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    Rev Neurol (Paris). 1997 Jun;153(5):354-6.

    [Epilepsy, cerebral calcifications and celiac disease]

    [Article in French]

    Ferroir JP, Fénelon G, Billy C, Huon R, Herry JP.

    Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris.

    Epilepsy, frequently with complex partial seizures, is observed in 5.5 p. 100 of all cases of celiac sprue. Bilateral parieto-occipital calcifications in the cortical or subcortical areas are found in about one-half of these patients. This triple association is apparently not fortuitous. Prognosis of epilepsy would depend on how early the gluten-free diet was started. The diagnosis of celiac sprue should be entertained in patients with brain calcifications and epilepsy. Search for anti-endomysium antibodies could provide useful information although villosity atrophy in the proximal portion of the small bowel and its regression with gluten-free diet remain the essential elements for the diagnosis of celiac sprue.

    PMID: 9296173 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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