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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurol Clin. 2020 Feb 27;38(2):449–467. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2020.01.008

Table 3:

Treatment for immune-mediated and nutritional ataxias.

Treatment Ataxia type Evidence References
IVIG Opsoclonus myoclonus ataxia syndrome A randomized, open label study (de Alarcon et al., 2018)
Gluten-free diet, IVIG, steroids Anti-DGP, anti-gliadin cerebellar ataxias Open label (Nanri et al., 2016)
IVIG, steroids Anti-GAD, anti-TPO Open label (Nanri et al., 2016)
Thiamine Wernicke's encephalopathy Case reports (Chataway and Hardman, 1995; Sinha et al., 2019)
Vitamin B12 Pernicious anemia, dietary deficiency Case reports (Chakrabarty et al., 2014; Stabler, 2013)

Anti-DGP: anti-deamidated gliadin peptide, anti-GAD: anti-glutamic acid decarboxylase antibody, anti-TPO: anti-thyroperoxidase antibody, IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulin