Epilepsy and celiac disease: Favorable outcome with a gluten-free diet in a patient refractory to antiepileptic drugs

Neurologist

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 318-321

  Canales, Pilar ^a   Mery, Victoria P ^b,c   Larrondo, Francisco Javier ^b   Bravo, Federico L ^b   Godoy, Jaime ^b  

^a HOSPITAL REGIONAL DE TALCA   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Depto 501   (Chile)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Epilepsy; Occipital calcifications; Silent celiac disease

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CITALOPRAM; CLOBAZAM; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; FOLIC ACID; LAMOTRIGINE; METHOTREXATE; NADOLOL; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, REDUCING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 33751356714     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000250950.35887.6c     Document Type: Article

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