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Autoimmune Diseases
Volume 2014, Article ID 237107, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/237107
Research Article

Anti-Transglutaminase 6 Antibodies in Children and Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy

Reidun Stenberg,1 Marios Hadjivassiliou,2 Pascale Aeschlimann,3 Nigel Hoggard,2 and Daniel Aeschlimann3

1Department of Pediatrics, Centre for Rehabilitation Research and Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, 70185 Örebro, Sweden
2Department of Neurology and Department of Neuroradiology, The Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK
3Matrix Biology & Tissue Repair Research Unit, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XY, UK

Received 18 November 2013; Revised 10 February 2014; Accepted 17 February 2014; Published 2 April 2014

Academic Editor: Kalle Kurppa

Copyright © 2014 Reidun Stenberg et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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