Abstract
To the Editor .— We read with great interest the recent study reported by Zelnik et al1 on the relationship between celiac disease (CD) and neurologic disorders. The authors screened patients with CD and showed a strong association not only between CD and specific neurologic disorders such as cerebral ataxia, chronic neuropathies, myoclonic ataxia, progressive leukoencephalopathy, and dementia but also between CD and milder and more common neurologic conditions such as headache, learning disabilities and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, development delay, and hypotonia. In the discussion section the authors suggest that chronic immune-mediated inflammation, lymphocytic infiltration, or vasculitis of the central …
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