Increased Prevalence of Silent Celiac Disease Among Greek Epileptic Children

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-169

  Antigoni, Mavroudi ^a   Xinias, Ioannis ^a   Theodouli, Papastavrou ^a   Karatza, Eliza ^a   Maria, Fotoulaki ^a   Panteliadis, Christos ^a   Spiroglou, Kleomenis ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GREECE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIADIN; GREECE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETICULIN; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 33847687812     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2006.11.011     Document Type: Article

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