Psychosis and silent celiac disease in a down syndrome adolescent: a case report.

Case Rep Pediatr

Clínica de Neuropediatría, Dra. Amparo Morant, Calle Jesús 101-7 , 46007 Valencia, Spain.

Published: August 2012

Celiac disease is an autoimmune systemic disorder. It presents gastrointestinal and nongastrointestinal manifestations as well as associated conditions. We report a 16-year-old Down syndrome girl who presented psychosis symptomatology, and she was diagnosed as having silent celiac disease. Olanzapine treatment and gluten-free diet were satisfactory. It is necessary to consider celiac disease in Down syndrome patients with psychiatric symptoms, mainly psychotic symptomatology.

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