Occult celiac disease presenting as epilepsy and MRI changes that responded to gluten-free diet

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 533-534

  Harper, Elizabeth ^a   Moses, Harold ^a   Lagrange, Andre ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; EPILEPSY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; EPILEPSY; GLUTEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33847040016     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000253222.55919.43     Document Type: Article

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