Abstract | OBJECTIVES: To describe the range of neuromuscular disorders which may be associated with cryptic coeliac disease. METHODS: Nine patients were described with neuromuscular disorders associated with circulating antigliadin antibodies, whose duodenal biopsies later confirmed the diagnosis of coeliac disease. Neurological symptoms antedated the diagnosis of coeliac disease in all, and most had minimal or no gastrointestinal symptoms at the onset of the neuromuscular disorder. RESULTS: CONCLUSION:
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Authors | M Hadjivassiliou, A K Chattopadhyay, G A Davies-Jones, A Gibson, R A Grünewald, A J Lobo |
Journal | Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
(J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry)
Vol. 63
Issue 6
Pg. 770-5
(Dec 1997)
ISSN: 0022-3050 [Print] England |
PMID | 9416814
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antibodies
(immunology)
- Biopsy
- Celiac Disease
(complications, diagnosis)
- Electromyography
- Female
- Gliadin
(immunology)
- Humans
- Male
- Median Nerve
(pathology)
- Middle Aged
- Muscle, Skeletal
(pathology)
- Neural Conduction
- Neuromuscular Diseases
(diagnosis, etiology)
- Peroneal Nerve
(pathology)
- Sural Nerve
(pathology)
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