvan Vandenplas

IV. Infectious Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Chapter 14: Viral Diarrhea
Alfredo Guarino and Eugenia Bruzzese

Chapter 15: Bacterial Infections
Vittoria Buccigrossi and Maria Immacolata Spagnuolo

Chapter 16: Intestinal Parasites
Margot L. Herman and Christina M. Surawicz

Chapter 17: Persistent Diarrhea in Children in Developing Countries
Jai K. Das, Christopher Duggan and Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

Chapter 18: HIV and the Intestine
Andrea Lo Vecchio, Antonietta Giannattasio and Alfredo Guarino

V. Functional Disorders and Neurogastroenterology

Chapter 19: Functional Abdominal Pain and Other Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Mark P. Tighe and R. Mark Beattie

Chapter 20: Disorders of Sucking and Swallowing
Francesca Paola Giugliano, Erasmo Miele and Annamaria Staiano

Chapter 21: Defecation Disorders in Children: Constipation and Functional Fecal Incontinence
Shaman Rajindrajith, Niranga Manjuri Devanarayana and Marc A. Benninga

Chapter 22: Hirschsprung''s Disease and Intestinal Neuronal Dysplasias
Massimo Martinelli and Annamaria Staiano

Chapter 23: Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction in Childhood
Efstratios Saliakellis, Osvaldo Borrelli and Nikhil Thapar

Chapter 24: Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Problems in Neurologically Handicapped Children
Paolo Quitadamo and Annamaria Staiano

Chapter 25: Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
Bhanu Sunku and B U. K. Li