An unusual case of drug-resistant epilepsy in a child with non-celiac gluten sensitivity

نویسندگان

  • Oliviero Bruni
  • Claudia Dosi
  • Anna Luchetti
  • Martina della Corte
  • Assia Riccioni
  • Domenica Battaglia
  • Raffaele Ferri
چکیده

Oliviero Bruni *, Claudia Dosi , Anna Luchetti , Martina della Corte , Assia Riccioni , Domenica Battaglia , Raffaele Ferri e Department of Social and Developmental Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy b Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Child Neuropsichiatry Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy e Sleep Research Centre, Department of Neurology, I.C., Oasi Institute (IRCCS), Troina, Italy

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Seizure

دوره 23  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014