Sporadic cerebellar ataxia associated with gluten sensitivity

Brain

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1013-1019

  Burk K ^a   Bosch S ^a   Muller C A ^a   Melms, A ^a   Zuhlke C ^b   Stern, M ^a   Besenthal, I ^a   Skalej, M ^a   Ruck, P ^a   Ferber, S ^a   Klockgether, T ^c   Dichgans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigliadin antibodies; Gluten sensitivity; Sporadic ataxia

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAZE PARALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NYSTAGMUS; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VERBAL MEMORY; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPSY; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DUODENUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GLIADIN; GLUTEN; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0342527698     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/124.5.1013     Document Type: Article

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