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Gluten ataxia in perspective: epidemiology, genetic susceptibility and clinical characteristics.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Mar 2003
Hadjivassiliou Marios, Grünewald Richard, Sharrack Basil, Sanders David, Lobo Alan, Williamson Clare, Woodroofe Nicola, Wood Nicholas, Davies-Jones Aelwyn
Abstract excerpt
We previously have described a group of patients with gluten sensitivity presenting with ataxia (gluten ataxia) and suggested that this disease entity may account for a large number of patients with sporadic idiopathic ataxia. We have therefore investigated the prevalence of gluten sensitivity amongst a large cohort of patients with sporadic and familial ataxia and looked at possible genetic predisposition to...
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