Epilepsy, cerebral calcifications and clinical or subclinical coeliac disease. Course and follow up with gluten-free diet

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Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Hernández, Miguel A ^a   Colina, Gema ^a   Ortigosa, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral calcifications; Coeliac disease; Epilepsy; Gluten free diet

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031932915     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(98)90008-5     Document Type: Article

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