Epilepsy, occipital calcifications, and oligosymptomatic celiac disease in childhood

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 800-806

  Arroyo, Hugo A ^a   De Rosa, Susana ^a   Ruggieri, Victor ^a   de Dávila, María T G ^b   Fejerman, Natalio ^a  

^a Hospital de Pediatra JPGarrahan   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; ITALY; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12244297074     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738020170110801     Document Type: Article

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