Cimetidine treatment of reflux esophagitis in children: an Italian multicentric study.

The effectiveness of cimetidine (30–40 mg/ kg/day) was evaluated in 32 children with gastroesophageal reflux disease complicated by esophagitis who entered a random double-blind trial for 12 weeks. Esophagitis was diagnosed in all patients by endoscopy with biopsy. Seventeen patients (age, mean ± SD