<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> At 10:49 PM 1/26/97 UT, Andrew Glew <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Does anyone know where in London, England, I can get an Elisa Test? Although >I haven't been diagnosed, I suspect I may be gluten intolerant, and would like >to get tested for gluten and other food sensitivities. The one place in London >I know of that did the test has now stopped. Genesis Diagnostics specializes in ELISA based diagnostic test kits. Included are gliadin antibodies, IgG and IgA. See: http://www.gemini.co.uk/biopages/co/genesis.html For other food sensitivities: York Nutritional Laboratory Tudor House Lysander Close Clifton Moor Clifton, York YO3 4XB tel (+44) 1904 690 640 fax (+44) 1904 690 630 >Also, does anyone have experience of neurological symptoms linked to problems >with wheat and/or gluten? Numbness, muscle weakness, visual disturbance, etc. In this article: Hadjivassilou et. al. "Does cryptic gluten sensitivity play a part in neurological illness?" _The Lancet_ 1996; 347: 369-371. They found that 57 percent of those with neurological problems of unknown cause also had antibodies to gliadin, which is a component of gluten. Sixteen percent of them had coeliac disease, a much higher level than normally found. Most of the patients with the anti-gliadin antibodies did not have other symptoms of coeliac disease such as poor absorption of vitamins. In this article: Cooke WT, Neurologic manifestations of malabsorption. In Handbook of clinical neurology, volume 28 (metabolic deficiency diseases of the nervous system, part II), Amsterdam; North Holland Publishing Company, 1976; 225-41. They discuss the many neurological manifestations that are associated with coeliac disease, including ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, myelopathy, myopathy, and dementia. In this article: "Neurological Manifestations of Adult Coeliac Disease", David Beversdorf, Peter Moses, Alexander Reeves, and John Dunn, _The Lancet_, Feb. 17, 1996, v347. They discuss the neurological manifestations of adult celiac disease which include cerebellar ataxia, sensory neuropathy, myopathy, hyporeflexis, and seizures. These symptoms resemble those of Vitamin E deficiency. Patients with abetalipoproteinaenemia, who lack the lipoproteins necessary to carry fat-soluble vitamins, have similar symptoms. These patients respond to water-miscible Vitamin E supplementation. Don Wiss.