Cortical route for facelike pattern processing in human newborns.

Humans are endowed with an exceptional ability for detecting faces, a competence that, in adults, is supported by a set of face-specific cortical patches. Human newborns, already shortly after birth, preferentially orient to faces, even when they are presented in the form of highly schematic geometrical patterns vs. perceptually equivalent nonfacelike stimuli.

Introduction of gluten, HLA status, and the risk of celiac disease in children.

Background: The relationship between the risk of celiac disease and both the age at which gluten is introduced to a child's diet and a child's early dietary pattern is unclear.

Methods: We randomly assigned 832 newborns who had a first-degree relative with celiac disease to the introduction of dietary gluten at 6 months (group A) or 12 months (group B). The HLA genotype was determined at 15 months of age, and serologic screening for celiac disease was evaluated at 15, 24, and 36 months and at 5, 8, and 10 years.

Clinical, serologic, and histologic features of gluten sensitivity in children.

Objective: To describe the clinical, serologic, and histologic characteristics of children with gluten sensitivity (GS).

Study Design: We studied 15 children (10 males and 5 females; mean age, 9.6 ± 3.