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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RELATED DISORDERS
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages 125-128Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2016.07.018
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Multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitis optica; Myelitis; Celiac disease; Epidemiology
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- Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals
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Purpose: Comorbidity of celiac disease with demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system has been reported since the 1960s. The objective of this study was to determine the serological prevalence of celiac disease in the largest series of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, or myelitis. Methods: A prevalence study was conducted with patients evaluated at Sarah Network of Rehabilitation Hospitals between March 2012 and September 2013. They were previously diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, or idiopathic myelitis. The serum levels of antibodies against tissue transglutaminase and endomysium were assessed. Results: Of the 379 patients evaluated, 249 (65.70%) were diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, 37 (9.56%) with neuromyelitis optica, and 96 (24.54%) with idiopathic myelitis. Two patients (0.53%), one with multiple sclerosis and other with myelitis, tested positive for both antibodies. Conclusion: Our study do not confirm the relationship between celiac serological antibodies with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica and inflammatory myelitis of an unknown etiology. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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