A case of celiac disease mimicking amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 581-584

  Turner, Martin R ^a   Chohan, Gurjit ^b   Quaghebeur, Gerardine ^a   Greenhall, Richard C D ^c   Hadjivassiliou, Marios ^d   Talbot, Kevin ^e  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b National CJD Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY; RILUZOLE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CELIAC DISEASE; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; GLUTEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 34948848122     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0631     Document Type: Article

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