**Author details**

Halil Kocamaz1 \* and Sedat Işıkay2

1 Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

2 Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Turkey

\*Address all correspondence to: drkocamaz@hotmail.com

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