Gluten ataxia and post-streptococcal central nervous system syndromes: Emerging immune-mediated disorders of the central nervous system?

Current Treatment Options in Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-189

  Wills, Adrian ^b   Dale, Russell ^b   Giovannoni, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD ALLERGEN; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; TETRABENAZINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELIAC DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHOREA MINOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PEDIATRIC AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; PHENOTYPE; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 21244484306     PISSN: 10928480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11940-005-0011-5     Document Type: Review

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