Celiac disease and spinocerebellar degeneration with normal vitamin E status.

Abstract

We studied a 47-year-old man with spinocerebellar degeneration and malabsorption due to celiac enteropathy; the serum vitamin E level was normal. The neurologic disorder initially deteriorated despite improvement of small bowel histology on a gluten-free diet and vitamin E therapy, but later stabilized. The etiology of the neurologic disorder in adult celiac disease has not been identified and does not appear to be vitamin E deficiency.

• Authors: M E Ward, J T Murphy, G R Greenberg
• Journal: Neurology (Neurology) Vol. 35 Issue 8 Pg. 1199-201 (Aug 1985) ISSN: 0028-3878 [Print] United States
• PMID: 4022355 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Vitamin E

Topics

• Celiac Disease (blood, complications, diet therapy)
• Cerebellar Diseases (blood, complications, physiopathology)
• Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
• Humans
• Male
• Memory Disorders (complications)
• Middle Aged
• Nerve Degeneration
• Neural Conduction
• Spinal Cord Diseases (blood, complications, physiopathology)
• Vitamin E (blood, therapeutic use)