Auto-immune cerebellar ataxia with anti-GAD antibodies accompanied by de novo late-onset type 1 diabetes mellitus

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 386-388

  Bayreuther, C ^a   Hieronimus, S ^b   Ferrari, P ^a   Thomas, P ^a   Lebrun, C ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE NICE   (France)

Author keywords

Auto immunity; Cerebellar ataxia; GAD antibodies; Polyendocrinopathy; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE GM1 ANTIBODY; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; THYROGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GAZE; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOMODULATION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIMB; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OSCILLOPSIA; TREATMENT DURATION; VITILIGO;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA;

EID: 51649091355     PISSN: 12623636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabet.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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