Celiac disease presenting with motor neuropathy: Effect of gluten free-diet

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 675-677

  Rigamonti, Andrea ^a   Magi, Stefania ^b   Venturini, Elisabetta ^b   Morandi, Lucia ^a   Ciano, Claudia ^a   Lauria, Giuseppe ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b Arezzo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Celiac disease; Celiac neuropathy; Gluten free diet; Limb weakness; Peripheral neuropathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET; FEMALE; GLUTEN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE;

EID: 34247593380     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20727     Document Type: Article

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