Neurological Disorders in Adult Celiac Disease

Neurological manifestations of celiac disease.

UNLABELLED Celiac disease (CD/ Nontropicalsprue, gluten-sensitive enteropathy) is a malabsortive condition in which an allergic reaction to the cereal grain-protein gluten (present in wheat, rye and barley) causes small intestine mucosal injury. The onset is in the first four decades of life, with a female to male ratio of 2:1. It may be associated with a wide spectrum of neurological manifesta...

Neurological deficits in patients with celiac disease.

C eliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy triggered by the ingestion of gluten in genetically susceptible individuals. Developments in the understanding of the pathogenetic basis of the disease and the introduction of serological diagnostic markers have enabled the delineation of its epidemiological features and its clinical spectrum. This, in turn, has led to increased interest in the ...

neurological manifestations of celiac disease

celiac disease (cd) is a rare malabsorption syndrome mainly occurring in childhood which is now recognized as the most common food intolerance disease in the world. cd is associated with a wide spectrum of extra intestinal manifestations. neurological involvements of cd were first attributed to malabsorption due to changes in the mucosal architecture of the small intestine. neurological manifes...

Isolated Neurological Manifestation in Silent Celiac Disease

Associated disorders in celiac disease

2009 issn 1652-4063 isbn 978-91-7668-649-2 Peter Elfström (date of birth 1974) recieved a M.D. degree in 2001 from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and did his internship at Danderyds hospital in Stockholm. He started working at the Pediatric department at Örebro University Hospital in 2003 and is currently finishing his training as a pediatrician. The research for his doctorial thesis on ass...