Partial cryptogenetic epilepsy and food allergy/intolerance: A causal or a chance relationship? Reflections on three clinical cases

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 153-157

  Pelliccia, A ^a   Lucarelli, S ^a   Frediani, T ^a   D'Ambrini, G ^a   Cerminara, C ^a   Barbato, M ^a   Vagnucci, B ^a   Cardi, E ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Epilepsy; Food hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

MILK PROTEIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; SKIN TEST;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY; MILK PROTEINS; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0033125005     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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