Celiac Disease and Localization-Related Epilepsies

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-15-12-5

Keywords:

Celiac Disease, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Childhood Partial Epilepsy with Occipital Paroxysms

Abstract

The incidence of silent celiac disease (CD) in children with idiopathic localization epilepsies and the indications for routine CD screening were determined in a study of 72 patients (31 girls and 41 boys; mean age 12.6 years; age at onset 6.4 years) observed over a 5 year period at the Institute of Neurology and Gastroenterology, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy.

Published

2001-12-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders