PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Abele, M.
AU  - Schöls, L.
AU  - Schwartz, S.
AU  - Klockgether, T.
TI  - Prevalence of antigliadin antibodies in ataxia patients
AID  - 10.1212/01.WNL.0000069606.82919.04
DP  - 2003 May 27
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1674--1675
VI  - 60
IP  - 10
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/60/10/1674.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/60/10/1674.full
SO  - Neurology2003 May 27; 60
AB  - We determined antigliadin antibodies in 95 ataxia patients and 73 controls. Antibodies were positive in 8% of the controls, 19% of patients with sporadic ataxia, 8% of patients with recessive ataxia, and 15% of patients with dominant ataxia. Statistical comparison using χ2 statistics did not reveal significant differences between the groups. Although we found a trend toward a higher prevalence of antigliadin antibodies in patients with sporadic ataxia and dominant ataxia, our data do not support an association of ataxia with antigliadin antibodies.