The neurology of gluten sensitivity science vs. conviction

Practical Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 124-127

  Hadjivassiliou, Marios ^a   Grünewald, Richard ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY; GLUTEN;

ANEMIA; ATAXIA; CELIAC DISEASE; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; LETTER; MALABSORPTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; PURKINJE CELL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 2342530370     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-7766.2004.13-212.x     Document Type: Letter

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