Small-fiber neuropathy/neuronopathy associated with celiac disease: Skin biopsy findings

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1574-1578

  Brannagan III, Thomas H ^a   Hays, Arthur P ^b   Chin, Steven S ^b   Sander, Howard W ^a   Chin, Russell L ^a   Magda, Paul ^a   Green, Peter H R ^b   Latov, Norman ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GLIADIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENSITY; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHY; PARESTHESIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENSORY GANGLION; SKIN BIOPSY;

CELIAC DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEURONS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 26444544263     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.62.10.1574     Document Type: Article

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