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Successful treatment of epilepsy and celiac disease with a gluten-free diet.

Mavroudi A, Karatza E, Papastavrou T, Panteliadis C, Spiroglou K

Department of Pediatrics, 3rd Pediatric Clinic, Division of Digestive Diseases, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Celiac disease is a gluten-sensitive enteropathy, which recently has been described in association with epilepsy or other neurologic disturbances. This study describes a case of a 7-year-old female with intractable-to-treatment epilepsy and late-onset celiac disease, who was treated successfully with a gluten-free diet plus antiepileptic therapy. It is important for children with intractable cases of epilepsy and weight loss to undergo screening for celiac disease.

Published 30 September 2005 in Pediatr Neurol, 33(4): 292-5.
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