Gluten sensitivity: an emerging issue behind neurological impairment?

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-235

  Volta, Umberto ^a,b   De Giorgio, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN; GLUTEN; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CELIAC DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DEMENTIA; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; EPILEPSY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYOCLONUS; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STIFF MAN SYNDROME;

CELIAC DISEASE; GLUTENS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 76449110899     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70357-6     Document Type: Letter

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