A case of anti-gliadin-antibody-positive cerebellar ataxia effectively treated with intravenous immunoglobulin in which voxel-based morphometry and FineSRT were diagnostically useful

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-42

  Nanri, Kazunori ^a   Otsuka, Takao ^a   Takeguchi, Masafumi ^a   Taguchi, Takeshi ^a   Ishiko, Tomoko ^a   Mitoma, Hiroshi ^a   Koizumi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti gliadin antibody; Cerebellar atrophy; FineSRT; IVIg; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RO ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; GLIADIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 63849235966     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.49.37     Document Type: Article

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