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Celiac Disease and the Brain

A recent New York Times piece looks at the effect of celiac disease on the brain. The story details what appeared to be sudden neurological or psychiatric symptoms, including seizures and hallucinations, that were eventually linked to patients’ celiac disease. The patients improved on a gluten-free diet after medications aimed at treating the neurologic symptoms failed.

Although celiac disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose, because of different symptoms among different patients, one study estimated that less than one ...

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