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Severe, persistent visual impairment associated with occipital calcification and coeliac disease

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While coeliac disease is primarily a disease of the digestive system, there have been several reports of neurological effects, both motor and cognitive. Here, we present the case of a woman with coeliac disease, under dietary control, in whom there is profound long-standing visual disturbance including reduction of visual fields, loss of rapid flicker and colour sensitivity and severe deficits in acuity. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) indicates large regions of calcification and ...

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10.1007/s00415-015-7817-1

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University of Oxford
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MSD
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University of Oxford
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MSD
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Clinical Neurosciences
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Bridge, H
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Millington, R
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Millington, R
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Journal of Neurology More from this journal
Volume:
262
Issue:
9
Pages:
2056-2063
Publication date:
2015-06-17
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1432-1459
ISSN:
0340-5354
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English
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528371
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2015-10-15

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