Table 1

Neurology of coeliac disease (based on a review of 35 papers of single or multiple case reports from 1964 to 2000)

Total number of patients83
Male to female ratio44:39
Mean age48
Neurological diagnosis
    Ataxia29
    Peripheral neuropathy29
    Myopathy13
    Ataxia with myoclonus9
    Myelopathy4
    Dementia (usually with additional features)6