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Coeliac disease, folic acid deficiency and epilepsy with cerebral calcifications
A Ventura1, F Bouquet, C Sartorelli
1Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Istituto per l'Infanzia Burlo Garofolo, Italy.
Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
Two cases of focal occipital epilepsy with cerebral calcifications poorly responsive to antiepileptic treatment are described. In both cases coeliac disease was diagnosed and folic acid deficiency documented. A gluten-free diet and a brief supplementation with folic acid lead to a complete EEG and clinical normalization in one case and to a significant improvement of EEG and seizure control in the other.