Browsing by Author "Hoggard, Nigel"

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      Anti-MAG associated cerebellar ataxia and response to rituximab 

      Zis, Panagiotis; Rao, Dasappaiah Ganesh; Hoggard, Nigel; Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios Georgios; Hadjivassiliou, Marios (2018)
      BACKGROUND: Myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) is a glycoprotein specific to Schwann cells. Schwann cells produce myelin for nerve cells in the peripheral nervous system. MAG also plays a role in the central nervous ...
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      Neurologic Deficits in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Celiac Disease Are Frequent and Linked With Autoimmunity to Transglutaminase 6 

      Hadjivassiliou, Marios; Croall, Iain D.; Zis, Panagiotis; Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios G.; Sanders, David S.; Aeschlimann, Pascale; Grünewald, Richard A.; Armitage, Paul A.; Connolly, Daniel; Aeschlimann, Daniel; Hoggard, Nigel (2019)
      BACKGROUND & AIMS: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder induced by ingestion of gluten that affects 1% of the population and is characterized by gastrointestinal symptoms, weight loss, and anemia. We evaluated the ...
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      Novel genotype-phenotype and MRI correlations in a large cohort of patients with <i>SPG7</i> mutations 

      Hewamadduma, Channa A.; Hoggard, Nigel; O'Malley, Ronan; Robinson, Megan K.; Beauchamp, Nick J.; Segamogaite, Ruta; Martindale, Jo; Rodgers, Tobias; Rao, Ganesh; Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios; Shanmugarajah, Priya; Zis, Panagiotis; Sharrack, Basil; McDermott, Christopher J.; Shaw, Pamela J.; Hadjivassiliou, Marios (2018)
      Objective To clinically, genetically, and radiologically characterize a large cohort of SPG7 patients. ...
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      The Significance of Low Titre Antigliadin Antibodies in the Diagnosis of Gluten Ataxia 

      Hadjivassiliou, Marios; Grünewald, Richard A.; Sanders, David S.; Zis, Panagiotis; Croall, Iain; Shanmugarajah, Priya D.; Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios G.; Trott, Nick; Wild, Graeme; Hoggard, Nigel (2018)
      Background: Patients with gluten ataxia (GA) without enteropathy have lower levels of antigliadin antibodies (AGA) compared to patients with coeliac disease (CD). Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NAA/Cr area ratio) of the ...
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      Tremor after long term lithium treatment 

      Sarrigiannis, Ptolemaios Georgios; Zis, Panagiotis; Unwin, Zoe Charlotte; Blackburn, Daniel J.; Hoggard, Nigel; Zhao, Yifan; Billings, Stephen A.; Khan, Aijaz A.; Yianni, John; Hadjivassiliou, Marios (2019)
      Tremor is a common side effect of treatment with lithium. Its characteristics can vary and when less rhythmical, distinction from myoclonus can be difficult.