Progressive ataxia, focal seizures, and malabsorption syndrome in a 41 year old woman

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-230

  Mumford, Colin J ^a   Fletcher, Nicholas A ^b   Ironside, James W ^a   Warlow, Charles P ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MALABSORPTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH;

EID: 0030041223     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.2.225     Document Type: Article

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