Coeliac disease, epilepsy, and cerebral calcifications: Association with TG6 autoantibodies

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 90-93

  Johnson, Alexandra M ^a   Dale, Russell C ^b   Wienholt, Louise ^c   Hadjivassiliou, Marios ^d   Aeschlimann, Daniel ^e   Lawson, John A ^a  

^a SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSGLUTAMINASE ISOENZYME 6 ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; EPILEPSY; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WORD RECOGNITION;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 84871131804     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04369.x     Document Type: Article

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