SCLEROSI MULTIPLA E MALATTIE AUTOIMMUNI - Comobrain

Mult Scler. 2008 Jun;14(5):698-700. Jun;14(5):698 700. Frequency of celiac disease is
not increased among multiple sclerosis patients. Nicoletti A, Patti
F, Lo Fermo S, Sciacca A, Laisa P, Liberto A, Lanzafame S,
Contraffatto D, D'Agate C, Russo A, Zappia M. Dipartimento di
Neuroscienze, Università di Catania, Via Santa Sofia no. 78,
Catania, Italy. We evaluated the presence of IgA and IgG celiac
disease-related disease related antibodies in a sample of 217 patients with
multiple sclerosis (MS) and in a sample of 200 controls not
affected by neurological disorders. None of the 217 patients with
MS presented IgG and IgA anti-gliadin, anti gliadin, anti anti-endomysial endomysial
antibodies, anti-tissue anti tissue transglutaminase and anti-reticulin,
anti reticulin,
whereas only one of the selected controls presented specific
antibodies; this subject resulted to be effectively affected by celiac
disease. Our data did not show an increased frequency of celiac
disease among patients with MS.
1: Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2007 Oct;109(8):651-3. Epub 2007 May 29.
Multiple sclerosis and gluten sensitivity. Borhani Haghighi A, Ansari N,
Mokhtari M, Geramizadeh B, Lankarani KB. Department of Neurology,
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran.
borhanihaghighi@yahoo.com OBJECTIVE: To compare the frequency of
gluten sensitivity in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy
controls. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The patients were 161 clinically
definite MS patients who referred to neurology outpatient clinic of
Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, south of Iran from March 2004 to October