Celiac disease and epilepsy: Favorable outcome in a child with difficult to control seizures

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 290-293

  Pratesi, Riccardo ^a,b   Modelli, I C ^a   Martins, R C ^a   Almeida, P L ^a   Gandolfi, L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; LABORATORY TEST; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MILK INTOLERANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 0141789652     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Article

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