Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Celiac Disease: A Coincidental Finding

Umberto Volta; Gian Gaetano Ferri; Roberto De Giorgio; Angela Fabbri; Claudia Parisi; Laura Sciajno; Alessandra Castellari; Erica Fiorini; Maria Piscaglia; Giovanni Barbara; Alessandro Granito; Antonio Pirodda

doi:10.1155/2009/540675

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2009)

Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Celiac Disease: A Coincidental Finding

Umberto Volta,
Gian Gaetano Ferri,
Roberto De Giorgio,
Angela Fabbri,
Claudia Parisi,
Laura Sciajno,
Alessandra Castellari,
Erica Fiorini,
Maria Piscaglia,
Giovanni Barbara,
Alessandro Granito,
Antonio Pirodda

Affiliations

Umberto Volta: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Gian Gaetano Ferri: Department of Specialistic Surgical and Anaesthesiological Sciences, ENT Section, University of Bologna, St Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Roberto De Giorgio: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Angela Fabbri: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Claudia Parisi: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Laura Sciajno: Department of Specialistic Surgical and Anaesthesiological Sciences, ENT Section, University of Bologna, St Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Alessandra Castellari: Department of Specialistic Surgical and Anaesthesiological Sciences, ENT Section, University of Bologna, St Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy
Erica Fiorini: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Maria Piscaglia: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Giovanni Barbara: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Alessandro Granito: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Antonio Pirodda: Department of Specialistic Surgical and Anaesthesiological Sciences, ENT Section, University of Bologna, St Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/540675
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 23, no. 8
pp. 531 – 535

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Celiac disease (CD) can be associated with a variety of extraintestinal manifestations, including neurological diseases. A new neurological correlation has been found between CD and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL).

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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