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. 2018 Oct 5;10(10):1444. doi: 10.3390/nu10101444

Figure 1.

Figure 1

NAA/Cr area ratio in patients with gluten ataxia without enteropathy following the introduction of a gluten-free diet (GFD) in the 2 sub-groups (number of patients on gluten free diet 10, partial diet 5). The third subgroup consisted of 6 patients who declined a GFD. All patients had antigliadin antibodies (AGA) IgG and/or IgA of >3 U/mL and <7 U/mL at baseline. Both the partial diet and no diet groups still had AGA values >3 U/mL at the time of the second scan. All 10 patients on a strict GFD showed improvement of the NAA/Cr area ratio (vertical axis) of the vermis 4 of the 5 patients on partial GFD and all 6 patients not on GFD showed deterioration of the NAA/Cr ratio. A Chi squared contingency table looking at numbers improved on magnetic resonance spectroscopy on a strict diet compared with no diet was significant p < 0.0001.