Gluten sensitivity and neuromyelitis optica: Two case reports

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1028-1030

  Jacob, S ^a   Zarei, M ^a   Kenton, A ^b   Allroggen, Holger ^b  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GLUTEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; OPTIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 21344452554     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.055491     Document Type: Article

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