Silvia Jesús1,2,3, Anna Latorre1,4, Angel Vinuela5, Stanley Fahn5, Kailash P Bhatia1, Bettina Balint1,6. 1. UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences London United Kingdom. 2. Unidad de Trastornos del Movimiento, Servicio de Neurología y Neurofisiología Clínica Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla Seville Spain. 3. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED) Spain. 4. Department of Human Neurosciences Sapienza University of Rome Italy. 5. Division of Movement Disorders, Department of Neurology Columbia University Medical Center New York NY USA. 6. Department of Neurology University Hospital Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy that may feature extraintestinal manifestations including cerebellar ataxia and myoclonus. METHODS AND RESULTS: A descriptive series of five patients with CD who presented with prominent stimulus-sensitive foot myoclonus. CONCLUSIONS: Stimulus-sensitive foot myoclonus is a distinct clinical sign and may be a useful clue to the diagnosis of CD.
BACKGROUND: Coeliac disease (CD) is an autoimmune enteropathy that may feature extraintestinal manifestations including cerebellar ataxia and myoclonus. METHODS AND RESULTS: A descriptive series of five patients with CD who presented with prominent stimulus-sensitive foot myoclonus. CONCLUSIONS: Stimulus-sensitive foot myoclonus is a distinct clinical sign and may be a useful clue to the diagnosis of CD.
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