Is the prevalence of celiac disease increased among epileptic patients?

Riccardo Pratesi, Lenora Gandolfi, Rita C. Martins, Pedro Luíz Tauil, Yanna Karla de Medeiros Nóbrega, Wagner Afonso Teixeira

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria · 2003 · 43 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

the prevalence of CD was 2.3 times higher in epileptic patients than in controls (7.84 per 1000 versus 3.41 per 1000). Although still not statistically significant, this result is highly suggestive of an increased prevalence of CD among epileptic patients.

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