title: Headache and CNS white matter abnormalities associated with gluten sensitivity.
abstract: The authors describe 10 patients with gluten sensitivity and abnormal MRI. All experienced episodic headache, six had unsteadiness, and four had gait ataxia. MRI abnormalities varied from confluent areas of high signal throughout the white matter to foci of high signal scattered in both hemispheres. Symptomatic response to gluten-free diet was seen in nine patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, UK. m.hadjivassiliou@sheffield.ac.uk
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hadjivassiliou
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Grünewald
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lawden
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Davies-Jones
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000473:pathology*; D005983:Glutens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006261:Headache / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D005983:Glutens