Is the prevalence of celiac disease increased among epileptic patients?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 2 B, 2003, Pages 330-334

  Pratesi, Riccardo ^a   Gandolfi, Lenora ^a   Martins, Rita C ^b   Tauil, Pedro L ^a   Nobrega, Yanna Karla ^b   Teixeira, Wagner Afonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b Agência UNB ^*

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Epilepsy; Gluten sensitive enteropathy; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0038165966     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000300002     Document Type: Article

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