Reversible posterior encephalopathy possibly related to coeliac disease: A vitamin-depleted brain?

European Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 232-234

  Münchau, Alexander ^a   Vogel, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b St Georg Krankenhaus   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CONFUSION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AVITAMINOSIS; BRAIN DISEASES; CELIAC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS;

EID: 0344780853     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008057     Document Type: Article

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