Gluten sensitivity: Associated sporadic cerebellar ataxia in Taiwan

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 263-269

  Liu, Chin San ^a,b   Soong, Bing Wen ^c,d   Lee, Yi Chung ^c,d   Chen, Woan Ling ^a   Kuo, Chen Ling ^a   Cheng, Wen Ling ^a   Huang, Ching Shan ^a   Lin, Wei Ting ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b China Medical University Hospital   (China)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gluten sensitivity; Sporadic cerebellar ataxia

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY; GLUTEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GLUTEN SENSITIVITY; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; PATHOGENESIS; SPORADIC CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIADIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TAIWAN;

EID: 79551705665     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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