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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19244266
This isn't a brand new study, but I just stumbled across it.
48 patients with epilepsy which didn't respond well to meds were tested for autoimmunity.
-16 of the patients had temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis
-16 of the patients had temporal lobe epilepsy without hippocampal sclerosis
-16 of the patients had epilepsy that was not temporal lobe
7 of the patients were found to be gluten sensitive. All of them were in the temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis group.
Gut biopsies of the 7 patients w/ gluten sensitivity indicated that 3 had established celiac disease and 4 had inflammation consistent with early stages of celiac.
Conclusion: gluten sensitivity can lead to temporal lobe epilepsy w/ sclerosis
This isn't a brand new study, but I just stumbled across it.
48 patients with epilepsy which didn't respond well to meds were tested for autoimmunity.
-16 of the patients had temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis
-16 of the patients had temporal lobe epilepsy without hippocampal sclerosis
-16 of the patients had epilepsy that was not temporal lobe
7 of the patients were found to be gluten sensitive. All of them were in the temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis group.
Gut biopsies of the 7 patients w/ gluten sensitivity indicated that 3 had established celiac disease and 4 had inflammation consistent with early stages of celiac.
Conclusion: gluten sensitivity can lead to temporal lobe epilepsy w/ sclerosis